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🌱 How you can help build Cresco’s new youth horse barn

Cresco, Iowa Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning Cresco! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How you can help build Cresco’s new youth horse barn

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

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 64 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 63, low: 41.
  • Monday: Sunny much of the time, with a high of 61 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Howard County Youth Horse Program Launches Campaign for New Horse Barn (crescotimes.com) — A major fundraising push is underway in Cresco to build a new, safer horse barn and shaded spectator area at the Mighty Howard County Fairgrounds for the growing Howard County Youth Horse Program. Organizers aim to raise $250,000, break ground this month, and have 31 new stalls ready by the 2027 fair, with local residents and businesses invited to sponsor stalls or donate by November 15.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Hy-Vee Supermarket posted a job opening for Meat Cutter in Cresco. Apply here.
  • Avera Health posted a job opening for Home Health Aide in Cresco. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cresco here.

🗞 Nearby News

Decorah

  • WinnMed Campus Expansion Complete with New 42,000-Square-Foot Outpatient Center (hconews.com)
  • Floyd County Operation Named Among Iowa's Top 10 Small Workplaces; WinnMed, Croell Also Recognized (kchanews.com)
  • Editorials: Vote for moderation (chronicletimes.com)

New Hampton

  • Nothing scary about mental health for MercyOne nurse practitioner (nhtrib.com)
  • Salvation Army looking for folks to ‘take a day' (nhtrib.com)
  • Huskies move past halfway point of season (nhtrib.com)

Ok Cresco! 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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