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🌱 Patch AM: What do Plymouth’s year-end police and fire calls reveal?
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In today's newsletter:
- What do Plymouth’s year-end police and fire calls reveal?
- How a Plymouth grad turned Minnesota memories into her debut novel
- Which Plymouth hockey star is heading to her third Olympics?
Today's riddle: I got fired from the M&M factory. 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Rather cloudy, with a high of 21 and low of 2 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Sunday: P.M. freezing drizzle; cloudy, temps: high: 30, low: 22.
- Monday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 34 and low of 29 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Plymouth police reports, Dec. 24-31 (hometownsource.com) — Recent Plymouth police reports detail a string of thefts, fraud cases, DWIs, and a felony weapons arrest around key local roads and shopping areas between Dec. 24 and 31. Plymouth Fire also handled 133 calls, mostly medical and public service responses, giving residents a clear snapshot of year-end public safety activity in their city. 
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• Rdale grad brings out bright new novel (hometownsource.com) — A new novel by Plymouth-raised writer Carrie Classon draws on her Minnesota roots and education at Pilgrim Lane and Plymouth Jr. High. Her book “Loon Point,” set in a fictional northern Minnesota town, explores loneliness, addiction, and optimism, and will be released later this month with a launch event in St. Paul. Local readers are encouraged to support area bookstores when picking it up.
• Eight players with Minnesota ties named to U.S. women's hockey team for 2026 Winter Olympics (startribune.com) — Plymouth native and former Gopher Kelly Pannek has been named to her third U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team, one of eight players with Minnesota ties heading to the 2026 Winter Games. She’ll join several current and former Gophers and Frost teammates as Team USA looks to reclaim gold after losing to Canada in 2022. The women’s tournament starts February 5 in Italy.
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🗞 Nearby News
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Ok Plymouth! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I kept throwing out all the W’s.
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