🌱 Forever Fit and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Freezing fog in the morning, with a high of 35 and low of 30 degrees.
• Thursday: Strong winds developing, temps: high: 38, low: 3. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Rather cloudy, with a high of 25 and low of 23 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Forever Fit
  709 W Main St , Manchester
  2:00 pm
• Expressive Arts for Teens
  Hiawatha Public Library , 150 W Willman St , Hiawatha
  4:00 pm
• Varsity Boys Swimming - Cedar Rapids Washington vs Iowa City High
  Mercer Park
  6:00 pm
• Varsity Boys Wrestling - Wamac Triangular
  Independence High School , Independence
  6:00 pm
• Junior Varsity Boys Swimming - Cedar Rapids Washington vs Iowa City High
  Mercer Park
  6:00 pm
• Hiawatha Public Library Comic Book Club
  Hiawatha Public Library , 150 W Willman St , Hiawatha
  7:00 pm
• Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Marion vs Center Point-Urbana
  Center Point-Urbana High School
  7:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Varsity Boys Wrestling - Fort Madison Wrestling Invitational
  Fort Madison Junior and Senior High School Competition Gym
  4:30 pm
• YMCA Camp Wapsie – Bingo Food Drive
  YMCA Camp Wapsie , 2174 Wapsie Y Rd , Coggon
  5:30 pm
• Solon Boys Varsity Basketball @ Center Point-Urbana
  Center Point-Urbana High School , 145 Iowa St , Center Point
  7:30 pm

Sunday December 28

• Fresh Conversations
  Hiawatha Public Library , 150 W Willman St , Hiawatha
  1:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Young at Art
  Hiawatha Public Library , 150 W Willman St , Hiawatha
  6:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Casey's General Store, Inc. posted a job opening for Store Employee -All states except MN or IL in Springville. Apply here.
• Premium Retail Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Seasonal Walmart Merchandiser in Marion. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Central City here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Marion

• Miller-Meeks joins GOP leaders to push health care overhaul, blast Affordable Care Act (thegazette.com)
• Linn-Mar Superintendent Amy Kortemeyer to retire (thegazette.com)
• Linn County Public Health adds gun locks to harm reduction vending machines (mvlsun.com)

Hiawatha

• Lawsuit asks whether a wild, rampaging deer is an ‘animal' (thegazette.com)
• Medal of Honor Monday: Salvatore Giunta's Korengal Valley Stand (sofrep.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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