🌱 Box Elder woman dies in California skydiving collision

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• Box Elder woman dies in California skydiving collision

Also on today's calendar: South Dakota Grassland Coalition’s Annual Conference.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 65 and low of 37 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and cooler, temps: high: 53, low: 32.
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 53 and low of 41 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Naperville iFly instructor dies after mid-air skydiving collision in California (nctv17.org) — Georgia Jean, 56, of Box Elder, was one of two women killed Friday in a skydiving collision in Lake Elsinore, California, authorities said. Skydive Elsinore said their parachutes became entangled after a collision and that it is cooperating with investigators, with no indication of equipment malfunction.
   

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Friday November 20

• South Dakota Farm Bureau 109th Annual Convention →
  The Box Elder Events Center, 631 Watiki Way, Box Elder
  1:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 3

• South Dakota Grassland Coalition’s Annual Conference →
  The Box Events Center, Box Elder
  3:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday November 12

• Baby Bumblebee Story Time
  Rapid City Public Library Downtown - Community Room
  9:30 am
• Little Explorers
  Rapid City Public Library Downtown - Community Room
  11:00 am
• The Write Stuff
  Rapid City Public Library Downtown - Community Room
  3:30 pm

Friday November 13

• Teen #FandomFriday
  Rapid City Public Library Downtown - Community Room
  3:30 pm
• Rapid City Rush vs. Tahoe Knight Monsters →
  The Monument, 444 N Mt Rushmore Rd, Rapid City
  6:05 pm

Saturday November 14

• Books with Bernard
  Rapid City Public Library Downtown - Youth Services
  10:30 am
• Custer State Park Present
  Rapid City Public Library Downtown - Community Room
  10:30 am
• Maker Mania for Upper Elementary
  Rapid City Public Library Downtown - Community Room
  2:00 pm

Sunday November 15

• Small Changes, Big Impact
  Rapid City Public Library Downtown - Community Room
  11:00 am
• South Dakota Yesterday & Today
  Rapid City Public Library Downtown - Community Room
  1:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Rapid City

• SDSU men's basketball returns to Rapid City for Northern Colorado rematch (kotatv.com)
• Rapid City Families Can Manage Protection and Savings With One State Farm Agent (rapidcityjournal.com)
• 11 Quaint Mountain Towns Where Couples Can Live on Nothing but Social Security (newsbreak.com)

Custer

• Six South Dakota counties to launch property tax relief program in 2027 (kotatv.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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