🌱 Girls Swimming & Diving: Ames Girls Swim and Dive Invite (Varsity) and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sunny much of the time, with a high of 69 and low of 49 degrees.
• Sunday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 69, low: 43.
• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Girls Swimming & Diving: Ames Girls Swim and Dive Invite (Varsity)
  Riverside Comm School District Oakland, IA 51560
  8:15 am

Monday October 5

• Girls Cross Country: (Varsity)
  Shadow Valley Golf Course
  4:30 pm
• Girls Cross Country: (Middle School)
  Shadow Valley Golf Course
  4:30 pm
• Boys Cross Country: (Varsity)
  Shadow Valley Golf Course
  4:30 pm
• Boys Cross Country: (Middle School)
  Shadow Valley Golf Course
  4:30 pm
• Football: Creston vs Harlan Community (Junior Varsity)
  Merrill Field
  6:00 pm
• Football: Shenandoah vs Riverside (Junior Varsity)
  Riverside Comm School District Oakland, IA 51560
  6:00 pm
• Football: Underwood vs Missouri Valley (Junior Varsity)
  Missouri Valley High School MVHS
  6:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Volleyball: HCHS Varsity Triangular (Varsity)
  Harlan High School
  4:30 pm
• Volleyball: Riverside vs Treynor (Junior Varsity Reserve)
  Riverside Comm School District Oakland, IA 51560
  6:00 pm
• Volleyball: Riverside vs Treynor (Junior Varsity)
  Riverside Comm School District Oakland, IA 51560
  6:00 pm
• Volleyball: Riverside vs Treynor (Varsity)
  Riverside Comm School District Oakland, IA 51560
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Amazon Flex posted a job opening for Amazon Delivery Driver - Flexible Shifts in Neola. Apply here.
• Maurices posted a job opening for Retail Assistant Manager - Part-Time in Council Bluffs. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Minden here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Underwood

• Underwood grad Alizabeth Jacobsen uses vision to add to potent Omaha attack, block (nonpareilonline.com)
• Two Western Iowa Restaurants are Among Five Iowa Finalists for the IPPA Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin (westerniowatoday.com)
• Enjoy more comics, puzzles and more in The Nonpareil (nonpareilonline.com)

Logan

• Harrison County Board of Supervisors September 10, 2026 Chairman Brian Rife called the meeting to order at 9:00am in the Harrison County Boardroom with Rebecca Wilkerson in attendance, Tony Smith … (missourivalleytimes.com)

Council Bluffs

• Southwest Iowa legislative candidates address water quality, healthcare and education at Council Bluffs forum (3newsnow.com)
• New living community to offer income-based rent in Council Bluffs (wowt.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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