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Good day Ankeny! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

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  • How did stolen cooking oil end up routed through Ankeny?

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Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Thursday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 75 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 83, low: 68.
  • Saturday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 79 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wednesday State Headlines: Infant Death, New Des Moines Superintendent, Wind and Solar Ordinances, Cooking Oil Theft, Workforce Training Grants (westerniowatoday.com) — Ankeny figures into a multi-state cooking oil theft scheme, as federal prosecutors say stolen oil was funneled through warehouses in town and in Nevada, Iowa, before being laundered and resold. The statewide roundup also covers a tragic infant death investigation in Perry, Des Moines' new school superintendent, expanding county rules for wind and solar projects, and fresh workforce training grants that could benefit central Iowa workers.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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