🌱 Patch AM: How the I-35/80 closure near Clive could affect your drive

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In today's newsletter:

• How the I-35/80 closure near Clive could affect your drive

Also on today's calendar: MOXIE Business Owner Roundtable and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 52 degrees.
• Sunday: Sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 70, low: 44.
• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 66 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Serious crash closes I-35/I-80 in Clive; drivers urged to avoid area (kcci.com) — A serious Friday night crash involving a motorcycle and vehicle has closed westbound I-80 and southbound I-35 near Clive, with Urbandale Fire assisting at the scene. Drivers from Urbandale are urged to avoid the area, expect delays, and instead use Northwest 114th or 128th Streets or I-235 while investigators keep the interstate shut, possibly into Saturday morning.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Urbandale

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday October 6
• True Crime in Iowa's Early Years →
  Urbandale Public Library, 3520 86th St, Urbandale
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday October 7
• MOXIE Business Owner Roundtable →
  Urbandale IA
• J-Hawk Mile Run
  Valerius Elementary School Urbandale, IA 50322
  4:30 pm
Thursday October 8
• North/East/South - Beyond Our Boundary, A New Micro-Event, Presented by Copy Systems, Inc. →
  Urbandale IA
• Central - Beyond Our Boundary, a Micro-Event, Partnering with the West Side Chamber, Presented by the Iowa Wolves →
  Urbandale IA
• West - Beyond Our Boundary, A New Micro-Event →
  Urbandale IA
• Urban Loop - Beyond Our Boundary, A New Micro-Event, Presented By Dymin →
  Urbandale IA
• Craft Club →
  Urbandale Public Library, 3520 86th St, Urbandale
  6:00 pm
• Homecoming Parade
  Valerius Elementary School Urbandale, IA 50322
  6:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Ribbon Cutting Event for Shade Tree Auto →
  Urbandale IA

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3
• Fall Festival →
  Grimes, IA Calendar, 750 S James St, Grimes
  10:00 am
• Summer Concert Series →
  Johnston, IA Calendar, 6221 Merle Hay Road, Johnston
  7:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ThreePDS posted a job opening for Billing / Accounting Processor in Urbandale. Apply here.
• Midwest Family Mutual Insurance Company posted a job opening for Property/Casualty Agency Service Specialist in Urbandale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Urbandale here.

🗞 Nearby News

Clive

• MercyOne hosts open house for breast cancer awareness in Clive (kcci.com)
• Iowa Lottery moving its headquarters to the Hoover Building – KBOE 104.9FM Hot Country (kboeradio.com)
• WoF Recap: October 1, 2026 (SPOILERS) (wordpress.com)

Grimes

• Zach Lahn expects Iowans to reap benefits of proposed steel mill for decades (kwqc.com)
• 'I don't know what my fate is': Refugee in Iowa struggling amid Medicare cuts (kcci.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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