🌱 Brandon track star quietly steps into the WWE NXT spotlight

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In today's newsletter:

• Brandon track star quietly steps into the WWE NXT spotlight

Also on today's calendar: SCREAMS BY NIGHT | HALFWAY TO HALLOWEEN CON 2026.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Windy, with a high of 91 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 79, low: 40.
• Friday: Sunshine; breezy, cooler, with a high of 63 and low of 37 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• New Talent Makes Debut In Dark Match Before This Week's WWE NXT (411mania.com) — A former University of Nebraska track standout from Brandon Meghan Walker, has taken a big step into pro wrestling with her in-ring debut before this week’s WWE NXT show. Signed last November after a WWE NIL deal, she’s now competing on the NXT stage, though her official ring name hasn’t been revealed yet.
   

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📸 Around Brandon

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brandon

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★ Featured events ★

Friday April 24

• 2026 Homeschool Prom
  Laurel Ridge Barn - Wedding & Events Venue, 47675 Slip Up Creek Rd, Sioux Falls
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 25

• SCREAMS BY NIGHT | HALFWAY TO HALLOWEEN CON 2026
  The Social , 301 S Thompson Ave , Sioux Falls
  11:00 am

Saturday May 9

• Coffee with the Council
  Kingbird Coffee , 509 N Splitrock Blvd , Brandon
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Graduation Speech auditions
  Sioux Falls Washington High School Little Theater
  7:00 am
• Warrior Olympics-Puzzle
  Sioux Falls Washington High School Commons
  7:45 am
• Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour – Night 2
  Sioux Falls State Theatre , 316 S Phillips Ave , Sioux Falls
  5:30 pm
• Chris Borchardt Band
  Trio Jazz Club , 340 S Main Ave , Sioux Falls
  6:30 pm

Thursday April 23

• Multicultural Night
  Lowell Elementary Sioux Falls, SD 57104
  5:00 pm
• Sioux Falls Ducks Unlimited Sponsor Dinner
  Holiday Inn Sioux Falls-City Centre by IHG , 100 W 8th St , Sioux Falls
  5:00 pm
• Warrior Olympics-Dodgeball
  Sioux Falls Washington High School Gym Main
  5:30 pm
• Bingo/Family Picnic Night
  John Harris Elementary Sioux Falls, SD 57103
  6:00 pm
• Best Bar Food Tour
  Botski's , 1914 S Sycamore Ave Unit 104 , Sioux Falls
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Atrium Hospitality posted a job opening for Housekeeping Room Attendant in Sioux Falls. Apply here.
• Saia, Inc. posted a job opening for PT Dockworker - Sioux Falls, SD in Sioux Falls. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brandon here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Sioux Falls

• Sioux Falls student to represent South Dakota at Poetry Out Loud National Finals this weekend (drgnews.com)
• If the zoo fits: ZooMobile delivers immersive animal experiences to the nursing home (mcknights.com)
• I ran a dealership express lube—these 4 services help your car last 200,000 miles (howtogeek.com)

Harrisburg

• Crash near Harrisburg; New prison groundbreaking; Sunny (keloland.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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