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🌱 How Austin’s Mullenbach turned early wrestling lumps into leadership success
Also check out ArtRocks Open Jam on the Austin Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:
- How Austin’s Mullenbach turned early wrestling lumps into leadership success
Also on today's calendar: ArtRocks Open Jam | Austin (MN) Area Arts and 3 more events.
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Freezing fog in the morning, with a high of 41 and low of 21 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 36, low: 31.
- Thursday: Flurries; becoming windier, with a high of 36 and low of -2 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
📰 News we're reading
• Lifelong passion: Austin's Mullenbach can't shake his love of wrestlin... (austindailyherald.com) — An Austin High School senior, William Mullenbach, is capping his wrestling career with a strong 5-1 start at 160 pounds while embracing a key leadership role for the Packers. He reflects on years of hard work, early struggles at lighter weights, and how the sport and team camaraderie have become like family.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Austin
★ Featured events ★
- ArtRocks Open Jam
Austin ArtWorks Center, 300 Main St N, Austin
7:00 pm
Thursday December 18
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Other local events
- ArtRocks Open Jam | Austin (MN) Area Arts
Austin ArtWorks Center , 300 Main St N , Austin
7:00 pm - Riders in the Sky Holiday Show with Brian Christianson & Family | Austin (MN) Area Arts
Paramount Theatre , 125 4th Ave NE , Austin
7:00 pm - The Polar Express | Austin (MN) Area Arts
Paramount Theatre , 125 4th Ave NE , Austin
3:00 pm - The Polar Express (2004)
Paramount Theatre , 125 4th Ave NE , Austin
3:00 pm - A Christmas Story | Austin (MN) Area Arts
Paramount Theatre , 125 4th Ave NE , Austin
3:00 pm
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
Sunday December 21
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Friday Night Game Night
Hot Off the Press Comics and Coffee , 508 1st Dr NW , Austin
6:30 pm - Kids Studio: Watercolor Salt Snowflakes
Austin ArtWorks Center , 300 Main St N , Austin
10:30 am - Classic Country Christmas with 507 Country
Hormel Historic Home , 208 4th Ave NW , Austin
4:30 pm - Wake Up and Wiggle
Austin Public Library , 323 4th Ave NE , Austin
10:30 am
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
Wednesday December 24
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- This guy might need some help anybody got a tow or a tractor he’s right at the corner of 16th St.
, Southwest by the place where you take all your trees and mulch. (Nextdoor Austin)
- TradeJobsWorkforce posted a job opening for Costco Forklift Operator in Austin. Apply here.
- McDonald's posted a job opening for Janitorial Maintenance in Austin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Austin here.
🗞 Nearby News
Kasson
- Girls hockey results for Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 (postbulletin.com)
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