🌱 Remembering Verna Franke, a Wishek native who loved baking and dancing

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In today's newsletter:

• Remembering Verna Franke, a Wishek native who loved baking and dancing

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler with partial sunshine, with a high of 43 and low of 24 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 38, low: 23.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 39 and low of 25 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Verna Franke (rapidcitypost.com) — Verna (Aipperspach) Franke, who was born in Wishek and grew up in Linton, died Oct. 15 in Spearfish, South Dakota, at 91. Her family remembers her baking, ready laugh and love of dancing, which brought her together with husband Charlie. Memorial services are pending.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Chicken & Dumplings →
  Medina ND
  11:00 am
• Bible Study/Prayer Meeting →
  Cleveland ND
  7:00 pm

Friday November 13

• JH Girls Basketball vs Carrington
  Pingree Buchanan School District, 111 Lincoln Ave, Pingree
  4:00 pm
• JHGBB @Kulm vs Ellendale
  Kulm Public School Kulm, ND 58456
  4:30 pm

Saturday November 14

• Sabbath School →
  Cleveland ND
  9:30 am
• Church Service →
  Cleveland ND
  11:00 am
• Prime Rib Dinner and Labor Auction - FFA
  Tappen School Building
  6:00 pm

Sunday November 15

• Sunday School →
  Zion Lutheran Church, 112 1st ST SE, Ashley
  10:45 am

Monday November 16

• JH Girls Basketball vs Napoleon-GS
  Medina School District 3, 300 School St SE, Medina
  4:30 pm
• Medina Economic Development Mtg →
  Medina ND
  6:30 pm

Tuesday November 17

• JH Girls Basketball vs South Border
  Wishek Public School, 200 Badger St S, Wishek
  4:30 pm
• JHGBB @ Sargent County
  Kulm Public School Kulm, ND 58456
  4:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Jamestown

• Mayor Hemmer Unites Tourism Partners to Advance New Vision for Jamestown's Buffalo City Destination (newsdakota.com)
• 4 Blue Jays Named All-WDA Football (newsdakota.com)
• JSDC board approves Flex PACE interest buydown for i3G Media (jamestownsun.com)

Bismarck

• Bismarck State College Department of Music holds 2026 Patriotic Concert (kxnet.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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