🌱 Winter & Snow reading to classes at WCS and 10 more events

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Becoming very windy; flurries, with a high of 39 and low of 3 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and colder, temps: high: 25, low: 20.
• Saturday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 33 and low of 11 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Winter & Snow reading to classes at WCS
  Waverly Public Library , 1500 W Bremer Ave , Waverly
  12:00 pm
• Rotary Coffee @Muscari, NH
  109 E Main St , New Hampton
  1:30 pm
• Choir: 7/8th Choir & High-Flight Concert (Middle School)
  Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Mahjong @NH Public Library
  20 W Spring St , New Hampton
  7:00 pm
• Osage Boys Varsity Basketball @ Nashua-Plainfield
  Nashua-Plainfield High School , 612 Greeley St , Nashua
  7:45 pm
• SFHS Boys Varsity Basketball @ Oelwein
  Oelwein High School , 315 8th Ave SE , Oelwein
  7:45 pm

Saturday December 20

• Gift Wrapping Event @ WPL
  Waverly Public Library , 1500 W Bremer Ave , Waverly
  1:00 pm
• Boys Basketball: Waverly-Shell Rock vs Caledonia (Varsity)
  Luther College Main Gym
  4:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• TAB Meeting
  Waverly Public Library , 1500 W Bremer Ave , Waverly
  1:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Boys Basketball: Aplington-Parkersburg vs Waverly-Shell Rock (Freshman)
  Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School Bock Gym
  4:45 pm
• Girls Basketball: Aplington-Parkersburg vs Waverly-Shell Rock (Junior Varsity)
  Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School Go-Hawk Gym
  4:45 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Arthur J. Gallagher & Company posted a job opening for Account Manager, Fleet Transportation in Waverly. Apply here.
• Trinity Health Corporation posted a job opening for Clinic Receptionist - Waverly - PRN in Waverly. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Tripoli here.

🗞 Nearby News

Waverly

• Meet the fall 2025 grads (uni.edu)
• Prep BBall Scores 12-16-25 (kwayradio.com)

Janesville

• Clarksville Basketball will begin two game homestand by hosting Dunkerton Tuesday (radioonthego.com)

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