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🌱 Boys Cross Country: (Middle School) and 11 more events
Coming up: Girls Cross Country: (Junior High) on the Minden Patch calendar
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- Friday: Sunshine and a few clouds, temps: high: 68, low: 47.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 49 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Boys Cross Country: (Middle School)
Shenandoah High School Cross Country Course
4:00 pm - Girls Cross Country: (Junior High)
Shenandoah High School Cross Country Course
4:10 pm - Boys Cross Country: (Varsity)
Shenandoah High School Cross Country Course
4:40 pm - Girls Cross Country: (Varsity)
Shenandoah High School Cross Country Course
5:10 pm - Volleyball: Underwood vs Missouri Valley (Junior Varsity)
Missouri Valley High School MVHS
6:00 pm - Volleyball: Underwood vs Missouri Valley (Junior Varsity Reserve)
Missouri Valley High School MVHS
6:00 pm - Volleyball: Underwood vs Missouri Valley (Varsity)
Missouri Valley High School MVHS
7:30 pm - Football: Missouri Valley vs Underwood (Varsity)
Underwood High School Eagle Stadium
7:00 pm - Girls Cross Country: (Middle School)
Shadow Valley Golf Course
4:30 pm - Football: Underwood vs Missouri Valley (Junior Varsity)
Missouri Valley High School MVHS
6:00 pm - Girls Cross Country: Boyer Valley XC Meet (Varsity)
Dunlap Golf Club
4:30 pm - Boys Cross Country: Boyer Valley XC Meet (Varsity)
Dunlap Golf Club
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🗞 Nearby News
Underwood
- Glenwood's Grace Berglund wins another home meet, moved by weather (nonpareilonline.com)
Logan
- Right of Way continuing instruction set for Oct. 21 (missourivalleytimes.com)
- Super Foods Deli is Flyin High (missourivalleytimes.com)
- VB: Panthers earn WIC Split (missourivalleytimes.com)
Council Bluffs
- New living community to offer income-based rent in Council Bluffs (wowt.com)
- New Visions partners with VA on transitional housing for veterans in Council Bluffs (3newsnow.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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