🌱 WACO at Columbus and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Fall in Love with Reading Challenge
• WACO at Columbus
• Walking Book Club

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 79 and low of 63 degrees.
• Wednesday: Not as warm with rain, temps: high: 72, low: 65.
• Thursday: Humid with rain and a t-storm, with a high of 69 and low of 50 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Columbus Junction

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 1
• Fall in Love with Reading Challenge →
  Columbus Junction
  8:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday October 1
• WACO at Columbus →
  1004 Colton St, Columbus Junction
  7:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Walking Book Club →
  Columbus Junction IA
  9:00 am
Tuesday October 6
• Listening Lounge →
  Columbus Junction IA
  9:30 am
Friday October 9
• Walking Book Club →
  Columbus Junction IA
  9:00 am
Saturday October 10
• Closed for Columbus Day →
  Columbus Junction IA
  10:00 am
Monday October 12
• October Book Club →
  Columbus Junction IA
  5:30 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Board Meeting →
  Columbus Junction IA
  5:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Walking Book Club →
  Columbus Junction IA
  9:00 am
Tuesday October 20
• Listening Lounge →
  Columbus Junction IA
  9:30 am
Friday October 23
• Walking Book Club →
  Columbus Junction IA
  9:00 am
Saturday October 24
• Book or Treat with the Friends of CJPL →
  Columbus Junction IA
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Tyson Foods, Inc. posted a job opening for Maintenance Electrical Technician 6 - Louisa County Plant in Columbus Junction. Apply here.
• Wesley Retirement Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Resident Assistant/Medication Manager 2nd shift Part Time in Washington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Columbus Junction here.

🗞 Nearby News

Wapello

• Brown earns full WIU scholarship (mississippivalleypublishing.com)

Washington

• Republican Senate Candidates Break With Trump as Diesel Prices Soar: 'The War With Iran Needs to End' (latintimes.com)
• Trump announcing a new Iowa steel plant that the White House says will be the nation's biggest (klfy.com)

Muscatine

• Musco Sports Center Wins 2026 Iowa People's All-Star Community Award (voiceofmuscatine.com)
• Iowans Should Reject a Rushed Special Session for Steel Plant Tax Breaks (dubuqueinpursuitnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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