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🌱 HHS BB Here vs Pleasant Ridge and 10 more events
Make time for Salvation Army Angel Tree Gift Auction @ Buzz's Bar & Grill in Effingham on the Effingham Patch calendar
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Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Mostly cloudy and not as cool, with a high of 51 and low of 30 degrees.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy; windy, colder, temps: high: 36, low: 21.
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 29 and low of 6 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- HHS BB Here vs Pleasant Ridge
Hiawatha USD 415 Hiawatha, KS 66434
4:30 pm - AMS Choir Concert
Atchison Middle School Atchison, KS 66002
7:00 pm - Coffee and Silence–A Prayerful Day Away
Sophia Retreat Center , 751 S 8th St , Atchison
9:30 am - HS Girls Wrestling at Onaga
Hiawatha USD 415 Hiawatha, KS 66434
3:00 pm - HS V WR @ Onaga
South Brown County USD 430 Horton, KS 66439
4:00 pm - HS BB @ Pleasant Ridge
South Brown County USD 430 Horton, KS 66439
4:30 pm - HHS BB @ Maur Hill
Hiawatha USD 415 Hiawatha, KS 66434
4:30 pm - The Gift of The Magi @ Theatre Atchison
Theatre Atchison , 401 Santa Fe St , Atchison
7:30 pm - EMS Girls Basketball NEKL Finals @ Valley Falls
South Brown County USD 430 Horton, KS 66439 - HHS Scholars Bowl JV Here
Hiawatha USD 415 Hiawatha, KS 66434
9:00 am - HS JV Scholars Bowl @ Hiawatha
South Brown County USD 430 Horton, KS 66439
9:00 am
Thursday December 11
Friday December 12
Saturday December 13
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Highland Community College (KS) posted a job opening for Nursing Clinical Instructor in Atchison. Apply here.
- LaborMAX posted a job opening for Skilled Construction Worker in Atchison. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Effingham here.
🗞 Nearby News
Atchison
- Theodore K. Johnson (atchisonglobenow.com)
- Man, 62, arrested on meth count Tuesday in Atchison (wibw.com)
- In loving memory, Joanne Dierking (county10.com)
Leavenworth
- CoreCivic drops fight with Leavenworth and applies for special use permit for ICE prison (1350kman.com)
- Headlines for Tuesday, December 9, 2025 (kansaspublicradio.org)
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