🌱 Toddler Time and 11 more events

Cheers Melvin! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 63 and low of 41 degrees.
• Friday: Some sun, temps: high: 63, low: 45.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 68 and low of 44 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1

• Toddler Time →
  Sheldon IA
  10:15 am
• Mah-Jong →
  Sheldon IA
  1:30 pm
• 7th Volleyball (H) vs. MOC-FV
  Sheldon Middle School, 310 23rd Ave, Sheldon
  4:15 pm
• 8th Volleyball (T) vs. MOC-FV
  MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School, 1104 5th Ave, Alton
  4:15 pm
• Girls Cross Country: Wolverine Cross Country Invitational (Junior H
  South O'Brien - Paullina Golf Club
  4:30 pm
• Boys Cross Country: Wolverine Cross Country Invitational (Junior Hi
  South O'Brien - Paullina Golf Club
  4:45 pm
• Girls Cross Country: Wolverine Cross Country Invitational (Junior V
  South O'Brien - Paullina Golf Club
  5:00 pm
• Girls Cross Country: Wolverine Cross Country Invitational (Varsity)
  South O'Brien - Paullina Golf Club
  5:00 pm
• Boys Cross Country: Wolverine Cross Country Invitational (Junior Va
  South O'Brien - Paullina Golf Club
  5:30 pm
• 9th/JV/V Volleyball (H) vs. Boyden-Hull
  Sheldon High School, 1700 E 4th St, Sheldon
  5:30 pm
• Boys Cross Country: Wolverine Cross Country Invitational (Varsity)
  South O'Brien - Paullina Golf Club
  5:30 pm

Friday October 2

• Football: Sioux Central vs Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn (Varsity)
  Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School Peterson Field
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Growmark, Inc. posted a job opening for GROWMARK Exploring Agriculture Agronomy Operations Intern - New Century FS - Hartley, IA in Hartley. Apply here.
• Aveanna Healthcare, LLC posted a job opening for Private Duty Nurse (LPN/LVN) - PRN 9 hr shifts, Days in Hartley. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Melvin here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hartley

• Harvest swamped by heavy rains (hartleysentinel.com)

Sheldon

• Southwest Iowa's Earliest Harvest Start Ever Paused by Rain as Yields Vary Widely This Year (agweb.com)

Spencer

• Model Railroad Train Show Returns to Spencer for 40th Anniversary (northwestiowanow.com)
• UI researchers say risk factors, demographics linked to Iowa's high cancer rates (stormlakeradio.com)
• Tuesday morning accident north of Williams investigated by the Iowa State Patrol. (kqradio.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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