🌱 How did Fairmont’s golfers, tennis players and softball team fare Thursday?
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- How did Fairmont’s golfers, tennis players and softball team fare Thursday?
Also on today's calendar: Junk Journal Drop In: May.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Becoming windier and cooler, with a high of 66 and low of 28 degrees.
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy; windy, cooler, temps: high: 49, low: 31.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 52 and low of 29 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Area roundup: Fairmont golf plays in New Ulm (fairmontsentinel.com) — Fairmont High School athletes had a busy Thursday, with the boys and girls golf teams competing at the New Ulm Invitational, the boys tennis team edging Albert Lea 4–3 at home, and softball sweeping a doubleheader at Pipestone. Local standouts included strong golf rounds from Macklain Anderson and Hudson McKean and a five-game softball win streak heading into next week. 
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