🌱 Spring 2026 Windsor Heights Earth Day Event and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Parkinson's Awareness Fair
• City Council Meeting at Windsor Heights, IA Calendar
• Planning and Zoning Meeting at Windsor Heights, IA Calendar

... and check out 6 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: A few t-storms, some severe, with a high of 80 and low of 35 degrees.
• Saturday: Clouds and sun; windy, cooler, temps: high: 53, low: 33.
• Sunday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 60 and low of 37 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Windsor Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday April 22

• Parkinson's Awareness Fair
  717 SW Ankeny Rd, Ankeny
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday April 20

• City Council Meeting
  Windsor Heights, IA Calendar
  6:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Planning and Zoning Meeting
  Windsor Heights, IA Calendar
  5:30 pm

Thursday April 23

• Boys Track & Field: 116th Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom (Varsity)
  Roosevelt High School Des Moines, IA 50312
  8:00 am
• Girls Track & Field: 116th Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom (Varsity)
  Roosevelt High School Des Moines, IA 50312
  8:00 am
• Girls Track & Field: Girls Dodger Relays (Varsity)
  Roosevelt High School Des Moines, IA 50312
  4:30 pm

Friday April 24

• Boys Track & Field: 116th Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom (Varsity)
  Roosevelt High School Des Moines, IA 50312
  8:00 am
• Girls Track & Field: 116th Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom (Varsity)
  Roosevelt High School Des Moines, IA 50312
  8:00 am

Saturday April 25

• Spring 2026 Windsor Heights Earth Day Event
  Colby Park , 6900 School St , Windsor Heights
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday April 20

• Walnut Creek WMA Meeting
  Urbandale, IA Calendar
  2:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Public Art Committee
  Urbandale, IA Calendar , 3600 86th Street , Urbandale
  4:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Earth Day Park Clean Up
  Urbandale, IA Calendar Urbandale, IA 50322
  1:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Tech N9ne & E-40
  Horizon Events Center , 2100 NW 100th St , Clive
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Police (?
  ) chopper flying over Walnut Creek and Raccoon River. Anyone know what’s up? (Nextdoor Northeast Windsor Heights)

• Hy-Vee Supermarket posted a job opening for Meat Clerk in Windsor Heights. Apply here.
• PepsiCo posted a job opening for Merchandiser - Seasonal in Urbandale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Windsor Heights here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Urbandale

• Principal Financial (insidephilanthropy.com)

Clive

• Clive Police Department anticipates losing state funding for mental health unit (weareiowa.com)
• 'We got no notice': Local small businesses scrambling after closure of Painted Tree in Clive (weareiowa.com)
• Nominations open for 2026 Iowa's best breaded pork tenderloin contest (cbs2iowa.com)

West Des Moines

• West Des Moines to host 2027 National Curling Championships (who13.com)
• Meet the candidates for Dallas County Board of Supervisors District 1 (desmoinesregister.com)

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Ok Windsor Heights! 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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