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🌱 Friends of the Library and 11 more events
Make time for BAM POW: Build It! Tiny Cardboard Construction on the Mechanicsville Patch calendar
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Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Sunny and less humid, with a high of 80 and low of 54 degrees.
- Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 63.
- Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Friends of the Library →
600 E. First St., Anamosa
10:30 am - BAM POW: Build It! Tiny Cardboard Construction →
Solon IA
1:45 pm - SCOTTY AUSTIN - Formerly of Saving Able - LIVE at WHITETAILS! →
Whitetails Saloon, 1711 165th Street, Clarence - Comedy Show at Boondocks →
130 Main Street, Anamosa - Garbage/Recycle Pickup →
Solon, IA Calendar Solon, IA 52333
7:00 am - Center Point-Urbana at Anamosa →
Anamosa High School, 209 Sadie St, Anamosa
7:15 pm - Rosé & Namaste: Yoga at Lubben Vineyards →
Lubben Vineyards & Wines LLC, 13504 U.S. 151, Anamosa - Garbage/Recycle Pickup - Moved to Saturday due to Labor Day Holiday →
Solon, IA Calendar Solon, IA 52333
7:00 am - Fall Early Bird Hike →
Iowa Raptor Project Parking Lot, 3664 Raptor Ridge Road NE, Solon
7:00 am - Anamosa Fall Hill Climb →
Anamosa Hill Climb, 10277 Shaw Rd, Anamosa - Sit & Stitch →
600 E. First St., Anamosa
7:00 am - Mats for Homelessness →
600 E. First St., Anamosa
1:00 pm
Thursday September 10
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
Sunday September 13
Monday September 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- TradeJobsWorkforce posted a job opening for Walmart Stocker in Tipton. Apply here.
- Mister Car Wash posted a job opening for Guest Service Specialist in Marion. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mechanicsville here.
🗞 Nearby News
Mount Vernon
- Lisbon-Mount Vernon Ambulance Service benefited EMS district passes (mvlsun.com)
- Marching Mustangs gearing for first festival (mvlsun.com)
- MV advances to gold in Shirley Ryan (mvlsun.com)
Anamosa
- Survey Finds Iowa Pheasant Population Second Highest in a Decade (dyersville247.com)
Solon
- Hoeper's hat trick against Williamsburg powers Solon offense (soloneconomist.com)
- Barefoot Becky wraps up 2026 Music on Main concert series (soloneconomist.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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