🌱 How a Grinnell resident just gained a say in the State Fair

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• How a Grinnell resident just gained a say in the State Fair

Also on today's calendar: IowaWORKS Career Planner Office Hours and 5 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Freezing fog in the morning, with a high of 38 and low of 27 degrees.
• Wednesday: Freezing fog in the morning, temps: high: 41, low: 36.
• Thursday: Becoming very windy; colder, with a high of 41 and low of 9 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

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📰 News we're reading

• C.W. Thomas reelected to Iowa State Fair Board (gctimesnews.com) — A Grinnell resident, Roger Iverson, has been elected to the Iowa State Fair Board, giving the community a direct voice in how the state’s biggest annual event is run. He’ll serve a two-year term alongside several re-elected directors and newly chosen officers who will guide the 2026 fair and related decisions.
   

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📸 Around Grinnell

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Grinnell

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday December 16

• Tue-do-sday
  930 Park St, Grinnell
  9:30 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 16

• Boys Basketball: Grinnell vs Clear Creek Amana (Varsity)
  Clear Creek Amana High School
  7:15 pm

Wednesday December 17

• IowaWORKS Career Planner Office Hours
  930 Park St , Grinnell
  10:00 am
• Teen Time: RPG
  930 Park St , Grinnell
  3:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Book Adult (Homebound)
  Drake Community Library , 930 Park St , Grinnell
  9:00 am
• Girls Wrestling: Girls Wrestling vs Grinnell and Williamsburg (Varsity)
  Benton Community High School
  5:30 pm
• Boys Wrestling: Wrestling vs Grinnell and Williamsburg (Varsity)
  Benton Community High School
  5:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Girls Basketball: Benton vs Grinnell (Junior Varsity)
  Grinnell High School Kriegel Gym
  4:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Jasper County Board of Supervisors Meeting
  101 1st St N , Newton
  3:30 pm
• Girls Basketball: Grinnell vs Clear Creek Amana (Junior Varsity)
  Clear Creek Amana High School
  4:30 pm
• Boys Basketball: Grinnell vs Clear Creek Amana (Sophomore)
  Clear Creek Amana High School
  4:30 pm
• Book Babies
  930 Park St , Grinnell
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Here is the agenda for the Jasper County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, https://bit.ly/4pDZvLO.
  Reminder, you can sign up for agenda notifications as well as job alerts, bid notifications and more, right to your email here ---> https://bit.ly… (Nextdoor )

• Iowa Staffing posted a job opening for Merchandising Assistant Manager in Grinnell. Apply here.
• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Online Order Filling Team Supervisor in Grinnell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Grinnell here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Newton

• United Way of Jasper County and Pacesetters host a bear building workshop fundraiser (newtondailynews.com)

Tama

• US Army names 2 Iowa National Guard members killed in attack in Syria (fox8.com)
• US Army names 2 Iowa Guard members killed in attack in Syria (thehill.com)
• Iowa police chief's son among National Guard members killed in Syria ISIS terrorist attack (foxwilmington.com)

Marshalltown

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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