🌱 Patch AM: How a Plymouth startup turned sound waves into a $2.25B breakthrough

Good day Plymouth! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Plymouth startup turned sound waves into a $2.25B breakthrough

Also on today's calendar: Locklin Road.

Today's riddle: I’m trying to think of a new cloud joke. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Snow, mainly later, 4-8", with a high of 36 and low of 5 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Partly sunny; windy, colder, temps: high: 10, low: -2.
• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 31 and low of 9 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Using sound waves to evaporate tumors (wuwm.com) — A groundbreaking medical-device company based in Plymouth HistoSonics, uses focused sound waves to liquefy and destroy tumors without surgery. Founded by researcher Zhen Xu, the firm was acquired in August 2025 for $2.25 billion by a high-profile investor group, underscoring Plymouth’s growing role in cutting-edge health technology.
   

📸 Around Plymouth

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Plymouth

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 28

• GLOW Holiday Festival
  CHS Field, 360 N Broadway St, St Paul
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 30

• Locklin Road
  Plymouth Playhouse , 2705 Annapolis Ln N , Plymouth
  2:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 29

• Armstrong Cooper Holiday Classic Girls Hockey Tournament
  New Hope Ice Arena , 4949 Louisiana Ave N , New Hope
  5:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Energy & Environment Committee Meeting
  Wayzata, MN Calendar
  5:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Noon Year's Eve
  Golden Valley Library , 830 Winnetka Avenue North , Golden Valley
  12:30 pm
• Job Search Assistance
  Golden Valley Library , 830 Winnetka Avenue North , Golden Valley
  2:00 pm
• Crafternoon
  Wayzata Library , 620 Rice Street , Wayzata
  2:00 pm

Friday January 2

• Girls Varsity Basketball vs Columbia Heights
  Robbinsdale Cooper High School Minneapolis, MN 55427
  7:00 pm

Sunday January 4

• Letter Writing Social Hour
  Rockford Road Library , 6401 42nd Avenue North , Crystal
  2:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Planning Commission Meeting
  Wayzata, MN Calendar
  6:30 pm

Tuesday January 6

• City Council Workshop
  Wayzata, MN Calendar
  5:30 pm
• Girls Varsity Basketball vs Bloomington Kennedy
  Robbinsdale Cooper High School Minneapolis, MN 55427
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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• Two days before Christmas, I had stopped at Lunds in Wayzata to get a few things.
  I was very weak and tired after just been released from Abbott Hospital and a week’s stay there. I was standing outside with a young man working as a… (Nextdoor Imperial Hills)
• Will take your Christmas cards so don’t toss them.
  I’m here to help Diane Montgomery pick up cards in Plymouth for her church group. DROP OFF ANY greetings cards, used or not,at Westgate Church on… (Nextdoor Plymouth Creek)

🗞 Nearby News

New Hope

• COLUMN: A note from your sports editor (hometownsource.com)

Wayzata

• MN educators create to app that personalizes education for each student (kare11.com)
• From the editor's desk: Warmth of Christmases past (piercecountyjournal.news)

Maple Grove

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I haven’t the foggiest.
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