🌱 Patch AM: Where Urbandale lands in Iowa’s first 2025–26 wrestling rankings

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• Where Urbandale lands in Iowa’s first 2025–26 wrestling rankings

Today's riddle: I’m trying to think of a new cloud joke. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A wintry mix in the morning, with a high of 41 and low of 11 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Mostly sunny; windy, colder, temps: high: 21, low: 12.
• Tuesday: Clouds and sun; not as cold, with a high of 37 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• First Edition of the IHSAA's 2025-2026 Dual Team Wrestling Rankings Released (westerniowatoday.com) — Urbandale wrestling fans can celebrate as the high school is ranked 18th in Class 3A in the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s first dual team rankings for 2025–26. The list, which shapes postseason qualification, also highlights several nearby metro powers, with updated rankings coming in January and the state dual tournament set for February in Coralville.
   

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Thursday January 1

• New Year's Day
  Urbandale, IA Calendar
• Civil Service Commission- no meeting held
  Urbandale, IA Calendar , 3600 86th Street , Urbandale
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday December 28

• Cheba Music with Kracklin'
  Cheba Hut "Toasted" Subs , 5260 Merle Hay Rd STE 6 , Johnston
  12:00 pm
• Little Winners Piano Camp
  Arrow Academy Of Music , 10430 New York Ave G , Urbandale
  2:30 pm
• Arrow Academy of Music Free Trial Piano Lesson
  Arrow Academy Of Music , 10430 New York Ave G , Urbandale
  4:00 pm
• 5pm Fitness Quest: A D&D-Style One-Shot Adventure!
  Tactical Fitness , 3963 100th St , Urbandale
  5:00 pm
• The Yellow Chair Project: Gifted - A Storytelling Event
  xBk Live , 1159 24th St , Des Moines
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Art Night with Art is Rad — 515 Brewing Company
  515 Brewing Company , 7700 University Ave Suite C , Clive
  6:00 pm
• 12/30- Clive, IA- La Dolce Vita New Year's Eve
  Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant , 12801 University Ave , Clive
  7:00 pm
• Wings of Fire Trivia
  Clive Public Library , 1900 NW 114th St , Clive
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Library closes early at 5:00 p.m. for the New Years Holiday
  Johnston Public Library - Johnston IA 50131
  5:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• City Buildings Closed New Year's Day
  Grimes, IA Calendar Grimes, IA 50111

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Have you seen my baby?
  PLEASE HELP HIS MOM IS FRANTIC https://neighbors.ring.com/n/Zmq0D4AcQZ (Nextdoor Olmsted Talley Acres)

• Urbandale Community School District posted a job opening for Kitchen Manager in Urbandale. Apply here.
• The Salvation Army in the Midwest posted a job opening for Processor in Clive. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Urbandale here.

🗞 Nearby News

Clive

• Iowa lottery winner claims $1M Powerball prize at Clive office (kwwl.com)
• Former National Pork Board CEO passes away (nationalhogfarmer.com)

Johnston

• Save Lives During National Blood Donor Month (westerniowatoday.com)

West Des Moines

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-- The Patch AM Team

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