🌱 Girls Wrestling: Emmetsburg MS Girls Wrestling Tournament (Junior High) and 11 more events

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Freezing fog in the morning, with a high of 41 and low of 20 degrees.
• Wednesday: Windy in the afternoon, temps: high: 42, low: 23.
• Thursday: Very windy; colder, with a high of 34 and low of 6 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Girls Wrestling: Emmetsburg MS Girls Wrestling Tournament (Junior High)
  Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm School District Ruthven, IA 51358
  4:15 pm
• Girls Wrestling: Humboldt's Michelle Jensen Invitational (Varsity)
  Graettinger-Terril Elementary School Terril, IA 51364
  5:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Boys Wrestling: Boys Wrestling Quad (Varsity)
  Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm School District Ruthven, IA 51358
  6:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Boys Basketball: GTRA vs East Sac County (Junior Varsity)
  Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm School District Ruthven, IA 51358
  4:30 pm
• Boys Wrestling: Austin Roberts Memorial Tournament - JV (Junior Varsity)
  Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm School District Ruthven, IA 51358
  5:00 pm
• Girls Basketball: GTRA vs East Sac County (Varsity)
  Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm School District Ruthven, IA 51358
  6:15 pm
• Boys Basketball: GTRA vs East Sac County (Varsity)
  Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm School District Ruthven, IA 51358
  7:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Boys Basketball: Okoboji vs GTRA (Junior Varsity)
  Graettinger-Terril Elementary School Terril, IA 51364
  4:30 pm
• Girls Basketball: Okoboji vs GTRA (Varsity)
  Graettinger-Terril Elementary School Terril, IA 51364
  6:00 pm
• Boys Basketball: Okoboji vs GTRA (Varsity)
  Graettinger-Terril Elementary School Terril, IA 51364
  7:30 pm

Monday December 22

• Spencer Hy-Noon Kiwanis Club Meeting
  Clay County Regional Events Center , 800 W 18th St , Spencer
  12:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Craft After School/Paper Plate Snowman
  Sioux Rapids Memorial Library , 215 2nd St , Sioux Rapids
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Spencer

• Meet the 2025 Sioux City Journal All-Area Girls Cross County Team (siouxcityjournal.com)
• 'FLUFFY' is coming to the Clay County Fair!! (more1049.com)

Okoboji

• Spirit Lake Man Arrested for Attempted Murder After Highway Shooting (northwestiowanow.com)

Hartley

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