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🌱 Dementia Support Group and 10 more events
And check out Special Story Time with Miss Katie and Abby from Iowa PBS! on the Leighton Patch calendar
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- Dementia Support Group at Pella Public Library
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- Tuesday: Considerable cloudiness, with a high of 78 and low of 64 degrees.
- Wednesday: Not as warm with rain, temps: high: 72, low: 64.
- Thursday: Rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 68 and low of 47 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Leighton
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★ Featured events ★
- Dementia Support Group →
Pella Public Library, 603 Main St, Pella
4:00 pm
Monday October 5
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Special Story Time with Miss Katie and Abby from Iowa PBS! →
603 Main St, Pella
10:30 am - Story Time →
603 Main St, Pella
10:30 am - Real Talk For Parents →
Pella IA
12:00 pm - Oskaloosa Farmers and Vendors Market →
Oskaloosa IA
3:00 pm - Digital Garden Technology Club →
603 Main St, Pella
5:00 pm - C.O.W Coffee →
1000 E. Vermeer Road, Pella
8:30 am - Character Story Time @Your Library
Oskaloosa Public Library, 301 South Market Street, Oskaloosa
10:30 am - D & D Club →
603 Main St, Pella
4:00 pm - Central College Women's Soccer vs Wis.-River Falls →
Pella IA
4:00 pm - Trouble In Tahiti →
Cox-Snow Recital Music Hall, University Street, Pella
7:00 pm - Geri-Fit →
603 Main St, Pella
12:30 pm
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- MLee Healthcare Staffing and Recruiting, Inc posted a job opening for Administrative Registration Specialist in Leighton. Apply here.
- Central College posted a job opening for Part Time Accounts Payable Coordinator in Pella. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Leighton here.
🗞 Nearby News
Pella
- Flag Retirement Ceremony Happening at Graceland Cemetery October 11th (kniakrls.com)
- 15-Minute Lesson Plan: Character Analysis (nytimes.com)
- 2026 General Election Key Voting Dates (kniakrls.com)
Oskaloosa
- More than 75 volunteers take on 29 projects during Mahaska County Day of Caring (oskynews.org)
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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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