🌱 Belle Plaine author brings new fantasy series to her hometown library

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• Belle Plaine author brings new fantasy series to her hometown library

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Intervals of bright sunshine, with a high of 60 and low of 34 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler with periods of sun, temps: high: 45, low: 26.
• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 44 and low of 23 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Gilman native releases new book ‘The Ambassadors' (timesrepublican.com) — Belle Plaine author Rhonda Virkus Mumby is launching a fantasy series and returning to the Gilman library that helped shape her as a reader. She'll discuss “The Ambassadors” there Nov. 21 from 10 to 11 a.m., ahead of its Nov. 24 release. The novel explores magical secrets at a 1940s finishing school.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Toddler Time →
  Schroeder Public Library, 93 Main St, Keystone
  9:00 am
• Adult Coloring →
  Victor IA
  10:00 am
• Yoga →
  Victor IA
  6:30 pm

Thursday November 12

• Robotics: Robotics Competition (High School)
  Hazel Point Intermediate School
  4:00 pm

Friday November 13

• GeriFit →
  Victor IA
  10:00 am
• Boys Wrestling: MS Boys Wrestling at Benton Community (Middle Schoo
  Keystone Elementary School
  4:30 pm

Saturday November 14

• Girls Basketball: Girls' Basketball Jamboree (Varsity)
  West Branch High School, West Branch Middle School
  8:30 am
• Make and Take Pinecone Wreath Workshop →
  Victor IA
  10:00 am

Monday November 16

• Craft Day →
  Clutier IA
  10:00 am
• Geri-Fit →
  Victor IA
  10:00 am
• Girls Wrestling: Independence JV Girls Wrestling Invitational (Var
  Independence High School
  5:30 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Boys Wrestling: MS Boys Wrestling (Middle School)
  West Delaware Middle School Middle School Gym
  4:15 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Johnson County Oct 29, 2026 (thenews-ia.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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