🌱 B/G TR State Qualifier @ Roland Story and 11 more events

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Turning sunny; breezy, nice, with a high of 75 and low of 47 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunshine and becoming windier, temps: high: 76, low: 53.
• Friday: An afternoon t-storm; warmer, with a high of 90 and low of 57 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday May 14

• B/G TR State Qualifier @ Roland Story
  Eldora-New Providence Comm School District Eldora, IA 50627
  4:00 pm
• Boys Track & Field: 2A State Qualifying Meet (Varsity)
  Roland-Story Sports Complex
  4:00 pm
• Girls Track & Field: State Qualifying Meet Class 2A Region 4 at Rol
  Roland-Story High School
  4:00 pm
• Girls Soccer: Charles City vs Iowa Falls-Alden (Varsity)
  Cadet Field FB/Soccer Field (Turf) Iowa Falls -
  5:30 pm
• G SC @ Iowa Falls vs Charles City
  Eldora-New Providence Comm School District Eldora, IA 50627
  5:30 pm
• B SC @ Iowa Falls vs Charles City
  Eldora-New Providence Comm School District Eldora, IA 50627
  7:30 pm
• Boys Soccer: Charles City vs Iowa Falls-Alden (Varsity)
  Cadet Field FB/Soccer Field (Turf) Iowa Falls -
  7:30 pm

Friday May 15

• Boys Track & Field: NCC JH Boys Meet (Junior High)
  Lions Field Lions Track, Clear Lake, Clear Lake
  4:30 pm
• Girls Track & Field: NCC Meet (Junior High)
  Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Middle School
  4:30 pm
• Boys Soccer: Iowa Falls-Alden vs Mason City (Junior Varsity)
  Riverhawk Stadium Mason City High School
  5:00 pm
• B SC @ Mason City
  Eldora-New Providence Comm School District Eldora, IA 50627
  5:00 pm
• Denver Girls JV Soccer @ APHS →
  Aplington-Parkersburg High School, 610 N Johnson St, Parkersburg
  6:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Iowa Falls

• Annette Sweeney seeking another term in Iowa Senate District 27 (radioonthego.com)

Cedar Falls

• UNI announces 2026 homecoming theme 'The Future is Purple' (communitynewspapergroup.com)
• Cedar Falls high school senior named 2026 National Youth Poet Laureate (kwwl.com)
• Nearly 1,600 students set to graduate from UNI this spring (kwwl.com)

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