🌱 How a $20,000 gift helps keep Eden students fed

Coffee in hand, Eden? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a $20,000 gift helps keep Eden students fed
• Eden youth shine on the colored shavings at World Dairy Expo
• How Eden grandparents inspired a rising folk artist's debut album

Also on today's calendar: 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Rain most of the time, with a high of 68 and low of 47 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 63, low: 39.
• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 64 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• SSM Health supports Fondy Food Pantry Food for Thought program (kfiz.com) — Students in the Eden school district will directly benefit from a $20,000 gift to Fondy Food Pantry's Food for Thought program, which sends home nutritious weekend food bags and school snacks. The long-running effort now supports about 1,100 children weekly across several districts, aiming to keep kids well-fed, focused in class, and less affected by rising food costs.
   

• Wisconsin Youth Earns Top Honor at 2026 World Dairy Expo Youth Showmanship Contest (morningagclips.com) — Two young competitors from Eden Adella and Ainsley Loehr, placed among the top 15 Junior showmen at the prestigious World Dairy Expo Youth Showmanship Contest in Madison. They joined hundreds of youth from across the country and abroad, showcasing dairy skills on a global stage and bringing recognition back to Eden and Fond du Lac County's farming community.
   

• SONG PREMIERE: Blu Miller Drifts Into Life's Unexpected Moments with Dreamy Folk-rock Tune 'Stay High' (glidemagazine.com) — A new folk-rock album draws its name and inspiration from the artist's grandparents, who grew up in Eden and even wrote a song still sung in the town's church. While the story centers on a national music release, it warmly highlights Eden's small-town Catholic roots and how its musical traditions live on in this modern recording.
   

📸 Around Eden

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Eden

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 21
• 5G Benefits 2027 Network Health Plan Change Seminar →
  Radisson Hotel and Conference Center Fond du Lac, 625 W Rolling Meadows Dr, Fond du Lac
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
  Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Bones for Life/ATM® Class →
  Fond du Lac YMCA, 90 W. Second St., Fond du Lac
  11:30 am
• FSET Orientation - Fond Du Lac →
  Forward Service Corporation – Fond du Lac, 55 S. Main St., Suite 240, Fond du Lac
  1:00 pm
• Girls Varsity Cross Country @ Fond Du Lac High School
  Lomira SD, 560 W Rolling Meadows Dr, Fond du Lac
  3:30 pm
• Boys Varsity Cross Country @ Slinger High School
  Lomira SD, 4668 CTY HWY E, Slinger
  4:00 pm
• Girls JV Cross Country @ Slinger High School
  Lomira SD, 4668 CTY HWY E, Slinger
  4:00 pm
• Boys JV Cross Country @ Slinger High School
  Lomira SD, 4668 CTY HWY E, Slinger
  4:00 pm
• Girls Varsity Cross Country @ Slinger High School
  Lomira SD, 4668 CTY HWY E, Slinger
  4:00 pm
• Girls Middle School Basketball vs Mayville High School
  Lomira SD, 1030 4th St, Lomira
  4:15 pm
• Volleyball: Girls JV Match vs St. Mary's Springs Academy (Away)
  Saint Mary's Springs High School
  5:30 pm
• Girls JV2 Volleyball @ St. Mary's Springs Academy High School
  Lomira SD, 255 County Road K, Fond Du Lac
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Your emergency plan should include every member of the family—including your pets!
  During #NationalPreparednessMonth, take some time to put together an emergency kit for your pet. Include food, water, medications, important records,… (Nextdoor )
• Wisconsin's forests cover nearly half our state and are a vital part of our collective history, culture and economy.
  Likewise, the Forest Products industry provides valuable jobs and contributes significantly to the economy. Forest Products Week, coming up Oct. 18… (Nextdoor )

• Kroger posted a job opening for Online Grocery Pick-Up Clerk in Fond Du Lac. Apply here.
• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Assistant Manager I in Fond Du Lac. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Eden here.

🗞 Nearby News

Fond du Lac

• PHOTOS: Stanford Law celebrates ribbon cutting for downtown Fond du Lac location (kfiz.com)
• Fond du Lac farm stand short more than $1,000 after customers underpay (wbay.com)
• Carbon monoxide alarms urged after nine sickened in Fond du Lac County (wearegreenbay.com)

Campbellsport

• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Blamed for Hospitalization of 8 Persons (whbl.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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