🌱 Volleyball: Oelwein Invitational Varsity Volleyball Tournament (Var and 11 more events

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

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 65 and low of 49 degrees.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 65, low: 40.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 64 and low of 45 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Volleyball: Oelwein Invitational Varsity Volleyball Tournament (Var
  Oelwein High School
  8:00 am
• Missouri S&T Miners at Upper Iowa Peacocks Football →
  Upper Iowa University Football Stadium, Wadena Rd, Fayette
  12:00 pm

Monday October 5

• Football: Postville vs Turkey Valley (Junior High)
  Turkey Valley Community School
  4:15 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Boys Cross Country: 26th Annual South Winneshiek Cross Country Invi
  South Winn Golf & Country Club
  4:30 pm
• Girls Cross Country: 26th Annual South Winneshiek Cross Country Inv
  South Winn Golf & Country Club
  4:30 pm
• Volleyball: South Winneshiek vs Turkey Valley (J Junior Varsity)
  Turkey Valley Community School
  5:00 pm
• Girls Cross Country: South Winn Invite (Varsity)
  South Winn Golf & Country Club
  5:00 pm
• Boys Cross Country: South Winn Invite (Varsity)
  South Winn Golf & Country Club
  5:40 pm
• Volleyball: South Winneshiek vs Turkey Valley (Junior Varsity)
  Turkey Valley Community School
  6:00 pm
• Volleyball: South Winneshiek vs Turkey Valley (Varsity)
  Turkey Valley Community School
  7:30 pm

Saturday October 10

• Quarry Brew Festival →
  25499 U Avenue, Hawkeye
  11:00 am
• Truman State Bulldogs at Upper Iowa Peacocks Football →
  Upper Iowa University Football Stadium, Wadena Rd, Fayette
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sanford Health posted a job opening for RN / LPN Long Term Care (LTC) in West Union. Apply here.
• Aramark Corporation posted a job opening for Student Worker - Food Service or Catering - Upper Iowa University in Fayette. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near West Union here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Fayette

• Grassley presents adoption award to Iowa nonprofit My G.E.A.R. Outreach (desmoinessun.com)
• KMCH Bring Me My Lunch Day 4 Winner – Russ Reth – Mix 94.7 KMCH (kmch.com)

Decorah

• WinnMed Campus Expansion Complete with New 42,000-Square-Foot Outpatient Center (hconews.com)
• Floyd County Operation Named Among Iowa's Top 10 Small Workplaces; WinnMed, Croell Also Recognized (kchanews.com)
• Editorials: Vote for moderation (chronicletimes.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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