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Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Community & crafts (northerniowan.com) — Cedar Falls residents still have several Saturdays left to enjoy the downtown farmers market at Overman Park, open through Oct. 31 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The piece spotlights local favorites like TwoMorrows Flower Co., The Little Blueberry bakery, and Keshia Rae Creations, and highlights how UNI students and longtime residents alike use the market as a weekly social and shopping hub.
2. A legend returns home (northerniowan.com) — Cedar Falls just celebrated one of its most famous residents as UNI retired Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner's jersey before the Panthers' home opener. The story revisits his early struggles, including stocking shelves at the Cedar Falls Hy-Vee, and highlights how his time at UNI and in Cedar Falls shaped the family and career he's grateful for today.
3. Everything you need to know about the UNI Botanical Center (northerniowan.com) — Cedar Falls–area residents can freely visit the UNI Botanical Center on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to enjoy plants, animals, and a quiet study spot. The article traces the greenhouse's evolution since the early 1900s and explains today's offerings, including free staff-led tours for school groups and local organizations across the Cedar Valley community.
4. Ag Matters: Kay Connelly, Vital to Nashua Research Facility – 95.1 The Bull (951thebull.com) — A longtime Iowa State Extension specialist, Kay Connelly, is being celebrated for his pivotal role in creating the Northeast Research Facility and Borlaug Learning Center in Nashua, after arriving in the Waterloo–Cedar Falls area in 1968. His decades of work with farmers and agribusinesses across northeast Iowa helped shape the research farm that just marked its 50th anniversary.
5. In 1964, candidates plowed for votes at Plowville, U.S.A. (wctrib.com) — Cedar Falls gets a brief but notable shout-out as host of the 2026 national plowing matches, tying today's farming community to a famous 1964 political plowing spectacle in North Dakota. The story mostly looks back at that huge Cold War–era event, when Barry Goldwater and Hubert Humphrey both courted rural voters at a massive farm gathering.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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