🌱 Saturday Crafternoon and 10 more events

Morning Otho! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• FDPL Book Club ~ In the Unlikely Event at Fort Dodge Public Library
• Saturday Crafternoon at River Hops Brewing

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 65 and low of 42 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 63, low: 45.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 49 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Otho

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 5
• FDPL Book Club ~ In the Unlikely Event →
  Fort Dodge Public Library, 424 Central Ave, Fort Dodge
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 17
• Saturday Crafternoon →
  River Hops Brewing, 1014 Central Ave, Fort Dodge
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Lost Limb Riders Weekly Community Meeting →
  Fort Dodge Public Library, 424 Central Ave, Fort Dodge
  9:30 am
• Paint & Sip: Frightful Forest Friends →
  Soldier Creek Winery, 1584 Paragon Ave, Fort Dodge
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• Adult Class 14+: Ceramic Paint Your Own Succulent Hanging Basket and Plant →
  Blanden Art Education Building, 224 S. 8th St, Fort Dodge
  10:00 am
• Adult Class 14+ Ceramic Paint your own succulent hanging basket+ plant →
  Blanden Art Education Building, 224 S. 8th St, Fort Dodge
  10:00 am
• Free Art Saturday for Kids →
  Blanden Art Education Building, 224 S. 8th St, Fort Dodge
  2:00 pm
• 2026 Oktoberfest at River Hops →
  River Hops Brewing, 1014 Central Ave., Ft. Dodge
  4:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Tiny Sprouts →
  Smitty's Garden Center, 2305 2nd Ave. North, Fort Dodge
  10:00 am
• Social Hour →
  Lehigh IA
  1:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Cooper Picture Day
  Fort Dodge Comm School District Fort Dodge, IA 50501
  8:00 am
• Are you Ready for Quickbooks? →
  Fort Dodge Growth Alliance, 24 N 9th Street, Suite A, Fort Dodge
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Premium Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser - Walmart in Fort Dodge. Apply here.
• Wendy's posted a job opening for Open/Close Shift Manager in Fort Dodge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Otho here.

🗞 Nearby News

Fort Dodge

• Day of kindness to honor Henderson (messengernews.net)
• Guided by faith (messengernews.net)
• Iowa State Patrol investigate a crash of two vehicles near Fort Dodge Monday morning. (kqradio.com)

Webster City

• Homecoming comes to Webster City next week (kqradio.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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