🌱 How you can join Oskaloosa’s upcoming cancer prevention discussion

Hi Oskaloosa! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How you can join Oskaloosa’s upcoming cancer prevention discussion
• How Oskaloosa placed in a competitive Albia boys golf quad

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Warm; heavy p.m. t-storms, with a high of 80 and low of 36 degrees.
• Saturday: Turning sunny; windy, cooler, temps: high: 54, low: 35.
• Sunday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 63 and low of 35 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Mahaska Health Encourages Participation in Statewide 99 Counties Project Cancer Education Event – KBOE 104.9FM Hot Country (kboeradio.com) — A free cancer education and discussion event is coming to Gateway Church in Oskaloosa on Tuesday, May 12, offering both in-person and online attendance. Mahaska Health and University of Iowa experts will share Mahaska County cancer data, answer questions, and highlight practical steps residents can take to lower cancer risks and improve early detection close to home.
   

• Golf hosts home meet (osceolaiowa.com) — Oskaloosa’s boys golf team finished second with a 167 at a recent quad meet in Albia, where the home team won and Chariton placed third. The story mainly follows Clarke’s boys and girls squads, detailing their scores at home and on the road, plus a rainout in Knoxville.
   

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📸 Around Oskaloosa

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oskaloosa

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Saturday April 18

• Tennis: B/V
  Knoxville High School
  9:00 am

Monday April 20

• Builders Club @ Your Library
  Oskaloosa Public Library , 301 South Market Street , Oskaloosa
  4:00 pm
• Track & Field: B/Middle School
  Williamsburg High School
  4:10 pm
• Track & Field: G/High School
  Bondurant-Farrar High School
  4:30 pm
• Track & Field: B/High School
  Mid Prairie High School
  4:30 pm
• Soccer: B/V
  Lacey Sports Complex
  5:30 pm
• City Council Regular Meeting Session
  Oskaloosa, IA Calendar Oskaloosa, IA 52577
  6:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Story Time @Your Library
  Oskaloosa Public Library , 301 South Market Street , Oskaloosa
  10:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• STEAM Story Time @Your Library
  Oskaloosa Public Library , 301 South Market Street , Oskaloosa
  10:30 am
• William Penn Theatre Presents: Cicada by Jerre Dye
  George Daily Auditorium , 1800 N 3rd St # 2 , Oskaloosa
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Quilt Show by Mahaska Stitch N' Quilt Guild
  Debbies Celebration Barn , 2162 21st Ave W , Oskaloosa
  10:00 am

Monday April 20

• Builders Club @ Your Library
  Oskaloosa Public Library , 301 South Market Street , Oskaloosa
  4:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Imagine the Possibilities posted a job opening for Direct Support Professional I (Homes) in Oskaloosa. Apply here.
• Walmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Oskaloosa. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oskaloosa here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Pella

• Live tulip cam goes online ahead of Pella's three-day Tulip Time Festival (cbs2iowa.com)
• Today's Marion County Bank Radio Scoreboard 4/16/26 (kniakrls.com)
• 4.15.26 Readers (towncriernews.com)

Ottumwa

• Jefferson County Health Center opens Ottumwa clinic (kcrg.com)

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Ok Oskaloosa! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- 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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