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Aberdeen, South Dakota Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi there, Aberdeen! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Services set for Aberdeen’s Josephine “Jo” Miller, 79
  • Aberdeen driver injured in fatal Minnesota crash
  • The South Dakota hailstone that set records even after melting

Also on today's calendar: Hand & Foot (Card Game) and 9 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Sunshine and a few clouds, with a high of 51 and low of 27 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and colder, temps: high: 40, low: 21.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 41 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Josephine Miller, 79 (hubcityradio.com) — Josephine “Jo” Miller, 79, of Aberdeen, died at home November 8. Visitation is Thursday, November 12, from 5–7 p.m. at Schriver’s Memorial Chapel, followed by a wake and rosary. Her funeral Mass is Friday at 2 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with fellowship afterward.
   

2. Twin cities man dies in Meeker County crash on Highway 7 after van hits pickup (newsbreak.com) — A 40-year-old Aberdeen man suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a Minnesota crash that killed a Minneapolis man Monday. The Minnesota State Patrol says their pickup and van collided on Highway 7 in Cosmos Township. Both drivers wore seat belts, and authorities said alcohol was not believed to be a factor.
   

3. A South Dakota man put the widest and heaviest hailstone on US record in his freezer, and a power cut melted part of it before NOAA measured it at 8 inches across and nearly 2 pounds in 2010 (watchers.news) — A hailstone recovered in Vivian in 2010 still holds the U.S. records for diameter and weight, despite melting before official measurements. National Weather Service staff from Aberdeen measured it at eight inches across, and it later weighed nearly two pounds. NOAA concluded it was almost certainly larger when it fell.
   

4. Darwin Bettmann, 84 (hubcityradio.com) — Darwin Bettmann, 84, an Aberdeen native, farmer and former propane delivery driver who served on local government boards, died November 8 in Savage, Minnesota. Visitation is November 13 from 5–7:30 p.m. at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home in Aberdeen, with his funeral November 14 at 11 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, rural Aberdeen.
   

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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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