🌱 How Coralville came together to remember two beloved Borlaug community members

Hi Coralville! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Coralville came together to remember two beloved Borlaug community members
• Will Iowa bring its stars to Coralville’s Soldier Salute this season?
• What Tiffin’s new clinic means for Coralville-area patients seeking care

Also on today's calendar: Team Leads Meeting and 9 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 51 degrees.
• Sunday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, temps: high: 71, low: 44.
• Monday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 67 and low of 44 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Borlaug Elementary holds vigil for student, teacher lost in drownings (press-citizen.com) — Residents gathered at Norman Borlaug Elementary in Coralville for a candlelight vigil honoring student Ahmed Osman and teacher Hannah Jorgensen, who died in a recent field trip drowning. Families, children, and local police joined to share memories, write cards, and support one another as the Coralville school community continues to grieve together.
   

• Schedule Surveillance: 2026-27 Iowa men's wrestling (on3.com) — Iowa wrestling’s newly released 2026–27 schedule includes a key early-season stop in Coralville, where the Hawkeyes will compete at the Soldier Salute tournament at Xtream Arena on January 2–3. Organizers hope Iowa brings more starters this year, which would boost the event’s future and give Coralville fans a rare chance to see top national programs on their doorstep.
   

• UI Health Care opens Tiffin clinic, signs 15-year lease in Iowa's fastest-growing city (corridorbusiness.com) — A new University of Iowa Health Care clinic in Tiffin aims to spare local families from driving to Coralville, North Liberty, or Iowa City for routine and prenatal care. Leaders say the $7–8.5 million facility will eventually serve about 10,000 patients, expanding family medicine and pregnancy services as the fast-growing region around Coralville continues to add residents.
   

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📸 Around Coralville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Coralville

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 4

• Move it! Dig it! Do it! →
  Iowa Children’s Museum, 1451 Coral Ridge Ave., Coralville
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday October 4

• Team Leads Meeting →
  2355 Oakdale Road, Coralville
  11:30 am
• UUS Singers Rehearsal →
  Unitarian Universalist Society, 2355 Oakdale Rd, Coralville
  11:30 am

Monday October 5

• Museum Closed →
  Iowa Children’s Museum, 1451 Coral Ridge Ave., Coralville
• Mayor's Clean Up Week Fall 2026 →
  Coralville IA
• Parents Prayer Meeting (Monday) →
  Hillside Christian School, 1250 Twelfth Ave, Coralville
  3:40 pm
• Radical Welcome, Diversity and Inclusion →
  2355 Oakdale Road, Coralville
  7:00 pm

Wednesday October 7

• Eat for the Arts at Barrett's Quality Eats →
  Barrett’s, 3242 Crosspark Rd., Coralville
  7:00 am
• Member Hour →
  Iowa Children’s Museum, 1451 Coral Ridge Ave., Coralville
  9:00 am

Thursday October 8

• Member Hour →
  Iowa Children’s Museum, 1451 Coral Ridge Ave., Coralville
  9:00 am
• Afterschool Studio: Halloween in 3D →
  Iowa Children’s Museum, 1451 Coral Ridge Ave., Coralville
  3:30 pm

Friday October 9

• Member Hour →
  Iowa Children’s Museum, 1451 Coral Ridge Ave., Coralville
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The City of Iowa City is now hiring for Hourly Senior Center Nights & Weekends Customer Service Attendant.
  Visit https://bit.ly/jobsIC for more information. (Nextdoor )
• The City of Iowa City is now hiring for Maintenance Worker I - Streets.
  Visit https://bit.ly/jobsIC for more information. (Nextdoor )

• Hotel Equities posted a job opening for Night Auditor Fridays & Saturdays Home2 Suites Coralville Iowa in Coralville. Apply here.
• Walmart posted a job opening for Apparel Team Supervisor in Coralville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Coralville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

North Liberty

• Pumpkin crop sees impacts from heavy rains (kcrg.com)
• October 6 community session for proposed Sheriff's Office and Jail moves to Hy-Vee Center at Centennial Park, North Liberty (soloneconomist.com)
• Five Restaurants Named Tenderloin Finalists (ottumwaradio.com)

Tiffin

• See the photos as UI Health Care opens a new clinic in Tiffin (press-citizen.com)
• Phyllis Ann (Origer) Harms (esthervillenews.net)

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Ok Coralville! 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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