🌱 How a new county tax break could impact projects near Maurice

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In today's newsletter:

• How a new county tax break could impact projects near Maurice

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A gusty t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 76, low: 62.
• Friday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Sioux County continues talk of abatement ordinance (nwestiowa.com) — Sioux County supervisors are weighing a new tax abatement ordinance that could directly affect a proposed wedding event center just two miles north of Maurice. Officials reviewed state code options, potential criteria like minimum $2 million investment, and limits to commercial and industrial projects as they refine how, and for whom, future tax breaks would work.
   

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📸 Around Maurice

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Maurice

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Friday June 12

• Babysitting →
  Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS), 1000 Lincoln Cir, Orange City
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday June 3

• Movin’ & Groovin’ Sensory Story Time →
  Orange City Public Library, 112 Albany Ave SE, Orange City
  9:30 am
• Tech Help at the Regency →
  Regency Retirement Residence Of Sioux Center, 1900 S Main Ave, Sioux Center
  10:00 am

Thursday June 4

• Tech Help at Crown Pointe Estates →
  Crown Pointe Estates, 1400 7th Ave SE, Sioux Center
  9:00 am
• Summer Celebration 2026 →
  Sioux Center, IA Calendar Sioux Center, IA 51250
  9:00 am
• 605 Magic Art Bus →
  Le Mars Public Library, 46 1st St SW, Le Mars
  9:30 am
• LifeServe Blood Drive →
  Sioux Center, IA Calendar, 251 N. Main Ave., Sioux Center
  1:00 pm

Friday June 5

• Walk the Trails Club →
  Sioux Center Public Library, 102 S Main Ave, Sioux Center
  10:00 am

Saturday June 6

• Library @ the Kid's Karnival →
  Sioux Center Public Library, 102 S Main Ave, Sioux Center
  10:00 am
• Kid's Karnival →
  Sioux Center, IA Calendar, 502 N Main AVE, Sioux Center
  10:00 am
• A Different Take Book Club →
  Sioux Center Public Library, 102 S Main Ave, Sioux Center
  10:00 am
• Tech Tuesdays →
  Sioux Center, IA Calendar, 102 S Main Ave, Sioux Center
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Aventure Staffing Professional Placement posted a job opening for Composite Assembler in Orange City. Apply here.
• TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Evenings Embroidery Operator in Orange City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Maurice here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Orange City

• Dairy open house set for June 10 (nwestiowa.com)
• Hull man arrested for OWI in April crash (nwestiowa.com)
• Semi Rolls into Ditch South of Hospers; Two Taken to Hospital with Minor Injuries (siouxcountyradio.com)

Sioux Center

• Sioux Center Summer Celebration Returns Starting Wednesday (siouxcountyradio.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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