🌱 Heavy Metal Playground and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• McGregor Fall Art Festival
• Heavy Metal Playground

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 69 and low of 47 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 65, low: 43.
• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 67 and low of 49 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in McGregor

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 11
• McGregor Fall Art Festival →
  Triangle Park, McGregor
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• Heavy Metal Playground →
  McGregor's Landing (First Street Parking Lot), McGregor
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Homecoming Parade
  Central Comm School District Elkader, IA 52043
  5:30 pm
Friday October 2
• 9th Annual Driftless Flyathlon →
  Yellow River State Forest - Paint Creek Unit, 729 State Forest Road, Harpers Ferry
  4:00 pm
• V Football vs Cedar Ridge Christian (Homecoming)
  Jack Dittmer Field , Elkader, IA
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Art in the Park →
  Founders' Park, 302 S. Main Street, Elkader
• Wild Driftless Adventure Race →
  Elkader IA
• Flea Market Under the Bridge →
  Under the Bridge, Marquette
  9:00 am
• BYOB (Bring Your Own Book) →
  130 N Main St, Elkader
  10:00 am
Sunday October 4
• Book Talk with Dr. William Green: "This is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map"
  Effigy Mounds National Park, 151 Hwy 76, Harpers Ferry
  1:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• Yellow River State Forest Fall Field Day →
  723 State Forest Rd, Harpers Ferry
  9:00 am
• Regional Arts Forum: Elkader →
  Elkader IA
  1:00 pm

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• Dollar General Corporation posted a job opening for STORE CLERK TEMPORARY in MONONA, IA in Monona. Apply here.
• MercyOne posted a job opening for Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant-Elkader in Elkader. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near McGregor here.

🗞 Nearby News

Waukon

• Senior Court has been selected for Homecoming 2026 at Waukon High School; King and Queen crowned this Thursday ... (waukonstandard.com)
• Waukon Lions Club offering Iowa KidSight Vision Screenings again ... (waukonstandard.com)
• Flu and Covid shots begin at VMH Community and Home Care-Allamakee Public Health (waukonstandard.com)

West Union

• Northern Iowa intersection crash leaves both drivers facing citations (northiowatoday.com)

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