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🌱 Girls Cross Country: (Junior High) and 11 more events

Lost Nation, Iowa Patch AM: a 3 min read

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


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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Sunny much of the time, with a high of 67 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 70, low: 41.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 42 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Monday October 5
  • Girls Cross Country: (Junior High)
    Bellevue Golf Club
    4:15 pm
  • Football: Calamus-Wheatland vs Central City (Junior High)
    Central City High School
    4:30 pm
  • Boys Cross Country: (Varsity)
    Bellevue Golf Club
    4:35 pm
  • Girls Cross Country: Marquette XC Invitational (Varsity)
    Bellevue Golf Club
    5:00 pm
  • Football: Calamus-Wheatland vs Central City (Junior Varsity)
    Central City High School
    6:00 pm
  • Tuesday October 6
  • Girls Cross Country: Central DeWitt MS Cross Country Inviational (J
    Grace Lutheran Church Camp
    4:30 pm
  • Boys Cross Country: Central DeWitt Invitational - Jim Hetrick Cross
    Grace Lutheran Church Camp
    4:30 pm
  • Volleyball: Midland vs Calamus-Wheatland (Freshman/Sophomore)
    Calamus-Wheatland High School Activity Center
    5:15 pm
  • Volleyball: Midland vs Calamus-Wheatland (Junior Varsity)
    Calamus-Wheatland High School Activity Center
    6:15 pm
  • Volleyball: Midland vs Calamus-Wheatland (Varsity)
    Calamus-Wheatland High School Activity Center
    7:30 pm
  • Thursday October 8
  • Boys Cross Country: Jim Hetrick Invitational (Varsity)
    Grace Lutheran Church Camp
    4:00 pm
  • Girls Cross Country: Jim Hetrick (Varsity)
    Grace Lutheran Church Camp
    4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Kwik Trip, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Food Manager in Maquoketa. Apply here.
  • Sysco posted a job opening for Local CDL-A Truck Driver in Maquoketa. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lost Nation here.

🗞 Nearby News

Maquoketa

Eldridge

  • Eldridge Police Department receives Iowa accreditation (ourquadcities.com)
  • School officials, police say North Scott Homecoming shenanigans have ‘escalated beyond acceptable boundaries' (kcrg.com)
  • North Scott student sustains minor injuries following Thursday morning accident (northscottpress.com)

Davenport

  • CornCon Cybersecurity Conference Coming To Davenport RiverCenter (quadcities.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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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Lost Nation

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Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.