🌱 Coffee and Cards @Ionia Community Library and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Coffee and Cards @Ionia Community Library at Ionia Community Library

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A.M. rain; otherwise, cloudy, with a high of 66 and low of 43 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 63, low: 44.
• Saturday: Periods of sun, with a high of 65 and low of 46 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ionia

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 14
• Coffee and Cards @Ionia Community Library →
  Ionia Community Library, 101 W Iowa St, Ionia
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Muscles In Motion →
  New Hampton IA
  9:30 am
• Head Start Storytime →
  New Hampton IA
  11:00 am
Friday October 2
• Mahjong! Beginners welcome →
  New Hampton IA
  1:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Benefit Grill out for Michelle Lechtenberg →
  Mikkelson Park, New Hampton
  12:00 pm
Monday October 5
• Nashua-Plainfield vs Belmond-Klemme →
  Nashua IA
  5:00 pm
• Belmond-Klemme vs Nashua-Plainfield →
  Nashua IA
  5:00 pm
• Fall Paint →
  New Hampton IA
  5:00 pm
• Cozy Fall Pumpkin Paint →
  New Hampton Public Library, 20 W Spring St, New Hampton
  5:30 pm
• Clarion-Goldfield/DOWS vs Nashua-Plainfield →
  Nashua IA
  6:00 pm
• Nashua-Plainfield vs Clarion-Goldfield/DOWS →
  Nashua IA
  6:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Family Storytime - Firetrucks & Firefighters →
  New Hampton IA
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Kwik Trip, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in New Hampton. Apply here.
• MercyOne posted a job opening for Patient Access Rep - PRN - Days in New Hampton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ionia here.

🗞 Nearby News

New Hampton

• Eastern Iowa school districts receive behavioral health grant funding (cbs2iowa.com)
• WPU Rallies to Force Fifth Set, Denied Reverse Sweep of Clarke (oskynews.org)

Charles City

• City, HydroCorp to Replace Aging Water Meters in Charles City at No Cost (kchanews.com)
• Wear Orange for Hunger Action Day on Tuesday (Sept. 29) (kchanews.com)
• Edward Louis Cajthaml (charlescitypress.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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