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- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 79 and low of 57 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly cloudy, windy and warm, temps: high: 79, low: 59.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy and not as warm, with a high of 66 and low of 43 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Girls Track & Field: 116th Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered
Central Lee Elementary School Donnellson, IA 52625
8:00 am -
Boys Track & Field: 116th Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered
Central Lee High School Donnellson, IA 52625
8:00 am -
Girls Golf: Danville, Notre Dame, Central Lee Conference Golf Mee
Central Lee Elementary School Donnellson, IA 52625
4:30 pm -
Girls Track & Field: Gardner-Wilson Relays (Varsity)
Central Lee High School Donnellson, IA 52625
4:30 pm -
Boys Spring Golf: Danville, Notre Dame, Central Lee Conference Go
Central Lee Elementary School Donnellson, IA 52625
4:30 pm -
Boys Track & Field: Gardner-Wilson Relays (Varsity)
Central Lee High School Donnellson, IA 52625
4:30 pm -
Boys Track & Field: 2026 Falcon JH Coed Relays (Junior High)
Central Lee High School Donnellson, IA 52625
4:30 pm -
Girls Track & Field: 2026 Falcon JH Coed Relays (Junior High)
Central Lee High School Donnellson, IA 52625
4:30 pm -
Highland Boys Varsity Soccer @ Danville
Danville Jr/Sr High School , 419 S Main St , Danville
5:00 pm -
Wapello Boys Varsity Soccer @ Central Lee
Central Lee High School , 2642 US-218 , Donnellson
5:00 pm -
Girls Soccer: Wapello vs Central Lee (Varsity)
Central Lee High School Soccer Field
5:00 pm -
Boys Soccer: Wapello vs Central Lee (Varsity)
Central Lee Middle School Donnellson, IA 52625
7:00 pm
Thursday April 23
Friday April 24
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🗞 Nearby News
New London
- Obituaries for Tuesday April 21st (kbur.com)
Fort Madison
- Moehn to tell story of Alleman Bell (pencitycurrent.com)
- Tuesday, April 21st, 2026 (pencitycurrent.com)
- City gives initial $250K to Old Fort group (pencitycurrent.com)
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