🌱 Patch AM: Why a recent fan fight is reshaping Hopkins’ winter hoops schedule

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In today's newsletter:

• Why a recent fan fight is reshaping Hopkins’ winter hoops schedule

Also on today's calendar: Pet Mondays – Photos with Santa and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cold; p.m. snow, up to 1", with a high of 18 and low of 11 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: A.M. flurries; breezy, colder, temps: high: 19, low: -12.
• Saturday: A little snow in the morning, with a high of -2 and low of -15 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Breakdown Boys Tip-Off Classic, biggest winter boys basketball event, canceled (startribune.com) — A major boys basketball showcase involving Hopkins-area teams has been canceled this Saturday at Edina High School and Community Center after a recent Breakdown event at Hopkins was halted when a fan fight broke out. Organizers cite security concerns as schools like Wayzata and Cretin-Derham Hall pulled out, and Hopkins administrators are still deciding if their suspended game against Tartan will be completed.
   

📸 Around Hopkins

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopkins

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★ Featured events ★

Monday December 15

• Pet Mondays – Photos with Santa
  Eden Prairie Center, 8251 Flying Cloud Dr, Eden Prairie, MN, 55344,
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday December 11

• THEATER ENSEMBLE PRESENTS ANGELA CARTER’S “COMPANY OF WOLVES”
  Perpich Center for Arts Education , 6125 Olson Mem Hwy , Golden Valley
  7:00 pm
• SOAR Songbirds and Stars of the Stage Performance
  Eisenhower Community Center , 1001 MN-7 , Hopkins
  7:00 pm
• Suzy Bogguss
  Hopkins Center For the Arts , 1111 Mainstreet , Hopkins
  8:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Computer Tutor
  Hopkins Library , 22 11th Avenue North , Hopkins
  9:30 am
• Connect and Play
  Ridgedale Library , 12601 Ridgedale Drive , Minnetonka
  9:30 am
• Elf The Musical JR
  Stages Theatre Company , 1111 Mainstreet , Hopkins
  1:00 pm
• AS Parents Night Out
  Alice Smith Elementary , 801 Minnetonka Mills Rd , Hopkins
  6:00 pm
• Potluck String Band Concert
  Tuttle's Eat Bowl Play , 107 Shady Oak Rd , Hopkins
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Open Skate
  Edina, MN Calendar , 7501 Ikola Way , Edina
  11:30 am
• Park Holiday Lunch
  Park OffiCenter , 5775 Wayzata Blvd Suite 700 , St Louis Park
  12:00 pm
• Adult Coloring Hour
  Rockford Road Library , 6401 42nd Avenue North , Crystal
  1:00 pm
• CareerForce Job Assistance
  North Regional Community Library , 1315 Lowry Avenue North , Minneapolis
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I have really debated whether to post this but have decided to do so.
  There have been several people asking for help whether for their teens, children or family. I usually don’t help the individual requests but rather… (Nextdoor Minnetonka)
• A man was fatally struck by a snowplow at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Tuesday night amid a winter storm.
  6:01AM on Dec 10: A 47-year-old man was killed by a snowplow in a parking lot at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. (Nextdoor )

• Goodwin Recruiting posted a job opening for Sous Chef Needed for Upscale Casual Restaurant in Hopkins. Apply here.
• Shoulak Music posted a job opening for WEEKEND Vocal / Voice Instructor in Minnetonka. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hopkins here.

🗞 Nearby News

St. Louis Park

• West metro winter calendar: Dec 11-14 (hometownsource.com)

Minnetonka

• Like to shovel? Volunteers needed to help dig out neighbors (kare11.com)
• US dispatch, day 3: second officer testifies Luigi Mangione used fake identification, invoked silence after admitting identity (jurist.org)
• Man charged in Eden Prairie Scheels thefts - Eden Prairie Local News (eplocalnews.org)

Minneapolis

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I could get canned for this!
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