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🌱 Montezuma’s new robotics team gets a boost from local businesses
Montezuma, Iowa Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Montezuma! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Montezuma’s new robotics team gets a boost from local businesses
Also on today's calendar: Montezuma Business Blend and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Partly sunny; breezy, cooler, with a high of 58 and low of 33 degrees.
- Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 44, low: 28.
- Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 44 and low of 26 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Montezuma robotics team prepares for competition (hometowncurrent.com) — Seven Montezuma High School students are building toward their first robotics competition, targeted for Nov. 21 in Newton. Delayed grant-funded parts slowed their start, but local sponsors helped buy a beginner robot kit, while Colewell Automation is helping the team learn programming. 
📸 Around Montezuma
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Upcoming Events in
Montezuma
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★ Featured events ★
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Crafternoons- Recycled Garlands →
Diamond Lake Park- Foster Center, 4896 Stagecoach Rd, Montezuma
1:00 pm
Thursday November 12
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Other local events
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Newsies Musical
Montezuma Comm School District Montezuma, IA 50171
7:00 pm -
Montezuma Business Blend →
Vivarium Coffee, 309 East Main Street, Montezuma
8:30 am -
Nature Explorers →
Diamond Lake Park- Foster Center, 4896 Stagecoach Rd, Montezuma
1:00 pm -
Thanksgiving - County Offices Closed →
Poweshiek County Courthouse, 302 East Main, Montezuma -
Day After Thanksgiving - County Offices Closed →
Poweshiek County Courthouse, 302 East Main, Montezuma
Saturday November 14
Tuesday November 17
Tuesday November 24
Thursday November 26
Friday November 27
📣 Montezuma Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Storytime →
Drake Community Library, 930 Park Street, Grinnell
10:30 am -
Library Club →
Drake Community Library, 930 Park Street, Grinnell
3:30 pm -
GC Football
Grinnell High School TT Cranny Field
5:15 pm -
Teen Time: Gaming →
Drake Community Library, 930 Park Street, Grinnell
3:30 pm -
Bookin' It at the Drake →
Drake Community Library, 930 Park Street, Grinnell
7:00 pm -
Theatre: Thespian Festival (High School)
University of Northern Iowa
8:00 am
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Scooter's Coffee posted a job opening for Barista in Oskaloosa. Apply here.
- Mahaska Health posted a job opening for Culinary Services Associate in Oskaloosa. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Montezuma here.
🗞 Nearby News
Grinnell
- County Football Insider: Bowers a bright spot for Raiders in loss to 49ers (napavalleyregister.com)
- News briefs: Sand launches transition website (hometowncurrent.com)
Oskaloosa
- William Penn University, Bank Iowa, and United Way of Mahaska County Partner to Support Oskaloosa Food Banks and Local Families (oskynews.org)
- Oskaloosa Announces Elimination of Full-Time Positions, Other Budget Reductions to Address Shortfall – KBOE 104.9FM Hot Country (kboeradio.com)
- Rev. Dr. John Elmer Hiemstra (ottumwaradio.com)
Ok Montezuma! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- 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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