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🌱 Patch AM: How dominant was Hopkins in its latest basketball tournament run?
Be sure to catch City Council Meeting on the Hopkins Patch calendar
Greetings Hopkins! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How dominant was Hopkins in its latest basketball tournament run?
- Why did a Hopkins country club hire a book club referee?
Also on today's calendar: Affording Blake (Virtual Event) and 8 more events.
Find out what's happening in Hopkinsfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Hopkinsfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Monday: Some glaze in the afternoon, with a high of 33 and low of 29 degrees.
- Tuesday: A bit of ice in the morning, temps: high: 34, low: 27.
- Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 38 and low of 26 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Scoring margins zoom for Hopkins boys basketball (hometownsource.com) — Hopkins High’s boys basketball team dominated the Toppers Pizza Invitational at Augsburg University, winning three games by huge margins behind standout performances from Jayden Moore and Ahmed Nur. Now 6-3 heading into Lake Conference play, coach Kenny Novak Jr. says the deep 10-player rotation is still gelling as the Royals work to tighten their defense and sharpen offensive fundamentals. 
• Facilitators tackle ‘behavioral issues' in book clubs with problems (newstribune.com) — A Twin Cities feature on professional book club facilitators includes a local tie: Oak Ridge Country Club in Hopkins once hired Eden Prairie resident Cindy Kalland to guide its members’ discussions. The piece explains how facilitators manage dominant personalities, deepen conversation with research, and help clubs refocus when meetings drift away from the books themselves.
📸 Around Hopkins
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopkins
★ Featured events ★
- City Council Meeting
Hopkins City Hall, 1010 1st St S, Hopkins
6:35 pm
Tuesday January 6
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Other local events
- Crafternoon
Hopkins Library , 22 11th Avenue North , Hopkins
1:00 pm - Computer Tutor
Hopkins Library , 22 11th Avenue North , Hopkins
2:00 pm - Baby Caregiver Connection Hour With Hopkins ECFE
Hopkins Library , 22 11th Avenue North , Hopkins
9:15 am - Family Storytime
Hopkins Library , 22 11th Avenue North , Hopkins
10:30 am - Live Tunes // The Falderals
The Vine Room , 756 Mainstreet , Hopkins
6:00 pm - Acoustic Thursdays at Mainstreet
Mainstreet Bar & Grill , 814 Mainstreet , Hopkins
6:00 pm - Matt Yetter
Hopkins Center For the Arts , 1111 Mainstreet , Hopkins
7:00 pm - Affording Blake (Virtual Event)
The Blake School , 110 Blake Rd S , Hopkins
12:00 pm - Discovering Blake's Lower School (Grades PK-5) Virtual Event
The Blake School , 110 Blake Rd S , Hopkins
9:00 am - Discovering Blake's Middle School (Grades 6-8) Virtual Event
The Blake School , 110 Blake Rd S , Hopkins
12:00 pm
Tuesday January 6
Thursday January 8
Tuesday January 13
Wednesday January 14
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Baby Storytime
Linden Hill Community Library , 2900 West 43rd Street , Minneapolis
10:00 am - Opioid Response Resource Sharing
North Regional Community Library , 1315 Lowry Avenue North , Minneapolis
12:00 pm - Warm Up with Clean Energy at Centennial Lakes Park!
Edina, MN Calendar , 7499 France Avenue S , Edina
4:00 pm - City Council Meeting
St. Louis Park City Hall , 5005 Minnetonka Blvd , St Louis Park
6:00 pm
Monday January 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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🗞 Nearby News
Minnetonka
- Tonka shifts into overdrive (hometownsource.com)
- Hennepin County Sheriff's Office releases statement on Ridgedale courthouse incident Dec. 29 (hometownsource.com)
Edina
- 22 Magical Places to Ice-Skate This Winter—Including the Midwest's Longest Ice Ribbons (midwestliving.com)
Minneapolis
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