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Today's News Fast: Oct. 4

Schools prepare for National Walk Our Children to School Day, the library hosts Haley, the helper dog, and today's weather offers a beautiful high of 71 degrees.

  • Mother Nature has a glorious day planned for us, according to the National Weather Service. It will be mostly sunny, with a high near 71 degrees, and will only drop to 47 degrees at night.
  • Wednesday is National Walk Our Children to School Day and local elementary schools are asking parents to do their part by leaving the car at home and walking their children to campus to promote health, fitness and safe routes to school.
  • October is National Everything month–or so it seems. In addition to it being National Pizza Month, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Eat Country Ham Month, the Chippewa Valley school board is also recognizing it as . Red Ribbon Month raises awareness of youth drug and alcohol use and supports clean living.
  • Kids are invited to read to Haley, a helper dog. The helps young readers build confidence in their abilities.
  • In recognition of Macomb Township's German roots, we bring you the German Word of the Day: Körper, meaning body, is a noun pronounced [ker-per]. 


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