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🌱 Patch AM: Drop-In Table Tennis and 10 more events
Be sure to catch Dungeons & Dragons on the Ankeny Patch calendar

Hi there, Ankeny! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Drop-In Table Tennis at Albaugh Family Senior Community Center
- A Toast to 2025: Bubbly Tasting! at WineStyles Tasting Station
Find out what's happening in Ankenyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Ankenyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Saturday: Areas of morning fog, with a high of 52 and low of 38 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy; windy, colder, temps: high: 40, low: 10. ⛄️ Brr!
- Monday: Mostly sunny; windy, colder, with a high of 25 and low of 13 degrees.
📸 Around Ankeny
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ankeny
★ Featured events ★
- Dungeons & Dragons
Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library, 1250 SW District Dr, Ankeny
2:00 pm
Sunday December 28
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Other local events
- Drop-In Table Tennis
Albaugh Family Senior Community Center , 150 NW Ash Dr , Ankeny
2:30 pm - A Toast to 2025: Bubbly Tasting!
WineStyles Tasting Station , 1450 SW Vintage Pkwy , Ankeny
5:30 pm
Monday December 29
📣 Ankeny Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Festival of Trees + Lights
Edencrest at The Tuscany , 1600 8th St SE , Altoona
9:00 am - Dome for the Holidays
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden , 909 Robert D. Ray Dr , Des Moines
5:00 pm - Chicago Wolves at Iowa Wild
730 3rd St , Des Moines
6:00 pm - Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings
World Food Prize Hall of Laureates , 100 Locust St , Des Moines
6:30 pm - FREE Speakeasy Holiday Comedy Show
xBk Live , 1159 24th St , Des Moines
7:00 pm - An Irving Berlin White Christmas Revue
The Avenues of Ingersoll & Grand , 558 28th St , Des Moines
7:30 pm - Cheba Music with Kracklin'
Cheba Hut "Toasted" Subs , 5260 Merle Hay Rd STE 6 , Johnston
12:00 pm - The Yellow Chair Project: Gifted - A Storytelling Event
xBk Live , 1159 24th St , Des Moines
6:00 pm - Chris Avey Band
xBk Live , 1159 24th St , Des Moines
6:00 pm
Saturday December 27
Sunday December 28
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Target posted a job opening for General Merchandise, Closing, Fulfillment (T1767) in Ankeny. Apply here.
- Gpac posted a job opening for CNC Machinist Needed in Ankeny. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ankeny here.
🗞 Nearby News
Johnston
- Save Lives During National Blood Donor Month (westerniowatoday.com)
- Ludacris Donates $100K To Boost Pediatric Medical Care (allhiphop.com)
Polk City
- Incoming cold front will activate Polk County extreme temperature plan (desmoinesregister.com)
- Judge restores control of Honey Creek Resort to operator amid state of Iowa's lawsuit (kcci.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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