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🌱 How one Oelwein kindergarten teacher sparks a lifelong love of reading
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- How one Oelwein kindergarten teacher sparks a lifelong love of reading
Also on today's calendar: Billy Joel Tribute Show presented by Billy Nation and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: Winds becoming strong, with a high of 74 and low of 30 degrees.
- Saturday: Very windy; much colder, temps: high: 48, low: 29.
- Sunday: Sunshine; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 51 and low of 30 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• TEACHER FEATURE: Bratten shares love of reading with littles (communitynewspapergroup.com) — An Oelwein Little Husky Learning Center kindergarten teacher is celebrating 11 years of helping local kids fall in love with reading while raising her own family in the district. Shawna Bratten reflects on moving her career to Oelwein, the close-knit team at Wings Park and Little Husky, and what keeps her motivated in the classroom as students grow from hesitant readers into confident learners. 
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Holiday Package 2025
Williams Center For the Arts, 317 8th Ave SE, Oelwein
12:01 pm
Saturday April 18
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Billy Joel Tribute Show presented by Billy Nation
Williams Center For the Arts , 317 8th Ave SE , Oelwein
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Billy Nation: A Tribute to Billy Joel
Williams Center For the Arts , 317 8th Ave SE , Oelwein
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Oelwein vs Sumner-Fred - High School Meet — Golf Lizzy Rose
Hickory Grove Golf Course , 1509 Outer Rd , Oelwein
4:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Thursday April 30
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Block Party – Sew Day
Farmer's Daughters Quilts , 21 E Charles St , Oelwein
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Boys Track & Field: Denver High School Boys Track & Field Meet (Varsity)
Wapsie Valley Comm School District Fairbank, IA 50629
4:30 pm -
Stand Up Comedy Night at Fat Boy’s Saloon
Fat Boy's Saloon , 108 Main St S , Hazleton
7:30 pm -
Kee Varsity Softball @ West Central
West Central Community School , 305 Pember St , Maynard
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Waukon Varsity Softball @ West Central
West Central Community School , 305 Pember St , Maynard
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MFL MarMac Varsity Softball @ West Central
West Central Community School , 305 Pember St , Maynard
5:00 pm -
City Council Meeting
Hazleton City Hall , 111 3rd St N , Hazleton
6:00 pm -
Vinton-Shellsburg Varsity Softball @ Wapsie Valley
Wapsie Valley High School , 2535 Viking Ave , Fairbank
5:00 pm
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🗞 Nearby News
West Union
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- Upscale steakhouse chain files for bankruptcy (kare11.com)
- Police Captain's mentorship leads to $2,500 donation for youth program (communitynewspapergroup.com)
Manchester
- Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office handles 7,600 calls in 2025 (kwwl.com)
- Brian Ortman named Waterloo West High School principal (kwwl.com)
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