🌱 Toddler Time in the STEM room and 10 more events

What's up Ashton! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Very windy; mostly cloudy, with a high of 34 and low of 5 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Increasingly windy, temps: high: 30, low: 27.
• Saturday: Breezy with clouds and sun, with a high of 34 and low of 15 degrees.

📸 Around Ashton

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Toddler Time in the STEM room
  Sioux Center Public Library , 102 S Main Ave , Sioux Center
  9:30 am
• Science Spectacular with the Sioux County Naturalists
  Sioux Center Public Library , 102 S Main Ave , Sioux Center
  1:30 pm
• 7th Boys Basketball (H) vs. West Lyon
  Sheldon Middle School , 310 23rd Ave , Sheldon
  4:15 pm
• 8th Boys Basketball (T) vs. West Lyon
  West Lyon Community School , 1787 IA-182 , Inwood
  4:15 pm
• JV/V G-B Basketball (H) vs. G-LR
  Sheldon High School , 1700 E 4th St , Sheldon
  4:30 pm
• G-B Wrestling (T) vs. Sioux Center & BH/RV
  Sioux Center High School , 1031 13th Ave NE , Sioux Center
  6:00 pm
• Dyslexia Support
  Sioux Center Public Library , 102 S Main Ave , Sioux Center
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• JV/V G-B Basketball (H) vs. Okoboji
  Sheldon High School , 1700 E 4th St , Sheldon
  4:30 pm
• JVR Boys Basketball (H) Vs. Okoboji
  Sheldon Middle School , 310 23rd Ave , Sheldon
  5:45 pm

Monday December 22

• Spanish Conversation Group
  Orange City Public Library , 112 Albany Ave SE , Orange City
  6:00 pm
• 5th/6th Winter Concert (MS Gym)
  Sheldon Middle School , 310 23rd Ave , Sheldon
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Pizza Hut Assistant Manager in Sibley. Apply here.
• McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Sheldon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ashton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Sibley

• Lyon County Courthouse closed after being burglarized (nwestiowa.com)
• Wrestling Scores: 12/16/25 (northwestiowanow.com)
• Lucille 'Lucy' Pedley, 100, Sibley (nwestiowa.com)

Sheldon

• Sheldon Council To Consider Shortening Library Board Terms (kiwaradio.com)
• Sheldon looks at improvements in downtown (nwestiowa.com)
• Vaandrager earns Sheldon Fire Co. firefighter of the year (nwestiowa.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I haven’t heard the last report.
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