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🌱 How new breathing tanks will boost Lac du Flambeau firefighter safety
Coming up: Jared Kay: Live @ Harrison's on the Lac du Flambeau Patch calendar
Good morning Lac du Flambeau! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How new breathing tanks will boost Lac du Flambeau firefighter safety
Also on today's calendar: Colorama Festival.
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 75 and low of 58 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, temps: high: 73, low: 51.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 71 and low of 47 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• WPS Foundation awards $75,000 to improve public safety through Rewarding Responders Grant (wisconsinpublicservice.com) — Lac du Flambeau Fire and Ambulance is receiving new firefighter breathing apparatus tanks thanks to a Rewarding Responders Grant from the WPS Foundation. The $75,000 program is funding lifesaving equipment and training for multiple police, fire, and EMS agencies across north-central Wisconsin, including nearby departments in Minocqua, Crandon, Crescent, Nokomis, Three Lakes, and Tomahawk. 
📸 Around Lac du Flambeau
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lac du Flambeau
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★ Featured events ★
- Jared Kay: Live @ Harrison's →
Harrison's Pub and Grill, 3160 Pokegama Lake Trail, Lac Du Flambeau
5:00 pm
Saturday August 29
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Other local events
- Colorama Festival →
Boulder Junction Community Center, 5386 Park St, Boulder Junction
9:00 am
Saturday September 12
📣 Lac du Flambeau Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Three Lakes High School
Lakeland STAR Acad (LSA) 6930 W School Street, Three Lakes WI 54562
9:00 am - Girls JV Volleyball @ Three Lakes High School
Lakeland STAR Acad (LSA) 6930 W School Street, Three Lakes WI 54562
9:00 am - Girls JV Volleyball @ Northland Pines High School
LAKELAND UHS SCHOOL DISTRICT Minocqua, WI 54548
4:30 pm - Girls JV Volleyball @ Northland Pines Middle/High School
Lakeland STAR Acad (LSA) 1800 Pleasure Island Road, Eagle River WI 54521
4:30 pm - Girls Varsity Swimming @ Rhinelander High School
Lakeland STAR Acad (LSA) 665 Coolidge Ave, Rhinelander WI 54501
11:30 am - Girls Varsity Cross Country @ Rhinelander High School
Lakeland STAR Acad (LSA) 665 Coolidge Ave, Rhinelander WI 54501
10:00 am - Girls JV Cross Country @ Rhinelander High School
Lakeland STAR Acad (LSA) 665 Coolidge Ave, Rhinelander WI 54501
10:00 am - Boys Varsity Cross Country @ Rhinelander High School
Lakeland STAR Acad (LSA) 665 Coolidge Ave, Rhinelander WI 54501
10:40 am - Boys JV Cross Country @ Rhinelander High School
Lakeland STAR Acad (LSA) 665 Coolidge Ave, Rhinelander WI 54501
10:40 am - Girls Varsity Tennis
Lakeland STAR Acad (LSA) (unknown) (unknown), (unknown) (unknown) (unknown)
4:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
Thursday August 27
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Corporate Chefs posted a job opening for Food Service Worker in Lac Du Flambeau. Apply here.
🗞 Nearby News
Phillips
- Walking tall in red, white and blue (gazettextra.com)
Eagle River
- Eagle River Musky Tournament Draws in More than 1,100 Anglers; 180+ Fish Boated (wjjq.com)
- 8 free Labor Day events across Wisconsin (upnorthnewswi.com)
Ok Lac du Flambeau! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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