🌱 Remembering Gene Johnson, former owner of Hatfield’s The Mug

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• Remembering Gene Johnson, former owner of Hatfield’s The Mug

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler; a morning shower, with a high of 55 and low of 33 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 42, low: 27.
• Friday: Some sun, with a high of 40 and low of 22 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Robert 'Gene' E. Johnson (wwisradio.com) — Robert “Gene” Johnson, who operated The Mug in Hatfield with his wife, Jill, died November 1 at his Florida home at 79. The couple purchased the business after his retirement in 2005. Family and friends will gather at The Mug December 5, from 1–4 p.m., to celebrate his life.
   

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📸 Around Hatfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hatfield

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Thursday November 12

• FFA Meat/Cheese Sales Pick Up
  Alma Center SD Merrillan, WI 54754
  3:30 pm
• HS Drama Play
  Alma Center SD Merrillan, WI 54754
  7:00 pm

Friday November 13

• CVTC Design Challenge
  CVTC Eau Claire, 615 W Clairemont Ave, Eau Claire
  8:00 am
• 4K FAMILY FUN DAY
  Lincoln El Merrillan, WI 54754
  2:00 pm
• Family Fun Day 4K-Nature Walk
  Lincoln Elementary, 207 E Pearl St, Merrillan
  2:00 pm
• FFA Meat/Cheese Sales Pick Up
  Alma Center SD Merrillan, WI 54754
  3:30 pm
• HS Drama Play
  Alma Center SD Merrillan, WI 54754
  7:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• FFA Meat/Cheese Sales Pick Up
  Alma Center SD Merrillan, WI 54754
  3:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday November 12

• Boys Basketball: Black River Falls vs Alma Center Lincoln (Middle S
  Alma Center Lincoln High School West Gym
  5:00 pm
• Fall Family Night
  Red Creek Elementary School Red Creek Gym
  5:00 pm
• HS Drama Play
  Lincoln Hi Alma Center, WI 54611
  7:00 pm

Friday November 13

• CVTC Design Challenge
  CVTC Eau Claire, 615 W Clairemont Ave, Eau Claire
  8:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Black River Falls

• No contest plea for Marshfield man in Jackson County bank robberies (wizmnews.com)
• Cheapest E85 gas in Jackson County reach $3.75 in week ending Oct. 31 (wcwisconsinnews.com)

Tomah

• Nominate a holiday hero (winonadailynews.com)
• The Way It Was: The Listman Mill, South Front Street, between Jay and King streets, after 1910 (winonadailynews.com)
• ATV/UTV riders urged to prioritize safety as cooler weather brings new hazards to trails (winonadailynews.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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