🌱 Merrimac Community Festival and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Merrimac Community Festival

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 84 and low of 60 degrees.
• Thursday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 86, low: 65. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; breezy, with a high of 81 and low of 65 degrees.

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📸 Around Merrimac

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Merrimac

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday June 13

• Merrimac Community Festival →
  Merrimac Memorial Park, 145 Front St, Merrimac
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

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📣 Merrimac Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday June 3

• Story Time in the PARK
  Lodi Woman's Club Public Library 130 Lodi Street, Lodi, WI 53555
  10:00 am
• East School Family Picnic
  Baraboo SD Baraboo, WI 53913
  11:15 am
• Therapeutic Art Experience →
  Baraboo Vintage & Seek Boutique, 126 Water St, Baraboo
  3:00 pm

Thursday June 4

• Last day for Staff
  Lodi SD Lodi, WI 53555
  7:30 am
• Bingo at the Library →
  George Culver Community Library, 615 Phillips Blvd, Sauk City
  2:00 pm
• Seed Saving with Master Gardener Doreen Hamburg →
  Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library, 230 4th Ave, Baraboo
  6:00 pm
• Bingo Night with Surly Brewing & Sauk County Pride... →
  Water Street Social Club, 550 Water St, Prairie du Sac
  6:30 pm

Friday June 5

• Last Day - 4k
  Baraboo SD East Elementary School-East Events Calendar
  8:00 am
• Andrea blocks off the Habermann parking spots
  Lodi Woman's Club Public Library 130 Lodi Street, Lodi, WI 53555
  4:30 pm

Saturday June 6

• Summer Kickoff
  Lodi Woman's Club Public Library 130 Lodi Street, Lodi, WI 53555
  8:30 am
• Women's Basic Handgun 101 →
  DEZ Tactical Arms, Inc., Baraboo
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The 12th Annual Great Wisconsin Bat Count: coming to a summer roost near you!
  We’re asking for volunteers and landowners to count bats emerging from bat houses, outbuildings, and barns at sunset on one night from June 5-7. … (Nextdoor )

• Great Wolf Lodge posted a job opening for Room Attendant (Housekeeping) in Merrimac. Apply here.
• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Merrimac. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Merrimac here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Baraboo

• Aging Wisconsinites push lawmakers to prioritize growing needs (wxpr.org)

Portage

• One Beloved Midwestern Fast Food Chain Has Been Family Owned Since The 1980s And Is Still Going Strong Today (chowhound.com)
• The Sourdough Melt At This Wisconsin Restaurant Is Comfort Food Done Right (takingthekids.com)

Reedsburg

• WSAW-TV delivers nearly 60,000 diapers for local families (wi-broadcasters.org)
• Madison College welding student creates custom safety device for fire department (thesconi.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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