🌱 Patch AM: How a Fenton energy firm helped launch this engineer’s Ameren career

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Fenton energy firm helped launch this engineer’s Ameren career

Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 63 and low of 41 degrees.
• Wednesday: Warm with low clouds, temps: high: 68, low: 55.
• Thursday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 65 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mechanical engineering grad Max Evets leverages internship experiences into full-time position in Ameren's new gas generation group (umsl.edu) — A Fenton-based sustainable energy firm, Nooter/Eriksen, played a key role in shaping mechanical engineering graduate Max Evets’ career path, helping him land a full-time role with Ameren’s new gas generation group. After internships at Code 3, Nooter/Eriksen in Fenton, and Ameren, he’ll now support construction of new gas energy centers that aim to keep the region’s power grid reliable amid surging demand from AI data centers.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 23

• SOD PM - Christina
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  1:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Winter Holidays
  Center for Creative Learning (CCL) , 265 Old State Rd , Ellisville
• SOD AM - Darryl
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  6:30 am
• SOD PM - Darryl
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  6:30 am
• Christmas Eve
  Crestwood, MO Calendar Crestwood, MO 63126
  12:00 pm
• CANCELED - Audit and Finance Committee Meeting
  City of Des Peres Calendar , City Hall 12325 Manchester Road , Des Peres
  4:30 pm

Thursday December 25

• SOD AM - Christmas CLOSED
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  5:00 am

Friday December 26

• SOD AM - Kayla
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  6:30 am
• SOD PM - Skylar
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  1:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• 2025-2026 1st Sunday
  Robert G. Reim Theater , 111 S Geyer Rd , Kirkwood
  2:00 pm

Monday December 29

• SOD AM - Amy
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  5:00 am

Tuesday December 30

• SOD AM - Daniel
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  5:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I saw a post about an lost elderly beagle with slight dementia.
  This dog posted on nextdoor.ring.com https://neighbors.ring.com/event/OdxGlGdiKO looks like the dog posted as missing on nextdoor.com. I can't find… (Nextdoor Fenton)

• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Fenton. Apply here.
• Williams-Sonoma, Inc. posted a job opening for Lead Stock (Key Holder) in Fenton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fenton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Kirkwood

• Trailer stolen from Kirkwood non-profit days before Christmas (firstalert4.com)
• Kevin Smith (riverbender.com)

Webster Groves

• Opera Theatre buys former Caleres headquarters for more than $15M (stlpr.org)
• Living His Best Life With Metastatic Cancer (timesnewspapers.com)
• Naughty Or Nice (timesnewspapers.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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