🌱 Dousman Derby Days and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Dousman Derby Days at Cory Municipal Park

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny and more humid, with a high of 84 and low of 68 degrees.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and humid, temps: high: 90, low: 72. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Chance for a thunderstorm, with a high of 96 and low of 67 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rome

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday July 26

• Dousman Derby Days →
  Cory Municipal Park, Dousman
  11:00 am

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday July 25

• Piggly Wiggly Brat Fry →
  Piggly Wiggly, 921 W Racine St #1054, Jefferson
  10:30 am
• Crossfire Country Rock Band: Dousman Derby Days →
  Cory Municipal Park, Dousman
  1:00 pm
• The Ramble (WI): Mulberry Campus →
  Mulberry Campus- Independent & Assisted Living, 1255 W Main St, Whitewater
  5:00 pm
• ERIC HAGEN + COREY WALLER & THE WICKED THINGS →
  Jennings Holler, W379 S9674, County Rd S, Eagle
  7:00 pm

Monday July 27

• ArtLinks - Imagine A Day Art Gallery
  Oconomowoc Area SD Oconomowoc Arts Center-Imagine A Day Art Gallery
• Emerging Artists - Visual Arts
  Oconomowoc Area SD Oconomowoc Arts Center-OAC Art Gallery
• Regular Board Meeting
  Watertown Unified SD Educational Service Center, Board Room, 111 Dodge St, Watertown
  6:00 pm
• Art with Aimee
  Fort Atkinson Club 211 S Water St E, 53538, 211 South Water Street East, Fort Atkinson, WI, 53538, United States
  6:00 pm

Tuesday July 28

• Mindful Moves for Confident Kids
  Oconomowoc Area Chamber of Commerce Our address is 450 N Wales Rd, Wales, WI 53183. We are located in the downstairs unit of the blue house just off of the 83/18 roundabout. During the winter, our unit is only accessible from Route 18. Please take the road directly behind the Starbucks
  10:00 am
• Board Retreat
  Watertown Unified SD Madison College, Room 143, 1300 W Main St, Watertown, WI 53098
  6:00 pm

Wednesday July 29

• OAC CLOSED - SUMMER HOURS
  Oconomowoc Area SD Oconomowoc Arts Center

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🗞 Nearby News

Jefferson

• School supplies will be provided to JCS students this year (ecbpublishing.com)
• Wisconsin 2026 elections: Democrat Terri Wenkman challenges 3-term GOP incumbent William Penterman in 38th Assembly District (blogspot.com)
• Madison churches open doors for Ashes to Hope Crawl (madisoncourier.com)

Oconomowoc

• Oconomowoc Lake trustee resigns, cites move for reason (gmtoday.com)
• Lake Country Triathlon to cause road closures Saturday (gmtoday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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