🌱 How a $5,000 gift could boost Markesan kids this year
Markesan, Wisconsin Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Markesan! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a $5,000 gift could boost Markesan kids this year
Also on today's calendar: 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 63 and low of 50 degrees.
- Sunday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 66, low: 39.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 62 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 10-3-26 ssm health ripon community hospital supports boys and girls club of the tri-county area (radioplusinfo.com) — A new $5,000 donation from SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital will help the Boys & Girls Club expand youth and family programs that directly serve Markesan and nearby rural communities. The funding supports after-school and summer programs, food assistance, school supplies, winter clothing, and holiday help for hundreds of local children, aiming to remove financial barriers and strengthen long-term health and opportunity for area families. 
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75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
10:00 am
Saturday October 3
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Fall Mitchell Glen Tour →
Mitchell Glen, Green Lake
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Bridge Builder Leadership Training Retreat →
Green Lake Conference Center, Green Lake
10:00 am -
The Jimmys →
Thrasher Opera House, 506 Mill Street, Green Lake
7:30 pm -
Muff Speaks! - Green Lake WI - Oct 4th →
American Legion Post 306, 518 Water St, Green Lake
11:00 am -
Muff Speaks! →
American Legion Post 306, 518 Water St, Green Lake
11:00 am -
The Dreamboats →
Thrasher Opera House, 506 Mill Street, Green Lake
3:00 pm -
Town Square Photography Group →
Town Square Community Center, 492 Hill Street, Green Lake -
WPGA: 2026 Wisconsin PGA Oliphant Golf Management Pro-Am Championship →
GCs of Lawsonia/Links Course, Green Lake -
A Day with Lewy: Lewy Body Dementia and the Caregiving Journey →
Heidel House Hotel & Conference Center, 653 Illinois Avenue, Green Lake -
Tristan Crist Magic Theatre →
Thrasher Opera House, 506 Mill Street, Green Lake
6:30 pm -
Charlie Parr →
Thrasher Opera House, 506 Mill Street, Green Lake
7:30 pm -
Vanessa Collier →
Thrasher Opera House, 506 Mill Street, Green Lake
7:30 pm
Saturday October 3
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Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I have a fridge, deere mower and snow blower in ???
Operating condition by curb for scrapper or someone who wants it for parts or fix for pick up. Msg me id like em gone thx (Nextdoor Greater Markesan) - 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 )
- Aston Carter posted a job opening for Production Planner in Randolph. Apply here.
- Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Customer Service Rep (02031) - 728 W Fond du Lac St. in Ripon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Markesan here.
🗞 Nearby News
Ripon
- 10-3-26 ripon noon kiwanis fall cheese box sale (radioplusinfo.com)
- See Dallman and Skivington at public forum in Ripon Oct. 7 (thenorthwestern.com)
- Scots Head Into Bye Week After Back-to-Back Conference Wins (977wmoi.com)
Waupun
- Press Release — Waupun Utilities partner WPPI Energy reports on long term public energy planning (waupunpioneer.com)
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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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