🌱 Mediapolis talent joins seniors’ final high school volleyball showcase

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• Mediapolis talent joins seniors’ final high school volleyball showcase

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Intervals of bright sunshine, with a high of 59 and low of 36 degrees.
• Thursday: Breezy and cooler, temps: high: 45, low: 30.
• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 42 and low of 25 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Area seniors play in All-Star volleyball game (southeastiowaunion.com) — Mediapolis coach Erin Steffener helped lead the Pink Team to a four-set win at Saturday’s Southeast Iowa Senior All-Star Volleyball Game in Burlington. Mediapolis’ Madden Thie also participated in the annual showcase, which gave seniors a final high school competition and a chance to turn familiar rivals into teammates.
   

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📸 Around Mediapolis

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mediapolis

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Thursday November 12

• Girls Basketball: Mediapolis vs Holy Trinity Catholic Fort Madison
  HTC Elementary
  4:30 pm

Friday November 13

• Fall Musical
  Mediapolis High School Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• Southeast Iowa Youth Basketball League
  Mediapolis High School HS Gym
  7:00 am
• Fall Musical
  Mediapolis High School Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Monday November 16

• Boys Wrestling: SEISC 6 Team Round Robin (Junior High)
  Louisa-Muscatine High School
  4:30 pm
• Girls Basketball: Girls Varsity Basketball Jamboree (Varsity)
  Mt. Pleasant High School Gym
  6:00 pm
• Girls Basketball: Mediapolis vs Fort Madison (Varsity)
  Mt. Pleasant High School Gym
  6:45 pm

Thursday November 19

• Boys Wrestling: JH Wrestling Quad (Junior High)
  WACO High School Main Gym
  4:30 pm

Friday November 20

• Girls Basketball: Wapello vs Mediapolis (Varsity)
  Mediapolis High School HS Gym
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• (Women’s Wrestling) Southeastern Dual →
  West Burlington IA
  6:00 pm
• (Wrestling) Southeastern Dual →
  Burlington IA
  7:00 pm

Thursday November 12

• Babygarten →
  Burlington IA
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Barry-Wehmiller posted a job opening for Manufacturing Engineer in Mediapolis. Apply here.
• SmartStyle Salons posted a job opening for Stylist in West Burlington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mediapolis here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Wapello

• See thousands of migrating birds on free refuge tours (mississippivalleypublishing.com)
• Ottumwa Announces Veterans Day Closings and Garbage Collection Changes (ottumwaradio.com)

West Burlington

• VA opens new outpatient clinic in West Burlington (kwqc.com)
• Wayne G. Atwood (ottumwaradio.com)

New London

• New London winter sports schedules (southeastiowaunion.com)
• Teddie ‘Ted' Owen Reese (paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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