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🌱 Patch AM: How a Maple Grove analyst helped crack a multi-state fraud scheme
Happening soon: 50 Years a Pirate! Park Center 1976 Reunion on the Maple Grove Patch calendar
Hello Maple Grove! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Maple Grove analyst helped crack a multi-state fraud scheme
Also on today's calendar: 50 Years a Pirate! Park Center 1976 Reunion and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why are elevator jokes so good ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Not as warm with a t-storm, with a high of 79 and low of 69 degrees.
- Monday: Breezy; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 83, low: 68.
- Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 83 and low of 62 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Man Charged After Nearly $13,000 Allegedly Withdrawn From Victim's Bank Account (limitless-news.com) — A Maple Grove crime analyst helped identify a suspect accused of withdrawing nearly $13,000 from a Missouri man's bank accounts at branches in St. Paul and Woodbury. The 55-year-old man now faces two felony identity theft charges tied to what investigators describe as a larger, multi-state bank fraud scheme. 
📸 Around Maple Grove
Show off your photography skills and the sights around town! Click here to submit your Photo of the Day to Patch AM!
🗓 Upcoming Events in Maple Grove
Add your event to our calendar and newsletter!
- Read With an Animal
Maple Grove Library, 8001 Main Street, Maple Grove
5:30 pm - City Council meeting →
Maple Grove, MN Calendar, 12800 Arbor Lakes Parkway N, Maple Grove
7:30 pm - Genealogy Discussion Group
Maple Grove Library, 8001 Main Street, Maple Grove
2:00 pm - Arbor Committee meeting →
Maple Grove, MN Calendar Maple Grove, MN 55369
7:00 pm - Magical Creature Mania
Maple Grove Library, 8001 Main Street, Maple Grove
9:30 am - Drop-in Tech Help
Maple Grove Library, 8001 Main Street, Maple Grove
1:30 pm - Planning Commission meeting →
Maple Grove, MN Calendar, 12800 Arbor Lakes Parkway North, Maple Grove
7:00 pm - Family Storytime
Maple Grove Library, 8001 Main Street, Maple Grove
9:30 am - Fiction Book Club
Maple Grove Library, 8001 Main Street, Maple Grove
6:00 pm - Family Storytime
Maple Grove Library, 8001 Main Street, Maple Grove
9:30 am - Lake Quality Commission meeting →
Maple Grove, MN Calendar, 12800 Arbor Lakes Parkway N. Mayor's conference room, Maple Grove
6:30 pm - 50 Years a Pirate! Park Center 1976 Reunion →
Sundance Entertainment, 15240 113th Ave N, Maple Grove
5:30 pm
Tuesday September 8
Thursday September 10
Saturday September 12
Monday September 14
Tuesday September 15
Wednesday September 16
Saturday September 26
📣 Maple Grove Shout Outs!
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Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Today is the birthday of my little boy, Indiana Jones.
I call him Indy. He is 6 today. I adopted him with his brother at the age of 2 months, Snuggles, who passed away at age 8 months to FIP. These… (Nextdoor Maple Grove) - My daughter and I are doing letters from Santa agin this year, if you have any children and want a letter from Santa that will include a nice list, pictures of the reindeer and some small little toys/fidgets please let me know and I can give you the
details. We stop accepting letters as of November 30th. (Nextdoor Ives)
- Crunch Fitness posted a job opening for Overnight Member Service Representative / Night Cleaner in Maple Grove. Apply here.
- Harvard Maintenance posted a job opening for Parttime Janitorial Cleaner - Empleado de limpieza-39110 in Maple Grove. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Maple Grove here.
🗞 Nearby News
Brooklyn Park
- Pine Island standout makes college decision to play Division II football (postbulletin.com)
- FORUM RECAP: Get to know the candidates for Brooklyn Park City Council, mayor (hometownsource.com)
- Suburbs Grapple With E-Bike Concerns Amid Serious Crashes (ccxmedia.org)
Champlin
- Which former North Hennepin County area high school stars will compete on Saturday, Sept. 5? (northhennepinnews.com)
Ok Maple Grove! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because they work on so many levels ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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