🌱 See how Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn fared in this week’s diamond action

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In today's newsletter:

• See how Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn fared in this week’s diamond action
• How Sanborn-area residents can join Ashton’s big Flag Day celebration

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny; breezy, warmer, with a high of 84 and low of 61 degrees.
• Saturday: Not as warm; a p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 73, low: 50.
• Sunday: Stiff winds in the morning, with a high of 74 and low of 51 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Softball and Baseball Scores: 6/10/26 (northwestiowanow.com) — Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn fans will want to know their teams fell to Akron-Westfield in recent War Eagle Conference action, 10–2 and 18–0. The roundup also lists softball and baseball scores from across the Siouxland, Top of Iowa, Twin Lakes, and other area conferences for June 10.
   

• Talk of the Town Podcast for June 11th (kiwaradio.com) — Sanborn residents are invited to Ashton this Sunday evening for a community Flag Day celebration, including a potluck, Quilt of Valor presentations, and a Main Street flag photo honoring America’s 250th birthday. The Talk of the Town podcast, sponsored in part by Brinkman Gravel & Excavating of Sanborn, features organizers Mark Carlson and Sandi Cox explaining how everyone in the area can take part.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• VB Setter Pracitce
  Sheldon Comm School District Sheldon, IA 51201
  8:00 am
• RiseFest - Day 1 →
  Sheldon Country Club, 3040 Nest Ave, Sheldon
  12:00 pm
• Baseball: West Sioux vs Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn (Junior Varsity)
  Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School
  5:30 pm
• Softball: West Sioux vs Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn (Junior Varsity)
  Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School
  5:30 pm
• Baseball: West Sioux vs Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn (Varsity)
  Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School
  7:00 pm
• Softball: West Sioux vs Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn (Varsity)
  Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School
  7:00 pm

Saturday June 13

• Youth Baseball Tournament
  Sheldon Comm School District Sports Complex Fields 1/2
  8:00 am

Monday June 15

• VB Open Gym
  Sheldon Comm School District Sheldon, IA 51201
  6:00 am
• Softball: Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn vs Remsen St. Mary's (Junior Varsi
  Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District Sunrise Park
  5:30 pm
• Baseball: Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn vs Remsen St. Mary's (Junior Varsi
  Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District Sunrise Park
  5:30 pm
• JV/V Baseball (T) vs. Unity Christian
  Sheldon Comm School District Unity Christian High School, 216 Michigan Ave SW, Orange City
  5:30 pm
• JV/V Softball (T) vs. Unity Christian
  Sheldon Comm School District Orange City, IA, USA
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Sheldon. Apply here.
• PepsiCo, Inc. posted a job opening for Merchandiser in Sheldon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sanborn here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hartley

• Employee wage increase rejected by Hartley council (hartleysentinel.com)
• 06/11/26: Community Calendar (hartleysentinel.com)
• Nuisance property enforcement to ramp up in Hartley (hartleysentinel.com)

Sheldon

• Northwest Iowa Community College To Start Scholarship Fund With Toolbox Raffle (kiwaradio.com)
• Find Food & Drink Offers in Iowa (nwestiowa.com)
• Attend "Murder on the Rerun" to support the fine arts (nwestiowa.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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