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🌱 How a Maplewood MMA gym helped boost a teen shooter’s confidence
Maplewood, Minnesota Patch AM: a 3 min readMorning Maplewood! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Maplewood MMA gym helped boost a teen shooter’s confidence
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Sunshine, breezy and warmer, with a high of 83 and low of 63 degrees.
- Saturday: Beautiful with some sun, temps: high: 74, low: 54.
- Sunday: Sunshine, breezy and pleasant, with a high of 73 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• St. Paul's clay target shooters heading to state qualifier competition (twincities.com) — Maplewood gets a shout-out as the training ground for a St. Paul teen who just placed second in a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament at a local MMA gym. The story follows St. Paul Public Schools’ small but growing clay target team as they head to a major state qualifier, highlighting how the sport is building confidence and connections for students across several city high schools. 
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Turn a Wooden Pen →
Rockler Woodworking and Hardware - Maplewood, 1872 Beam Ave, Maplewood
2:00 pm
Saturday June 13
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Other local events
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National Get Outdoors Day Treasure Hunt →
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Coffee and Crosswords
Sun Ray Branch Library 2105 Wilson Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55119
10:00 am -
Kickoff Celebration: Garbage Friends Art with Now.Make.Art
Maplewood Library 3025 Southlawn Drive, Maplewood, MN 55109
10:30 am -
Juneteenth 2026 Celebration of Commemorations
Sun Ray Branch Library 2105 Wilson Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55119
1:00 pm -
Writing Together
Rice Street Branch Library 1011 Rice Street, Saint Paul, MN 55117
3:00 pm -
Weaving Connection Through Art with Briauna Williams
Rondo Community Outreach Library 461 North Dale Street, Saint Paul, MN 55103
3:00 pm -
Family Storytime
Maplewood Library 3025 Southlawn Drive, Maplewood, MN 55109
10:30 am
Saturday June 13
Monday June 15
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🗓 Events Nearby
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HOA Leadership Network Oakdale Chapter (June 12 ) →
Oakdale Discovery Center, 4444 Hadley Ave N, Oakdale
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Book Launch and Poetry Reading - Homespun Alchemy by Julie Martin →
Hidden Falls Regional Park, 1313 Hidden Falls Dr, St Paul
10:00 am -
Storytime (Theme: Tigers)
Saint Anthony Park Branch Library 2245 Como Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108
10:30 am -
Summer Explorers Storytime
Merriam Park Branch Library 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55104
10:30 am
Friday June 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- My cat Saxon has now been missing for 15 days!
He left the Maplewood area on Gervais Avenue and is normally very affectionate but is scared since he is an indoor cat! He is gray with green eyes… (Nextdoor Hazelwood)
🗞 Nearby News
North St. Paul
- 2026 All-Minnesota Baseball Player of the Year: Mahtomedi's Connor Finn (startribune.com)
St. Paul
- Boelter To Avoid Death Penalty After Guilty Plea In Hortman Assassinations (patch.com)
White Bear Lake
- White Bear Lake motorcycle crash leaves rider dead, SUV driver arrested on suspicion of DWI (fox9.com)
- MN boys lacrosse state semifinal results (startribune.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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