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🌱 Patch AM: Plan your Cedar Falls Halloween with these 2026 trick‑or‑treat events

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Greetings Cedar Falls! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Plan your Cedar Falls Halloween with these 2026 trick‑or‑treat events
  • Cedar Falls employer's data breach: are your Social Security details exposed?
  • Why the city can't stop Cedar Falls Utilities' cable TV decision

Also on today's calendar: Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Sunny, windy and very warm, with a high of 84 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Sunday: Warm; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 82, low: 63.
  • Monday: Very warm with sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Halloween 2026 Events in the Corridor & Cedar Valley [LIST] (khak.com) — Cedar Falls families have a packed Halloween lineup this October, from Kids Club trick‑or‑treating at the University Avenue Hy‑Vee and mall events at College Square to a Halloween Lights Ride and downtown Trick or Treat in the District. Adults can also enjoy a Halloween party at the Eagles Club, alongside dozens of nearby Corridor and Cedar Valley celebrations.
   

2. Martin Brothers Data Breach Exposes SSNs and Contact Details (claimdepot.com) — A data breach tied to benefits administrator PDCM Insurance has exposed sensitive personal and financial information for people connected to Cedar Falls–based Martin Brothers Distributing. With over a thousand Iowans affected, residents linked to the company are being offered five years of free credit monitoring and are urged to review their notification letters and consider enrolling for added protection.
   

3. Why did Brandon Libby leave KWWL News? Your Call the Courier questions answered (wcfcourier.com) — Cedar Falls readers get clarification that city administrators cannot overturn Cedar Falls Utilities' decision to end cable TV service, since CFU is independently governed. The Q&A column also tackles local property tax hikes, a Dunkerton council member's attendance, and various lifestyle and TV questions submitted by area residents.
   

4. University of Northern Iowa fundraising campaign ends with more than $340 million • Iowa Capital Dispatch (iowacapitaldispatch.com) — Students, alumni, and neighbors in Cedar Falls will see long-term benefits after UNI's "Our Tomorrow" campaign raised nearly $343 million, far surpassing its original goal. The eight-year effort is funding hundreds of new scholarships, academic programs, faculty support, athletics, and campus projects that will shape the university's future.
   

5. Surging Cedar Rapids Prairie knocks off Class 5A No. 8 Cedar Falls (thegazette.com) — Cedar Falls football fans saw a tough night as the Tigers, ranked eighth in Class 5A, were shut out 20-0 on the road by Cedar Rapids Prairie. The detailed recap breaks down key drives, stats, and turning points, offering Cedar Falls supporters insight into what went wrong and how the team's season record and momentum were affected.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Just wondering for the first time in 76 years looking for a place open on Thanksgiving to eat.
    In the past 30 years the wife and I hosted for Thanksgiving and she had a stroke in February and no longer cooks and I am not capable for doing it… (Nextdoor Overman Park)
  • Hi I joined the neighborhood just to see what's going on all the time event wise but I honestly live in Waterloo Iowa and cannot seem to change my neighborhood my friend actually lives in the neighborhood that I joined which is okay I just want to
    make new friends and find hobbies and opportunities and things to do that are positive my name is Crystal Hampton I guess I should add that I am 46… (Nextdoor College Square)
  • Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que posted a job opening for Cook in Cedar Falls. Apply here.
  • Gap posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate, Full Time - East Viking Plaza in Cedar Falls. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cedar Falls here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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