Community Corner

🌱 Patch AM: Will Urbandale Food Pantry keep its crucial community navigators?

Spotted on the Urbandale calendar: Classic Cinema: Evita

Patch AM Team's profile picture
Patch AM Team, Patch StaffVerified Patch Staff Badge
Thursday September 24th Patch AM
Thursday September 24th Patch AM (Patch graphic)

Greetings Urbandale! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

Need to get the word out about a local event in Urbandale? Posting to Patch's local calendar is free and gets your event in front of Patch newsletter readers and quickly found by search engines and AI platforms. You can also share your event to nearby communities for as little at 25 cents per day. Click here to get started.

In today's newsletter:

  • Will Urbandale Food Pantry keep its crucial community navigators?
  • Urbandale mourns longtime resident Merlea Rozan Schultz

Also on today's calendar: Fall 2026 Urbandale Electronics Recycling Event and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Do you know what the two sides of a circle are? 🤔 (Answer below!)

From our Partner
Today's Urbandale Patch AM is brought to you in part by T-Mobile. After investing billions to light up their network from big cities to small towns, T-Mobile is America's Best Mobile Network in the US according to Ookla Speedtest®. Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data 1H 2026. We thank T-Mobile for their support in helping to keep communities like ours connected and for making today's Urbandale Patch AM possible.
Find a T-Mobile store near Urbandale. Advertisement

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 65 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Friday: Cloudy with showers around, temps: high: 66, low: 58.
  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 64 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Central Iowa service providers push to keep navigators as pilot ends (desmoinesregister.com subscription) — Urbandale residents who rely on the Urbandale Food Pantry could be affected as a key navigator pilot program nears its end and local leaders search for funding to keep it going. The pantry's CEO says navigators have been crucial for connecting families to housing, medical, and other supports, and is prepared to fundraise to preserve the role in Urbandale.
   

• Merlea Rozan Schultz - Service 10/02/2026 01:00 pm (kgloam.com) — An Urbandale family is inviting friends to honor Merlea Rozan Schultz at a memorial service on Friday, Oct. 2, in Clear Lake, with visitation an hour before. Schultz, who made her home in Urbandale with her husband Terry, was a retired AAA employee and special education associate remembered for her love of travel, community involvement, and summers at Clear Lake.
   

📸 Around Urbandale

Show off your photography skills and the sights around town! Click here to submit your Photo of the Day to Patch AM!

🗓 Upcoming Events in Urbandale

Add your event to our calendar and newsletter!

★ Featured events ★

Want to see your event featured? Click here!

Other local events

📣 Urbandale Shout Outs!

Want to say something great about someone in town? Click here to submit your Shout Out to Patch AM! It's free!

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

 

Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Urbandale PatchAM possible:

Click here to show your appreciation! 💚

Want to see your business here? Click here to connect with local customers.

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • am looking for a nursing home or some sort of retirement place that accepts used robes and nightgowns.
    I have a lot of them and they're hardly used. I had heard of one over just south of I-235 but the manager there never called me back and I quit… (Nextdoor Walnut Creek)
  • ApexFocusGroup posted a job opening for Remote Work From Home Customer Service Representative Agent - Part Time Panelists Needed in Urbandale. Apply here.
  • Oak St. Health posted a job opening for Store Associate in Urbandale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Urbandale here.

🗞 Nearby News

Clive

  • Iowa PBS's Iowa Life to feature Mike Rowley of Clive (dmcityview.com)
  • GOP candidates are breaking with Trump on Iran as midterms loom (adn.com)
  • Iowa Bankers announce new leaders, launch foundation (businessrecord.com)

Grimes

Ok Urbandale! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

👉 Help make Patch AM better

We use a combination of real people and machines to tell you what's happening around town. Learn more about Patch AM.

Share to NextDoor     Share to Facebook

Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

More from Urbandale