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Hello Urbandale! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • See how a Urbandale veteran family just got a new home
  • Plan your visit to Indigenous Iowans' Day at Living History Farms
  • Why the Children's Museum is suddenly moving operations into Urbandale

Also on today's calendar: Mom Reset: A Yoga & Wellness Morning and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Warm with variable clouds, with a high of 84 and low of 61 degrees.
  • Saturday: Sunny, breezy and very warm, temps: high: 85, low: 57.
  • Sunday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Iowa veteran receives donated home in Urbandale (kcci.com) — A local veteran and his family just received a newly built home in Urbandale from the nonprofit Iowa Homes for Heroes, with a ribbon-cutting held today in the Oakwood Haven Development. Built by KRM Homes and supported by R&R Realty Group, the house is only the organization's second completed project and aims to provide long-term stability and peace of mind for a disabled veteran family.
   

• Here is What's Happening Across Indian Country on Indigenous Peoples Day (nativenewsonline.net) — An Indigenous Iowans' Day celebration is set for Saturday at Living History Farms in Urbandale, offering a local way to honor Native history and culture. It's one of many Indigenous Peoples Day events nationwide, ranging from parades and powwows to lectures and art programs, with several other gatherings also planned around Iowa and the Midwest.
   

• Valley West Mall's new owner pushing out remaining tenants (weareiowa.com) — With Valley West Mall's new owners ordering all tenants out within 30 days, the Des Moines Children's Museum is shifting to a temporary Urbandale location while it searches for a permanent home. Longtime mall businesses say the short notice, coming just before the holiday season, feels abrupt and financially damaging as they scramble for new spaces.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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