🌱 Free Port Louisa tours offer a window into fall migration

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• Free Port Louisa tours offer a window into fall migration

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 60 and low of 37 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 48, low: 31.
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 45 and low of 27 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• See thousands of migrating birds on free refuge tours (mississippivalleypublishing.com) — Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge near Wapello will open its normally closed fall habitat for free bus tours Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8:30 and 11 a.m. Visitors can watch thousands of migrating ducks and geese with refuge staff. Seats require online reservations through the refuge’s Facebook page, with tours departing from headquarters at 10728 County Road X61.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday November 12

• Girls Basketball: Mediapolis vs Holy Trinity Catholic Fort Madison
  HTC Elementary
  4:30 pm

Friday November 13

• HS Drama presents The Lonely Lighthouse
  Columbus Junior/Senior High School Auditorium
  6:30 pm
• Fall Musical
  Mediapolis High School Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• Southeast Iowa Youth Basketball League
  Mediapolis High School HS Gym
  7:00 am

Sunday November 15

• Water Bills Due The 15th of Every Month! →
  Columbus Junction IA
  8:00 am

Monday November 16

• Boys Wrestling: SEISC 6 Team Round Robin (Junior High)
  Louisa-Muscatine High School
  4:30 pm
• Girls Basketball: Girls Varsity Basketball Jamboree (Varsity)
  Mt. Pleasant High School Gym
  6:00 pm
• Girls Basketball: Mediapolis vs Fort Madison (Varsity)
  Mt. Pleasant High School Gym
  6:45 pm
• Girls Basketball: Columbus vs Burlington (Varsity)
  Mt. Pleasant High School Gym
  7:30 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Girls Wrestling: Sigourney GWR meet (Varsity)
  Sigourney High School Big Gym Sigourney High School Big Gym
  5:00 pm

Thursday November 19

• Boys Wrestling: JH Wrestling Quad (Junior High)
  WACO High School Main Gym
  4:30 pm

Friday November 20

• Girls Basketball: Wilton vs Columbus (Junior Varsity)
  Columbus Junior/Senior High School Main Gym
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Barry-Wehmiller posted a job opening for Inventory Control Specialist in Mediapolis. Apply here.
• Arby's posted a job opening for Team Member in Muscatine. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wapello here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Mediapolis

• Area seniors play in All-Star volleyball game (southeastiowaunion.com)

Muscatine

• Muscatine High School Announces Eight Inductees for 2026-27 Athletic Hall of Fame (voiceofmuscatine.com)
• One Lane of Mississippi Drive Reopens Following Hillside Slide in Muscatine (voiceofmuscatine.com)
• Cheapest E15 gas in Muscatine County at $3.92 per gallon in week ending Oct. 31 (riverbendtimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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