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🌱 Monthly Book Club @Lawler Public Library and 11 more events
And on the Ridgeway Patch calendar - SAC Promo Night
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Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 66 and low of 43 degrees.
- Friday: Plenty of sun, temps: high: 63, low: 45.
- Saturday: Periods of sun, with a high of 66 and low of 48 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Monthly Book Club @Lawler Public Library →
Lawler Public Library, 412 E Grove St, Lawler
1:00 pm - SAC Promo Night →
Dahl Centennial Union, Cafeteria, Decorah
5:00 pm - Solar and Sheep Demonstration →
1193 Pole Line Rd (Luther College Solar Field), Decorah
5:00 pm - Boys Cross Country: Trent Smith Invitational (Junior High)
Wildwood Golf Course
5:00 pm - Girls Cross Country: (Varsity)
Wildwood Golf Course
5:30 pm - Boys Cross Country: Trent Smith Invitational (Varsity)
Wildwood Golf Course
6:00 pm - Homecoming →
Luther College, Decorah - Chapel →
Center for Faith and Life, Main Hall, Decorah
10:30 am - Clergy and College Ministries Alumni Coffee →
Impact Coffee, 101 W. Water Street, Decorah
11:00 am - Walking Campus Tour with Professor Emeritus David Faldet '79 →
Dahl Centennial Union, front entrance, Decorah
1:00 pm - Gerdin Fieldhouse Tour →
Gerdin Fieldhouse Lobby, Decorah
4:00 pm - Book Signing with Peg Brenden '76 and Sheri Brenden '81 →
Dahl Centennial Union, Book Shop, Decorah
4:15 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Avera Health posted a job opening for Dietary Aide and Cook in Cresco. Apply here.
- Hy-Vee Supermarket posted a job opening for Produce Clerk in Decorah. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ridgeway here.
🗞 Nearby News
Decorah
- Decorah Chamber recognizes Manufacturing Week (decorahleader.com)
- Craft Brews and Leaf Peeping Make This Iowa College Town the Quintessential Fall Getaway (midwestliving.com)
- Luther College prof brings women's self-defense program to NE Iowa, SE Minnesota (kimt.com)
New Hampton
- Eastern Iowa school districts receive behavioral health grant funding (cbs2iowa.com)
- WPU Rallies to Force Fifth Set, Denied Reverse Sweep of Clarke (oskynews.org)
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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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