🌱 How Arcadia became one of America’s youngest small towns
Arcadia, Wisconsin Patch AM: a 3 min readHi Arcadia! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Arcadia became one of America’s youngest small towns
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 65 and low of 49 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 66, low: 37.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 65 and low of 47 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• The American Towns That Are Getting Younger (worldatlas.com) — Arcadia is highlighted as one of seven U.S. towns where the population is getting younger, driven largely by jobs at Ashley Furniture and growing Latino families. The piece notes bilingual signs at Arcadia Elementary, a shifting student demographic, and a younger median age than the national average. It also spotlights Memorial Park’s aquatic center, amphitheater, and Soldiers Walk as key community assets. 
📸 Around Arcadia
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🗓 Events Nearby
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VB Varsity Invite @ Aquinas HS (Away)
Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
8:30 am -
VB JV Invite @ Eleva-Strum HS (Away)
Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
9:00 am -
Next Stop Comedy at Spare Time Lounge at Gale's Lanes! - Galesville, WI →
Gale's Lanes, 16902 Davis Street, Galesville
7:00 pm -
7/8 VB @ West Salem Elementary 7th- Old Gym, 8th New Gym
Gale-Ettrick-Tremp Mid, 475 N Mark St, West Salem
4:15 pm -
Football JV vs Augusta @ Augusta HS (Away)
Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
5:00 pm -
VB MS vs Melrose-Mindoro @ Whitehall HS (Home)
Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
5:00 pm -
CC HS vs Luther @ Maple Grove GC (Away)
Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
5:15 pm -
7th FB home vs. Sparta M.S.
Gale-Ettrick-Tremp Mid, 17511 N Main St, Galesville
4:30 pm -
FAFSA Night for Students & Parents
Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
6:00 pm -
Community Referendum Information Meeting
Whitehall SD, 10752 School House Ave, Hixton
6:30 pm -
7th VB home @ Ettrick Elem vs Winona Middle School
Gale-Ettrick-Tremp Mid, 22750 Washington St, Ettrick
4:30 pm -
8th VB home vs. Winona Middle School
Gale-Ettrick-Tremp Mid, 19650 Prairie Ridge Ln, Galesville
4:30 pm
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- October is National Firewood Month, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is using the occasion to spread the event’s slogan: “Buy It Where You Burn It!
” It’s important for Wisconsin residents and visitors to understand and observe the year-round importance of obtaining firewood from local sources,… (Nextdoor )
- Nelson Global Products posted a job opening for Welder (1st Shift) in Arcadia. Apply here.
- JBS USA Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Shipping/Warehouse - Nights in Arcadia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Arcadia here.
🗞 Nearby News
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- No. 4 Logan, No. 5 Reedsburg Clash With Playoff Seeding, MVC Title Hopes on the Line (wiscosportszone.com)
Onalaska
- La Crosse-area political figure and educator Loren Kannenberg dies (wxow.com)
- Tim Bassett (headlightherald.com)
West Salem
- West Salem man facing new child abuse charge, while waiting for trial in similar case (wizmnews.com)
- NASCAR Community Mourns the Loss of Respected Stock Car Legend (heavy.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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