🌱 Altoona Playgroup and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Guest Author: Elan Gelfand at Altoona Public Library
• MS/HS Choir Concert at Altoona Hi
• Altoona Playgroup at Altoona Public Library

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What has 3 feet, but can not walk... 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Breezy with sun and clouds, with a high of 59 and low of 30 degrees.
• Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 62, low: 46.
• Tuesday: Cloudy and windy, with a high of 72 and low of 46 degrees.

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📸 Around Altoona

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Altoona

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday May 13

• Guest Author: Elan Gelfand →
  Altoona Public Library, 1303 Lynn Ave, Altoona
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday May 11

• MS/HS Choir Concert
  Altoona Hi Altoona, WI 54720
  7:00 pm

Friday May 15

• Altoona Playgroup →
  Altoona Public Library, 1303 Lynn Ave, Altoona
  9:30 am

Monday May 18

• MS/HS Band Concert
  Altoona Hi Altoona, WI 54720
  7:00 pm

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📣 Altoona Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday May 11

• Housing Assistance Program for Youth (HAPY) →
  Chippewa Falls Public Library, 105 W Central St, Chippewa Falls
  9:00 am
• SV-PTO MEETING
  Chippewa Falls Area Unified SD Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
  6:00 pm
• HC PTO Meeting
  Chippewa Falls Area Unified SD Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
  6:00 pm

Tuesday May 12

• MS - Spring Band Concert
  Chippewa Falls Area Unified SD Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
• Tech Tuesdays-Registration Required →
  Chippewa Falls Public Library, 105 W Central St, Chippewa Falls
  9:00 am
• Birth & Postpartum Planning Program →
  Fall Creek Public Library, 122 E Lincoln Ave, Fall Creek
  4:30 pm

Wednesday May 13

• HC Safety Patrol Field Trip
  Chippewa Falls Area Unified SD Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
• HC 4th Grade Field Trip
  Chippewa Falls Area Unified SD Chippewa Falls, WI 54729

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• From 5-4-2026, 7:00AM, to 5-8-2026, 7:00AM, the ECPD responded to 269 calls for service.
  Please click the link to read the ECPD Notable Case Log. https://www.eauclairewi.gov/Home/Components/News/News/12553/3744?backlist=%2fgovernment… (Nextdoor )

• Casey's General Store, Inc. posted a job opening for Store Employee -All states except MN or IL in Altoona. Apply here.
• Menards posted a job opening for Part Time Order Pick Up & Delivery in Eau Claire. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Altoona here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Eau Claire

• Eau Claire hosts National Civics Bee statewide competition (weau.com)
• Eau Claire's Wild Ridge & Mill Run Golf Courses Welcome New Management (volumeone.org)
• Food Truck Fridays return for the summer (weau.com)

Chippewa Falls

• The annual ‘The Past Passed Here' event brings history to life (weau.com)
• Silver Screen Spotlight: 'Mortal Kombat II,' 'The Sheep Detectives,' and a Billie Eilish concert movie round out the week's new releases (weau.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A yard Stick... (Thank you Dan S. for sending it in!)
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