🌱 Holiday/Winter Concert and 10 more events

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy and very cold, with a high of 24 and low of 14 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Very cold with flurries, temps: high: 22, low: -2.
• Saturday: Frigid with snow, with a high of 4 and low of -11 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Holiday/Winter Concert
  Rochelle CCSD 231 Rochelle, IL 61068
  7:00 pm

Friday December 12

• AJHS Winter Concert-Auditorium-7:30 pm
  AJHS Auditorium Amboy, IL 61310
• AHS Varsity Girls Basketball @ AFC-6:00 pm
  AFC Amboy, IL 61310
• Polar Express Night
  Jefferson Gym Dixon, IL 61021
  5:00 pm
• Live Nativity (K-12th Grade)
  Faith Christian School , 7571 S Ridge Rd , Dixon
  5:00 pm
• Holiday Porch Pot Workshop
  Hidden Timber Gardens , 462 S Chana Rd , Chana
  6:00 pm
• DHS Choir Concert
  Dixon High School Dixon, IL 61021
  6:30 pm
• Home Alone - Film
  The Dixon: Historic Theatre , 114 S Galena Ave , Dixon
  7:30 pm

Saturday December 13

• Care Without Cost Garage Sale-AHS Gym-9:00 am-1:00 pm
  AHS Gym Amboy, IL 61310
• AHS Boys Basketball @ LaMoille-1:00 pm
  Amboy CUSD 272 Amboy, IL 61310
• Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Community Christmas Event
  Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home , 810 S Hennepin Ave , Dixon
  1:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Road Ranger posted a job opening for R+R Kitchen - Food Service - Part Time Road Ranger - Hwy 38 & I-39, Rochelle, IL in Rochelle. Apply here.
• Wendy's posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor - Rochelle, IL in Rochelle. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ashton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Rochelle

• Rochelle city manager to step down after eight years (wrex.com)
• Rochelle Council Approves Bond Measures, New T-Hangar at Municipal Airport (1023thecoyote.net)
• Rochelle Elementary District 231 Board Learns of Program Success at All Three Schools (1023thecoyote.net)

Oregon

• Rockford area basketball scores from Tuesday, December 9, 2025 (mystateline.com)

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