🌱 Backbone Trail Run and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Backbone Trail Run 2026
• Backbone Trail Run at Backbone State Park

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 66 and low of 49 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 67, low: 40.
• Monday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 65 and low of 43 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dundee

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10

• Backbone Trail Run 2026 →
  Backbone State Park, 1347 129th St, Dundee
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 10

• Backbone Trail Run →
  Backbone State Park, 1347 129th St, Dundee
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce Farmers Market →
  Manchester IA
  7:30 am
• Flu Shot Clinic (Manchester) →
  Regional Family Health – Manchester, 709 West Main Street, Manchester
  8:00 am
• Live music at the American Legion →
  Manchester IA
  6:00 pm
• Family Movie Night →
  Manchester IA
  7:00 pm

Sunday October 4

• Banned Books Week →
  Manchester IA

Monday October 5

• Banned Book Read-a-thon →
  Manchester IA
  11:00 am
• Free Walk-In Testing Clinics →
  Regional Medical Center – East Office Building, 613 West Main Street, Manchester
  12:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Flu Shot Clinic (Edgewood) →
  Edgewood Community Room, 203 W Union St, Edgewood
  11:00 am
• Shackled Shelves: The History and Law of the Freedom to Read with Steve Drahozal →
  Manchester IA
  5:30 pm

Wednesday October 7

• Teen Advisory Board →
  Manchester IA
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• St. Croix Hospice posted a job opening for Registered Nurse (RN) Case Manager - Hospice in Strawberry Point. Apply here.
• Collins Aerospace posted a job opening for Electrical Assembler I - 2nd Shift (Onsite) in Manchester. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dundee here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Manchester

• Ward Opens DCM Fitness in Manchester – Mix 94.7 KMCH (kmch.com)
• Doug Meader (ottumwaradio.com)
• 22-mile segment of Maquoketa River earns Iowa Water Trail designation (radioiowa.com)

Fayette

• Grassley presents adoption award to Iowa nonprofit My G.E.A.R. Outreach (desmoinessun.com)
• KMCH Bring Me My Lunch Day 4 Winner – Russ Reth – Mix 94.7 KMCH (kmch.com)

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-- 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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