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🌱 How Dubuque schools’ $2 million cuts could affect classrooms next year

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Dubuque schools’ $2 million cuts could affect classrooms next year
  • Why this tiny Dubuque cable car draws visitors from around the world

Also on today's calendar: How to Host a Dinner Party and 5 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A severe afternoon t-storm, with a high of 78 and low of 35 degrees.
  • Saturday: Very windy; much colder, temps: high: 49, low: 31.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high of 53 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Dubuque schools eliminate 27 positions to save $2 million, most staff take new roles (kcrg.com) — Dubuque Community School District is cutting 27 positions at the end of this school year to save about $2 million, with most affected employees shifting into new roles. Three probationary teachers and four staff members will see their contracts terminated, a move tied to cost-cutting after last fall’s failed $70 million school bond and a broader plan that includes middle school consolidation and a higher property tax levy.
   

• AA250: Historic Dubuque elevator offers one-of-a-kind ride and sweeping three-state views (cbs2iowa.com) — Dubuque’s Fenelon Place Elevator is open for the season, offering a quick but dramatic ride up the bluff with sweeping views of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois. The historic funicular, dating back to 1882 and still family-run, now serves both curious tourists and locals who use it as a practical shortcut between downtown and the hilltop neighborhood.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I am looking for a company that specializes in clearing out a house.
    Man moving into assisted living. Has been a hoarder and from what I hear it’s as bad as it can be. I believe it’s too big of a project for an… (Nextdoor Rockdale Southern)
  • Hy-Vee Supermarket posted a job opening for Meat Clerk in Dubuque. Apply here.
  • Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. posted a job opening for Merchandiser Stocker in Dubuque. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dubuque here.

🗞 Nearby News

Cascade

  • BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood WarningNational Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL700 PM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 (dubuqueinpursuitnews.com)

Dyersville

  • MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Now Offers Senior Life Solutions (midwestmedicaledition.com)
  • Biz Buzz: 7 Hills moving into closing Dubuque restaurant; golf/game simulator opens in Dyersville; Manchester printing store opens (biztimes.biz)
  • Inez Werner – Manchester – Mix 94.7 KMCH (kmch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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