🌱 Wakefield funeral home assists family of Vietnam veteran Paul Carlson

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• Wakefield funeral home assists family of Vietnam veteran Paul Carlson

Also on today's calendar: 2nd Annual Designer Purse Bingo and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 73 and low of 27 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, windy and much colder, temps: high: 34, low: 22.
• Sunday: Cold; breezy in the morning, with a high of 36 and low of 21 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Paul David Carlson (yourdailyglobe.com) — A local funeral home in Wakefield is helping the family of Paul David Carlson, a 77-year-old Ironwood native and Vietnam veteran who recently died at his home in Tomah, Wisconsin. Burial is planned this spring at Riverside Cemetery in Ironwood, and Lakeside Memorial Chapel is handling cremation arrangements and online condolences.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wakefield

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Wakefield-Marenisco Spring Concerts
  Wakefield Marenisco School District, 715 Putnam St, Wakefield
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 25

• 2nd Annual Designer Purse Bingo
  Club 28 , 203 Sunday Lake St , Wakefield
  1:00 pm

Friday May 1

• Wakefield-Marenisco Spring Concerts
  Wakefield Marenisco School District , 715 Putnam St , Wakefield
  12:30 pm
• North Central Region Awards Banquet
  Snowriver Mountain Resort - Lodge at Jackson Creek , 500 Indianhead Rd , Wakefield
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Fiddler on the Roof
  Theater North , 825 N Lake St , Ironwood
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Northern Lights Quilting Guild Presents a Quilt Display
  Historic Ironwood Theatre , 113 E Aurora St , Ironwood
  10:00 am
• 2nd Annual Cribbage Tournament
  Cold Iron Brewing , 104 S Lowell St , Ironwood
  1:00 pm
• Live Music: Roy Eli Brown @ Powder Keg Saloon
  Powder Keg Saloon , 11330 Powderhorn Rd 2nd Floor , Bessemer
  5:00 pm
• Live Music: Roy Eli Brown
  Powder Keg Saloon , 11330 Powderhorn Rd 2nd Floor , Bessemer
  5:00 pm
• Pineapple Express
  Historic Ironwood Theatre , 113 E Aurora St , Ironwood
  7:00 pm

Sunday April 26

• Fiddler on the Roof at Theatre North
  Theater North , 825 N Lake St , Ironwood
  2:00 pm

Thursday May 7

• Navigating the Digital World I
  Gogebic Community College , E4946 Jackson Rd , Ironwood
  1:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Bessemer

• Bessemer sewer rates rising per BASA action (yourdailyglobe.com)

Ironwood

• 'Fiddler on the Roof' starts tonight Theatre North (yourdailyglobe.com)
• Airport Board gets more details on flight changes (yourdailyglobe.com)
• JUCO NEWS: Gogebic names Sharrow new Head Basketball Coach (hoopdirt.com)

Ontonagon

• Weekly Fishing Report: April 15 (upnorthvoice.com)
• Andrew M. Iskra (yourdailyglobe.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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