🌱 Veterans Day Vigil & Ceremony and 11 more events

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A morning shower in spots, with a high of 56 and low of 35 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler with periods of sun, temps: high: 42, low: 26.
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 41 and low of 22 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Veterans Day Vigil & Ceremony →
  Veterans Memorial Park, 551 Memorial Park Drive, Arcadia
  11:00 am

Thursday November 12

• 4th Grade Field Trip: Tommy Bartlett Exploratory & State Capitol
  Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
  8:00 am
• Middle School to Lunda Center
  Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
  9:00 am
• MSBB vs B-T @ Blair-Taylor HS (Away)
  Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
  5:00 pm
• Middle School Fall Dance
  Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
  7:00 pm

Friday November 13

• Football Playoffs
  Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773

Saturday November 14

• Dairyland Honors Band & Choir
  Whitehall Memorial High School, 19121 Hobson St, Whitehall
  9:00 am
• Dairyland Honors Band & Choir Concert
  Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
  5:00 pm

Monday November 16

• resch MSBB vs C-FC @ C-FC HS (Away)
  Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
  5:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• 5th Grade Field Trip: Geology Museum of UW Madison
  Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
  8:00 am
• MSBB vs Indee @ SSPP (Away)
  Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773
  4:30 pm

Thursday November 19

• Football State
  Whitehall SD Whitehall, WI 54773

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pilgrim's Pride Corporation posted a job opening for Production Generalist - Food Service Nights in Arcadia. Apply here.
• Aramark posted a job opening for Lead Cook - La Crosse County, WI in Ettrick. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Independence here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Holmen

• La Crosse Does Granny Basketball team plays Holmen eighth-grade girls under 1920s rules (news8000.com)
• How Sand Lake Elementary's music teacher strikes a chord with students every year (news8000.com)
• WI-MN Weather Alert: La Crosse 60° to 24° Freeze Nov 10-14 (newsbreak.com)

Black River Falls

• No contest plea for Marshfield man in Jackson County bank robberies (wizmnews.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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