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🌱 Meet the Lake Mills students honored as October Junior Rotarians

Lake Mills, Wisconsin Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the Lake Mills students honored as October Junior Rotarians
  • How Lake Mills’ Justin Brandel topped the world’s dairy show ring

Also on today's calendar: 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale and 1 more event.

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: Partly sunny, temps: high: 66, low: 40.
  • Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 63 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• LMHS October Junior Rotarians (gazettextra.com) — Two Lake Mills High School students, Kyndra Buechler and Milan Fullerton, have been named October Student Rotarians, highlighting their deep involvement in local service and school leadership. They describe volunteering at Commons Park, the Moravian Church, Lilac Springs, and community events, while also balancing demanding classes, jobs, and ambitious medical career plans that keep their talents rooted in Lake Mills for now.
   

• Wisconsin Youth Earns Top Honor at 2026 World Dairy Expo Youth Showmanship Contest (morningagclips.com) — Lake Mills’ own Justin Brandel captured the Intermediate Division title and top Supreme Showman honors at the World Dairy Expo Youth Showmanship Contest in Madison, earning significant cash awards and recognition. The contest drew 339 young handlers from across the U.S. and beyond, with several other Wisconsin youth placing highly and the Expo continuing through October 2 in Madison.
   

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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 )
  • HGI Stores posted a job opening for Cashier in Lake Mills. Apply here.
  • Ulta Beauty posted a job opening for Prestige Beauty Advisor in Johnson Creek. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lake Mills here.

🗞 Nearby News

Johnson Creek

  • Community representative forum: Proposed WISE transmission line project still in routing, siting stage (gazettextra.com)

Jefferson

  • WAW Scholarship Golf Tournament nets over $130,000 for WCC Education Promise Program (reflector.com)
  • Local opposition to transmission line be part of 'A Day of Power' in Madison (gazettextra.com)

Cambridge

  • Dane County Senior Meals Oct. 2 - Oct. 9 (hngnews.com)
  • Leader Independent Worship Directory Oct. 4 - Oct. 10 (hngnews.com)
  • WIAA Girls Golf: Lakeside's Roman punches rain-soaked ticket to sectionals (wdtimes.com)

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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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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Lake Mills

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Lake Mills

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.