🌱 How Cape’s dry spell could thin your favorite farmers market stands

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In today's newsletter:

• How Cape’s dry spell could thin your favorite farmers market stands
• How fast is Cape Girardeau’s record-breaking sophomore sprinter?
• What dispute once put Cape Girardeau’s City Council in the middle?

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Breezy, with a high of 86 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 66, low: 37.
• Sunday: Sunny and comfortable, with a high of 70 and low of 43 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• DROUGHT IMPACT: Dry conditions may threaten farmer's market product availability (kfvs12.com) — If you shop the Cape Farmers Market in Cape Girardeau, vendors warn that today’s selection may look different from what you’ll find later this season as ongoing dry weather threatens young field crops. Growers say greenhouse and high-tunnel produce is holding up, but rain-dependent crops could mean smaller yields and fewer items at local stands if conditions don’t improve.
   

• Cape Girardeau sophomore breaks school record, ranks among Missouri's fastest sprinters - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News (kbsi23.com) — A Cape Girardeau High School sophomore, Taraji Riley, has set a new 100-meter dash record and now ranks among the fastest sprinters in Missouri, highlighting local athletic success. Her coaches credit offseason training, strength work, and strong academics as she prepares to race top competition in the St. Louis area and advance toward district and state meets.
   

• Out of the past: April 17 (semissourian.com) — Cape Girardeau’s past comes alive with a look at a contentious trailer camp proposal before the City Council and a Chamber of Commerce push to use local labor on new school projects. The column also recalls local band members traveling to Illinois and a Southeast Hospital birth story, all curated by Southeast Missourian librarian Sharon Sanders.
   

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📸 Around Cape Girardeau

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cape Girardeau

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Cape Anime 2026
  Show Me Center, 1333 N Sprigg St, Cape Girardeau
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday April 20

• National Volunteer Week / Recognize PTO
  Nell Holcomb R-iV Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
• Autism Awareness Month
  Nell Holcomb R-iV Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
• BB vs Caruthersville
  Central Junior High School , 1910 Whitener St , Cape Girardeau
  4:30 pm

Tuesday April 21

• National Volunteer Week / Recognize PTO
  Nell Holcomb R-iV Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

Wednesday April 22

• Administrative Assistant Day (Mrs. Ritter & Mrs. Payne)
  Nell Holcomb R-iV Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
• Workforce Wednesday
  Career & Technology Center Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
  9:00 am
• BB at Kennett
  Willoughby Park , Kennett, MO 63857, USA
  4:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• BB vs Portageville
  Central Junior High School , 1910 Whitener St , Cape Girardeau
  4:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Caffeinated in Cape 2026
  Catapult SEMO , 612 Broadway St , Cape Girardeau
  10:00 am

Monday April 20

• BB vs Caruthersville
  Central Junior High School , 1910 Whitener St , Cape Girardeau
  4:30 pm
• Mayor and Board of Aldermen Meeting
  Jackson, MO Calendar , 101 Court St. , Jackson
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Are you an author?
  An aspiring author? Want to make connections to other area writers? Join us on Saturday, April 18, 10:30AM at the Cape library for the monthly… (Nextdoor Kage)

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🗞 Nearby News

Scott City

• Photo gallery: Cape Central T&F Invitational (standard-democrat.com)
• Donna Mae Kirn (republicmonitor.com)

Jackson

• Justice Jackson chides Supreme Court conservatives over 'oblivious' pr... (semissourian.com)
• Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had an anticompetitive mo... (semissourian.com)
• SEMO Student Discovers Purpose Through Communication Disorders Program (semo.edu)

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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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