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🌱 Boys Cross Country: Monarch Invite (Junior High) and 11 more events
Coming up: Blue Plate Mystery Dinner & Auction on the Exira Patch calendar

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- Tuesday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 74 and low of 65 degrees.
- Wednesday: Humid with rain, some heavy, temps: high: 70, low: 58.
- Thursday: Periods of rain and a t-storm, with a high of 63 and low of 41 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Exira
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- Blue Plate Mystery Dinner & Auction →
Cass County Community Building, 805 W 10th St, Atlantic
5:00 pm
Saturday October 3
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Boys Cross Country: Monarch Invite (Junior High)
Majestic Hills Golf Course
4:30 pm - Girls Cross Country: Monarch Invite (Junior High)
Majestic Hills Golf Course
4:30 pm - Boys Cross Country: Monarch Invite (Varsity)
Majestic Hills Golf Course
4:30 pm - Girls Cross Country: Monarch Invite (Varsity)
Majestic Hills Golf Course
4:30 pm - Volleyball: Audubon vs Exira-EHK (Varsity)
Exira-EHK High School
5:30 pm - Volleyball: Atlantic vs Harlan Community (Freshman)
Harlan High School
5:30 pm - Volleyball: Atlantic vs Harlan Community (Junior Varsity)
Harlan High School
5:30 pm - Volleyball: Atlantic vs Harlan Community (Varsity)
Harlan High School
7:15 pm - Boys Cross Country: (Junior High)
Shenandoah High School Cross Country Course
4:00 pm - Girls Cross Country: South Sioux City Cross Country Invitational (V
South Ridge Golf Course
4:00 pm - Girls Cross Country: (Junior High)
Shenandoah High School Cross Country Course
4:10 pm - Boys Cross Country: South Sioux City Cross Country Invitational (Va
South Ridge Golf Course
4:30 pm
Tuesday September 29
Thursday October 1
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Family Dollar posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Audubon. Apply here.
- H&R Block, Inc. posted a job opening for Tax Preparer Assistant - Franchise Location in Atlantic. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Exira here.
🗞 Nearby News
Anita
- Suspect accused of causing hundreds of dollars in damage to Busch Light display at Coralville Walmart (1630kcjj.com)
- Des Moines Register Names Cass Health a Winner of the Iowa Top Workplaces 2026 Award (westerniowatoday.com)
- Donna Phillips Obituary (westerniowatoday.com)
Atlantic
- Jake Wailes KS95.7 Armour Insurance Trojan Athlete of the Week (westerniowatoday.com)
Manning
- Manning Regional Healthcare Center to Address Medicare Plans and Premium Shifts at Free Seminar (1380kcim.com)
- MRHC Partners With Kristina's Flowers To Honor Breast Cancer Survivors In October (1380kcim.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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