🌱 See the Idalia photo that just won MCC’s 2026 calendar contest

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• See the Idalia photo that just won MCC’s 2026 calendar contest

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Idalia? Post it to Idalia photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 64 and low of 33 degrees.
• Wednesday: Increasingly windy, temps: high: 61, low: 28.
• Thursday: Strong winds subsiding, with a high of 42 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• MCC announces 2026 calendar photo contest winner (fortmorgantimes.com) — An Idalia resident, Ashley Cressman, has won Morgan Community College’s 2026 calendar photo contest with “Chaotic Beauty,” shot on her Idalia property. Her image will appear on MCC’s free 2026 calendar, and the college is also enrolling students now for spring 2026 classes.
   

📸 Around Idalia

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• JH Boys Basketball @ LPAA Championship (West Host)
  Wray High School Wray, CO 80758
  6:00 pm
• WES Christmas Concert
  Kitzmiller Auditorium Wray, CO 80758
  6:30 pm
• MS/HS Band Concert
  Burlington School District RE-6J Burlington, CO 80807
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Reserved
  Wray, CO Calendar , 245 W. 4th Street , Wray
  9:00 am
• Museum Board Meeting
  Wray, CO Calendar Wray, CO 80758
  10:00 am

Thursday December 18

• HS Wrestling @ Rocky Ford (Girls 4:30 PM, Boys 6 PM)
  Burlington School District RE-6J Burlington, CO 80807
  4:30 pm

Friday December 19

• HS Boys Wrestling vs. Chatfield Dual
  Wray High School , 30074 County Rd 35 , Wray
  5:15 pm

Saturday December 20

• Breakfast with Santa
  Burlington, CO Calendar , 340 S. 14th St. , Burlington
  8:00 am
• HS Girls Wrestling @ Marilyn Smith Tournament
  Wray High School , 30074 County Rd 35 , Wray
  9:00 am
• HS Boys Wrestling @ Bob Smith Tournament
  Wray High School , 30074 County Rd 35 , Wray
  9:00 am

Thursday December 25

• Christmas Day
  Wray, CO Calendar Wray, CO 80758

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• USA Jobs posted a job opening for Agricultural Equipment Operator in Wray. Apply here.
• Wray School District R-D-2 posted a job opening for WES Dedicated Aide Paraprofessional (High Needs) in Wray. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Idalia here.

🗞 Nearby News

Wray

• Basketball Recap: Merino Picks Up 14th Consecutive Victory (maxpreps.com)

Yuma

• 1962 AMC Metropolitan now on display at the Orphanage in Yuma (journal-advocate.com)
• Basketball Recap: Yuma Comes Up Short (maxpreps.com)

Sterling

Ok Idalia! 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: I don't know, but April May!
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