🌱 What likely caused Mary Ingalls to lose her sight?
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In today's newsletter:
- What likely caused Mary Ingalls to lose her sight?
Also on today's calendar: Outdoor Christmas Market.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Cooler; a stray a.m. shower, with a high of 56 and low of 34 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and cooler, temps: high: 42, low: 29.
- Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 43 and low of 26 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• What Really Made Mary Ingalls Go Blind? Doctors Say ‘Little House' Got It Wrong (doyouremember.com) — Mary Ingalls, born near Pepin, likely lost her sight to a brain infection rather than the scarlet fever described in the Little House books and television series. A 2013 medical study drew on family letters, school records and contemporary reports to identify viral meningoencephalitis as the most likely cause. 
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Tree Lighting & Italian Family Holiday Dinner →
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6:00 pm
Friday November 13
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Outdoor Christmas Market →
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11:00 am
Saturday November 14
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Hiroya Tsukamoto Fingerstyle Guitar Masterclass - Big River Theatre →
Big River Theatre, 121 S Main Street, Alma
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Hiroya Tsukamoto - Big River Theatre →
Big River Theatre, 121 S Main Street, Alma
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Cheers to 3 Years Sip + Shop - Happy Hub →
Happy Hub, 100 N Main, Alma
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Sourdough Pop-Up - All Savvy Designs →
All Savvy Designs, 125 Main Street, Alma
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Plum City History Club →
Plum City Public Library, 611 Main Street, Plum City
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Holidazzle Day →
Arkansaw Creek Park, Arkansaw
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Holiday Porch Pot Workshop - Alma Garden Gate →
Alma Garden Gate, 333 South Main Street, Alma
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Thanksgiving Day Buffet →
Corral Bar & Riverside Grill, Durand
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Black Friday →
Studio Jo, Durand
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String Ties Holiday Show! - Big River Theatre →
Big River Theatre, 121 S Main Street, Alma
7:00 pm
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
Wednesday November 18
Saturday November 21
Thursday November 26
Friday November 27
Friday December 4
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Traveling Retail Merchandiser in Mondovi. Apply here.
- Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery posted a job opening for Retail Store Associate in Ellsworth. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pepin here.
🗞 Nearby News
Ellsworth
- 8 Wisconsin All You Can Eat Crab Leg Nights Worth Planning Around (newsbreak.com)
- Cheapest midgrade gas in Pierce County reach $4.39 in week ending Oct. 31 (wcwisconsinnews.com)
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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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