🌱 Fall Harvest Festival and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue at Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue
• Fall Harvest Festival at Midland United Methodist Church

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 40 degrees.
• Friday: A p.m. shower in places, temps: high: 69, low: 54.
• Saturday: Sunny, breezy and warmer, with a high of 82 and low of 55 degrees.

📸 Around Rock Springs

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rock Springs

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 11
• Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue →
  Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue, 305 Pine Street, Rock Springs
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 17
• Fall Harvest Festival →
  Midland United Methodist Church, 10235 County Rd KP, Mazomanie
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 8
• Hay Auction →
  South Central Livestock Exchange, S4340 County Hwy S, Reedsburg
  9:00 am
• Sheep and Goat Auction followed with Slaughter Cattle and Baby Calves →
  South Central Livestock Exchange, S4340 County Hwy S, Reedsburg
  10:30 am
• Boys Soccer: Reedsburg vs Mount Horeb (JV)
  Mount Horeb High School Mount Horeb Soccer Stadium
  5:00 pm
• Teen Dungeons and Dragons →
  230 Fourth Ave., Baraboo
  5:30 pm
• Football: Sparta vs Reedsburg (JV2)
  Reedsburg Area High School Millennium Field
  6:00 pm
• Football: Janesville Parker vs Reedsburg (JV2)
  Reedsburg Area High School RAHS Football Millennium Field
  6:00 pm
• To Be Read- A Book Club and Social Hour for Gen. Z Adults →
  230 Fourth Ave., Baraboo
  6:30 pm
• Boys Soccer: Reedsburg vs Mount Horeb (Varsity)
  Mount Horeb High School Mount Horeb Soccer Stadium
  7:00 pm
• Girls Volleyball: Reedsburg vs Mount Horeb (Varsity)
  Mount Horeb High School Main Gym
  7:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Farmers Market at Reedsburg Area Medical Center →
  Reedsburg WI

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• International Bat Week is at the end of October.
  Of the eight bats found in Wisconsin, four are state-threatened species: big brown bat, little brown bat, northern long-eared bat (also federally… (Nextdoor )

• McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Reedsburg. Apply here.
• Walgreen Company posted a job opening for Pharmacy Customer Service Associate in Reedsburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rock Springs here.

🗞 Nearby News

Reedsburg

• Girls volleyball: Blackhawks showcase diversified attack, stingy defense in win over Reedsburg (gazettextra.com)
• Cornell case: Lawyers address phone call, timeline and NY AG taking over probe (newsnationnow.com)

Baraboo

• Ruth Marie (Rediske) Sommerfield (wwisradio.com)
• Gutting Two-Year Colleges Leaves Rural Students Behind (mdrc.org)
• Two Wisconsin Sheriff Races Raise Issue of ICE Arrests (urbanmilwaukee.com)

Wisconsin Dells

• Wisconsin Dells' Most Relaxing Water Experience (organicspamagazine.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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