🌱 Patch AM: What a federal court fight means for USDA’s new Urbandale center

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• What a federal court fight means for USDA's new Urbandale center

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📰 News we're reading

• Judge Temporarily Pauses USDA Reorganization Amid Legal Challenge (qualityassurancemag.com) — A federal judge has temporarily paused much of the USDA's reorganization, which includes plans to create a National Food Safety Center in Urbandale. While the court reviews union and local-government challenges to the restructuring, the move raises questions about timing, staffing changes, and what the new Urbandale-based center could eventually mean for local jobs and federal presence.
   

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Saturday September 19
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Saturday September 19
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Monday September 21
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Tuesday September 22
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  Urbandale High School Performing Arts Center, 7111 Aurora Avenue, Urbandale
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• Adult DIY: Elderberry Syrup →
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Wednesday September 23
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🗞 Nearby News

Clive

• Corn, soybeans both a little behind last year (greenecountynewsonline.com)

Grimes

• IGHSAU Volleyball Rankings (westerniowatoday.com)

West Des Moines

• See Iowa governor candidate Rob Sand campaign in West Des Moines (desmoinesregister.com)
• Research Symposium and Young Scientist Program at Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences to Showcase Innovation, Student Discovery (rcreader.com)
• How to get relief from fall allergies in Iowa (who13.com)

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