🌱 How Spencer Jaycees are turning 1,000 gifts into Christmas magic

Hi Spencer! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Spencer Jaycees are turning 1,000 gifts into Christmas magic
• How did Spencer’s wrestlers stack up against regional rivals this week?

Also on today's calendar: Day After Christmas Clean Comedy Show.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Very windy; colder, with a high of 37 and low of 4 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, temps: high: 30, low: 25.
• Saturday: Breezy with periods of sun, with a high of 38 and low of 15 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Spencer Jaycees continue century-old Christmas tradition with Tree of Joy (ktiv.com) — Spencer Jaycees are once again delivering the Tree of Joy, providing gifts and full Christmas dinners to about 80–100 local children and their families this weekend. Powered by community donations and volunteers, the century-old tradition continues E. Joy Roberts’ promise that no Spencer child wakes up to an empty stocking.
   

• Wrestling Scores: 12/16/25 (northwestiowanow.com) — Spencer High School’s girls wrestling team picked up multiple close wins in Tuesday’s local meet action, edging Sioux Central and MOC-Floyd Valley and narrowly topping North (SC). Area teams like Algona, Alta-Aurelia, Spirit Lake/Park, and Sheldon/South O’Brien also posted notable results, giving Spencer fans a quick snapshot of how regional rivals are shaping up.
   

📸 Around Spencer

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Spencer

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★ Featured events ★

Monday December 22

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

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Other local events

Friday December 26

• Day After Christmas Clean Comedy Show
  The Great Hall of Royal , 300 1st Ave , Royal
  7:00 pm

Monday December 29

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

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🗓 Events Nearby

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

• MML's Building Bookworms Storytime
  Milford Memorial Library , 1009 9th St , Milford
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Custodian in Spencer. Apply here.
• TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Merchandise Associate in Spencer. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Spencer here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hartley

• Basketball Split in the Battle for O'Brien County (northwestiowanow.com)

Okoboji

• New Okoboji Elementary taking shape (nwestiowa.com)

Sibley

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-- The Patch AM Team

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