🌱 Aced Cornhole Iowa State ACL Championships at Lizard Creek Ranch in Fort Dodge IA and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Cache Me If You Can: Geocaching, Girl Scout Style! at Kennedy Park
• Aced Cornhole Iowa State ACL Championships at Lizard Creek Ranch in Fort Dodge IA at Lizard Creek Ranch
• After school Program at Badger Public Library

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Some sun, then clouds; warm, with a high of 78 and low of 30 degrees.
• Saturday: Clouds and sun; windy, cooler, temps: high: 53, low: 31.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 58 and low of 34 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Badger

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Cache Me If You Can: Geocaching, Girl Scout Style!
  Kennedy Park, 1415 Nelson Ave, Fort Dodge
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Aced Cornhole Iowa State ACL Championships at Lizard Creek Ranch in Fort Dodge IA
  Lizard Creek Ranch , 1762 Johnson Ave , Fort Dodge
  6:00 pm

Monday April 20

• After school Program
  Badger Public Library , 211 1st Ave SE , Badger
  3:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Screenings
  Iowa Central Community College , One Triton Cir , Fort Dodge
  3:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• North West Iowa Thin Blue Line Gala
  Laramar Ballroom , 710 1st Ave N , Fort Dodge
  5:00 pm
• NW Iowa Thin Blue Line Gala
  Laramar Ballroom , 710 1st Ave N , Fort Dodge
  5:00 pm
• Live Pro Wrestling: Strike Back | Fort Dodge Debut
  Lizard Creek Ranch , 1762 Johnson Ave , Fort Dodge
  6:00 pm

Tuesday May 5

• Tiny Sprouts
  Smittys Garden Center , 7 S 23rd St , Fort Dodge
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday April 20

• Clear Lake Girls Varsity Soccer @ Humboldt
  Humboldt High and Middle School , 1500 Wildcat Rd , Humboldt
  5:30 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Mason City Boys JV Soccer @ Fort Dodge
  Fort Dodge Senior High School , Fort Dodge
  5:30 pm

Monday April 27

• FDPL Board Meeting
  Fort Dodge Public Library , 424 Central Ave , Fort Dodge
  3:30 pm

Tuesday April 28

• Art After School
  224 S 8th St , Fort Dodge
  9:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• WACKY WEDNESDAY...
  was started for the programing to encourage the patrons to use their imagination and promote fun and exciting adventures! ( I do use that word… (Nextdoor Badger)

• CJ Bio America posted a job opening for Production Operator - Refinery in Fort Dodge. Apply here.
• Bradley-Morris, Inc. posted a job opening for Field Service Technician in Fort Dodge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Badger here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Fort Dodge

• Live Pro Wrestling headed to Fort Dodge (messengernews.net)
• Hansel honored by school business group (messengernews.net)
• Fort Dodge firefighters on scene for 6 hours during apartment fire (weareiowa.com)

Eagle Grove

• Rock River Retreat grand opening is April 22 (freemanjournal.net)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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