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🌱 Should Oelwein use bridge funds to bring jobs downtown?

Oelwein, Iowa Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Oelwein! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Should Oelwein use bridge funds to bring jobs downtown?
  • Former Oelwein pastor Hayden Robinson faces 12 more charges
  • Oelwein’s Madelyn Michels earns all-conference volleyball recognition

Also on today's calendar: Work Ready Fayette: Youth & Family Career Night and 4 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 58 and low of 36 degrees.
  • Thursday: Rather cloudy; breezy, cooler, temps: high: 42, low: 27.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 39 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. City considers bond funds for partnership (communitynewspapergroup.com) — Oelwein council members are weighing a $1 million request to help bring IT company Provalus and a promised 150 jobs downtown. The money would help renovate three vacant storefronts, but using leftover bridge bonds has raised concerns about infrastructure priorities. No funding decision has been made.
   

2. Robinson facing more charges (communitynewspapergroup.com) — Former Oelwein lead pastor and Hazleton councilman Hayden Robinson faces 12 additional charges, including domestic abuse assault and harassment, while awaiting trial on earlier charges of arson and intimidation with a dangerous weapon. He remains in custody, with a bond hearing scheduled for Nov. 13 and a preliminary hearing on the new charges Nov. 16.
   

3. NICL-East announces All-Conference VB teams (communitynewspapergroup.com) — Oelwein junior Madelyn Michels earned an honorable mention on the NICL-East all-conference volleyball list after leading the Huskies with 315 assists. She also recorded 150 digs, 54 kills and 11 aces, joining players from across the conference recognized Monday for their seasons.
   

4. Cedar Valley Medical Specialists announces sudden closure (thegazette.com) — Ascent Integrated Specialists announced plans to reopen its Oelwein satellite clinic Monday as an independent practice after Cedar Valley Medical Specialists abruptly closed Oct. 30. The regional network could no longer pay employees amid a debt dispute with its bank, leaving providers to arrange new ways to continue patient care.
   

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  • Geater Machining & Manufacturing, Co. posted a job opening for Skilled Production Tech in Independence. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oelwein here.

Ok Oelwein! 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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