🌱 Why the U.S. education secretary stopped at Rathdrum’s technical education campus

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• Why the U.S. education secretary stopped at Rathdrum’s technical education campus

Also on today's calendar: Comedy Open Mic Night @ The Draft Zone! and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler with periods of rain, with a high of 50 and low of 39 degrees.
• Thursday: Cloudy with a shower, temps: high: 49, low: 34.
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 52 and low of 33 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• U.S. Education Secretary rallies Coeur d'Alene charter students (idahoednews.org) — U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon visited North Idaho Tuesday, rallying students at Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy before touring the Kootenai Technical Education Campus in Rathdrum to see local career-technical programs. She also discussed her push to close the federal Department of Education, potential shifts in how school funding is handled, and efforts to better support special education costs in Idaho.
   

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📸 Around Rathdrum

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rathdrum

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Tulip Collage in Watercolor-All Ages-8 to 98yrs:)
  Art on the Roof, 8052 Main St #204, Rathdrum
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Plant Facilities Levy Town Hall at THS Commons
  Timberlake High School
  5:30 pm
• Comedy Open Mic Night @ The Draft Zone!
  The Draft Zone , 4430 W Riverbend Ave , Post Falls
  7:00 pm

Wednesday April 29

• Track - CDA Charter Invitational
  Lake City High School , 6101 N Ramsey Rd , Coeur d'Alene
  4:30 pm

Saturday May 2

• Companions Animal Center Open House!
  Companions Animal Center , 10275 N Atlas Rd , Rathdrum
  12:00 pm
• Summer Market (Rathdrum Craft and Farmers Market)
  16114 N Meyer Rd , Rathdrum
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday April 23

• Homeschool Day
  Museum of North Idaho , 720 E Young Ave , Coeur d'Alene
  11:00 am
• SEE Into Our Future at Safe Passage
  Safe Passage , 850 N. 4th St. , CDA
  3:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Strawberry Fields Forever
  New Leaf Nursery , 12655 N Government Wy , Hayden
  11:00 am
• Strawberry Fields Forever — New Leaf Nursery
  New Leaf Nursery , 12655 N Government Wy , Hayden
  11:00 am
• The Hayden Market
  Hayden Canyon Charter , 13590 N Government Wy , Hayden
  12:00 pm
• Family Promise Dinner Auction – Save the Date
  Best Western CDA Inn
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sneak peek time!!
  The shop is coming together beautifully for the May market and we can’t wait to see you all! FRIDAY MAY 1st: 12pm - 5pm SATURDAY MAY 2nd: 10am - 3pm… (Nextdoor Elk Horn Ranch Estates)
• Radiant Lake
  Does anyone know this little gal? She borrowed a gray wheelbarrow from me and I haven’t seen it in over a week. If you know her can you ask her to… (Nextdoor Radiant Lake)

• AutoZone, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate - Part Time in Rathdrum. Apply here.
• UNITECH COMPOSITES INC posted a job opening for Value Stream Supervisor - Swing Shift in Hayden. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rathdrum here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hayden

• Bingham County coroner leads state effort to improve infant and child death investigations (rexburgstandardjournal.com)

Post Falls

• Post Falls culinary students to compete in National ProStart Invitational (krem.com)
• Columbus gets the NWSL's 18th team to start play in 2028 (postregister.com)
• Julia Zimny named first special prosecutor for North Idaho drug cases (khq.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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