🌱 Fall Harvest Festival and 11 more events

Morning Highland! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale at Waukesha County Expo Center
• Fall Harvest Festival at Midland United Methodist Church

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 64 and low of 49 degrees.
• Sunday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 66, low: 38.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 64 and low of 44 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Highland

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★ Featured 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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Other local events

Saturday October 17

• Fall Harvest Festival →
  Midland United Methodist Church, 10235 County Rd KP, Mazomanie
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Girls Volleyball: Aquinas Varsity Volleyball Invite (Varsity)
  Aquinas High School
  8:30 am
• Homecoming Dance
  Iowa-Grant SD Livingston, WI 53554
  8:00 pm

Sunday October 4

• Banned Books Week
  Dodgeville Public Library, 139 South Iowa, Dodgeville

Monday October 5

• 2026 Wisconsin Education Fair
  FENNIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, 1 University Plaza, Platteville
  8:00 am
• Drop-In Storytime - Celebrate Fall (Apples)
  Dodgeville Public Library, 410 E Leffler St, Dodgeville
  10:15 am
• Senior Planet
  Dodgeville Public Library, 139 South Iowa, Dodgeville
  1:00 pm
• Football: Mineral Point vs Fennimore (JV)
  Fennimore High School Football Field
  5:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• DAC Network Meeting →
  Fennimore WI
  9:00 am
• Boys Cross Country: Cuba City MS Cross Country Meet (Middle School)
  Cuba City Elementary School
  4:30 pm
• Girls Cross Country: Cuba City MS Cross Country Meet (Middle School
  Cuba City Elementary School
  4:30 pm
• Girls Volleyball: JV2 Volleyball Quad (JV2)
  Platteville High School North Gym
  5:00 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 )

• Kohl's posted a job opening for Part-Time Beauty Advisor - Sephora in Highland. Apply here.
• Culver's posted a job opening for Team Member in Dodgeville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Highland here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Dodgeville

• Critical Contrast: Lands' End (NASDAQ:LE) versus PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS) (defenseworld.net)
• LINE-X Expands North American Footprint With 11 Openings in 2026 (citybiz.co)

Richland Center

• The Richland Center volleyball team swept Dodgeville on Thursday night (whsm.com)
• Quilt show this weekend (wrco.com)
• A Stunted Head Start (progressive.org)

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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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