🌱 Ladies Night- DJ & Karaoke! and 10 more events

Hello Motley! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Ladies Night- DJ & Karaoke! at The boxcar
• Tri-County Stockyards
• Bingo @ Beck’s at Becks Burger Co.

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 47 and low of 13 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 40, low: 18.
• Thursday: Winds gusting past 40 mph, with a high of 28 and low of -11 degrees.

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📸 Around Motley

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Motley

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Tri-County Stockyards
  Tri County Livestock Auction, MN-210, Motley
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Ladies Night- DJ & Karaoke!
  The boxcar , 102 4th St NE , Staples
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Tri-County Stockyards
  Tri County Livestock Auction , MN-210 , Motley
  9:00 am
• Bingo @ Beck’s
  Becks Burger Co. , 119 3rd St NE , Staples
  1:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Tri-County Stockyards
  Tri County Livestock Auction , MN-210 , Motley
  9:00 am

Thursday December 25

• Christmas - Discover Staples Free Holiday Meal
  Timberlake Hotel , 1212 2nd Ave NE , Staples
  11:00 am
• Farmer’s Market
  Lakewood Health System , 49725 County 83 , Staples
  2:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Tri-County Stockyards
  Tri County Livestock Auction , MN-210 , Motley
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• 2025 Elementary Christmas Concert 3rd Grade 1:00 PM
  CTC Center Performing Arts Theater , 323 2nd St E , Pillager
  1:00 pm
• Basketball: G/JH
  Pillager High School
  4:30 pm
• Basketball: G/JV
  Crosby-Ironton High School
  5:45 pm
• Basketball: B/JV
  Pequot Lakes High School
  5:45 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in PILLAGER, MN S16370 in Pillager. Apply here.
• League of Minnesota Cities posted a job opening for Deputy Clerk - Pillager in Pillager. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Motley here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Baxter

• Area Girls Basketball: Gobblers tab road win against Moose Lake-Willow River (brainerddispatch.com)
• Crow Wing County board expected to vote on Mission LID (brainerddispatch.com)

Nisswa

• National Loon Center holiday donation drive underway (pineandlakes.com)
• Middle Fork of the Crow River Watershed District recognized as district of year (wctrib.com)

Brainerd

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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