🌱 Outreach - Tiger Tots 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 39 and low of 25 degrees.
• Wednesday: Freezing fog in the morning, temps: high: 41, low: 34.
• Thursday: Very windy; cloudy, with a high of 39 and low of 9 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Outreach - Tiger Tots
  Madrid Public Library , 100 West 3rd Street , Madrid
  8:30 am
• Pages for Early Ages Storytime @ the library
  Madrid Public Library , 100 W 3rd St , Madrid
  10:00 am
• Library Board of Trustees
  Grimes, IA Calendar
  5:00 pm
• Zoning Board of Adjustment
  Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library , 1250 SW District Dr , Ankeny
  5:00 pm
• City Council Meeting
  Grimes, IA Calendar
  5:30 pm
• Winterset Boys Freshman Basketball @ North Polk
  North Polk High School , 13930 NE 6th St , Alleman
  5:45 pm
• Van Meter Girls Varsity Basketball @ Madrid
  Madrid Junior & Senior High School , 599 N Kennedy Ave , Madrid
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Drop-In Pickleball
  Albaugh Family Senior Community Center , 150 NW Ash Dr , Ankeny
  12:00 pm
• Early out program @ the library
  Madrid Library , 100 West 3rd St. , Madrid
  2:15 pm

Thursday December 18

• Tech Help Thursdays at the library
  Madrid Library , 100 West 3rd St. , Madrid
• Board of Appeals
  Grimes, IA Calendar
  12:01 am
• Board of Adjustment Meeting
  Johnston, IA Calendar , 6221 Merle Hay Road PO Box 410 , Johnston
  6:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Johnston

• Iowa youth lead the way in National 4-H AI in Agriculture Challenge (hpj.com)
• University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom Director: ‘It's not a political enterprise' (siouxcityjournal.com)

Ankeny

• Vote for the Register male Athlete of the Week for Dec. 7-13 (desmoinesregister.com)
• Iowa DOT closing I-35 between Ankeny and Ames for up to 3 nights (desmoinesregister.com)
• Retired Iowa National Guard sergeant says Syria attack brings back memories of Afghanistan ambush (kcci.com)

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