🌱 Senior Parade and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and windy, with a high of 73 and low of 45 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunny and delightful, temps: high: 78, low: 56.
• Friday: A morning shower in the area, with a high of 87 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Senior Parade
  Central Lee Elementary School Donnellson, IA 52625
  5:00 pm
• Baccalaureate
  Central Lee Elementary School Donnellson, IA 52625
  7:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• Girls Track & Field: State Qualifying Meet Class 2A Region 7 at Tip
  Central Lee High School Donnellson, IA 52625
  4:00 pm
• Boys Track & Field: 2A State Qualifying Meet (Varsity)
  Central Lee High School Donnellson, IA 52625
  4:00 pm
• Boys Soccer: Central Lee vs Williamsburg (Varsity)
  Central Lee Elementary School Donnellson, IA 52625
  5:00 pm
• Girls Soccer: Central Lee vs Williamsburg (Varsity)
  Central Lee Elementary School Donnellson, IA 52625
  6:45 pm

Sunday May 17

• District Meeting →
  Backroad Cycle Services, 2051 330th Ave, Fort Madison
  1:00 pm

Monday May 18

• Girls Soccer: Central Lee vs West Branch (Varsity)
  West Branch High School Soccer Field
  5:00 pm
• Pre-School Graduation
  Central Lee Middle School Donnellson, IA 52625
  6:00 pm

Thursday May 21

• Elementary Field Day
  Central Lee High School Football Field
  8:30 am
• Preschool Graduation
  Central Lee Community School District Donnellson, IA 52625
  5:00 pm
• Softball: Holy Trinity Catholic Fort Madison vs Central Lee (Junior
  Central Lee High School Donnellson, IA 52625
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for KFC Shift Supervisor in Mount Pleasant. Apply here.
• McDonald's posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Mount Pleasant. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Salem here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Fairfield

• Fairfield Native Daniel Kraus Wins 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (ottumwaradio.com)
• Mary Helen Leathers (ottumwaradio.com)

Fort Madison

• Mary K. Mohrfeld, 85, West Point (pencitycurrent.com)
• 2 facing drug charges in connection with narcotics investigation in Lee County (kwqc.com)
• Iowa inmate gets 50 years for stabbing 2 corrections officers (corrections1.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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