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🌱 Meet the longtime Ackley resident now leading AGWSR’s elementary school

Ackley, Iowa Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the longtime Ackley resident now leading AGWSR’s elementary school

Also on today's calendar: Adult Coloring and Puzzle Group and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: A steady morning breeze, with a high of 68 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 67, low: 40.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Staff Spotlight: Heinz returns to education after retirement (timescitizen.com) — AGWSR’s new elementary principal, PJ Heinz, has lived in Ackley since 1989 and is returning from retirement to lead the local school she long hoped to join. She shares how her deep ties to the community, work at the Village of Ackley and Ackley Recreation Club, and decades in education shape her vision for students and future school facilities.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Growmark, Inc. posted a job opening for Crop Specialist - AgVantage FS - Ackley, IA in Ackley. Apply here.
  • Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Iowa Falls. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ackley here.

🗞 Nearby News

Iowa Falls

  • Celebrating Cadet Pride (timescitizen.com)
  • Iowa Falls seeks permission to draw up to 50 million gallons a year from Iowa River for recreational waterfall (northiowatoday.com)

Parkersburg

Cedar Falls

  • Photos: 17th Annual Pink Ribbon Run in Cedar Falls (wcfcourier.com)
  • Social worker and psychologist are charged with patient-relationship violations (kcrg.com)
  • Black Hawk County Conservation hosts public trust fund event (muscatinejournal.com)

Ok Ackley! 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: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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