🌱 Western Illinois University visit and 11 more events

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• Thursday: Cloudy and very cold, with a high of 27 and low of 20 degrees.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning; cloudy, temps: high: 29, low: 2. ⛄️ Brr!
• Saturday: Frigid with snow, with a high of 6 and low of -9 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Western Illinois University visit
  Black Hawk College , 6600 34th Ave , Moline
  10:00 am
• Gardner-South Wilmington Panthers vs Grace Baptist Crusaders
  Gardner South Wilmington High School , Northeast Illinois , Gardner
  1:00 pm
• Jr. Artists
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  3:30 pm
• BBB @ Dwight
  Dwight Elementary School , 801 S Columbia St , Dwight
  4:30 pm

Friday December 12

• Lake College Symphony Orchestra Welcome Christmas
  James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts , 19351 W Washington St , Grayslake
  7:30 pm

Saturday December 13

• Homecoming Dance
  Gardner-South Wilmington Twp H S Gardner, IL 60424
• Stitch Group
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  9:00 am
• 2025 Last Chance College of DuPage Craft Show
  College of DuPage , 425 Fawell Blvd , Glen Ellyn
  10:00 am
• Ruth Page’s “The Nutcracker” at Northeastern Illinois University, Dec. 13-14
  Northeastern Illinois University , 5500 N St Louis Ave , Chicago
  1:00 pm
• Nebraska Cornhuskers at Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball
  State Farm Center , 1800 S 1st St , Champaign
  3:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• ACT Testing
  Gardner-South Wilmington Twp H S Gardner, IL 60424
  7:30 am
• Irving Berlin's White Christmas
  Paramount Theatre , 23 E Galena Blvd , Aurora
  1:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Coal City

• Coal City High School biology students use art project to study DNA (grundyreporter.com)
• Coal City Speech team wins opening tournament with multiple individual titles (grundyreporter.com)
• Coal City school board approves five-year contract extension with Superintendent Spencer (shawlocal.com)

Braidwood

• City of Marquette Heights City Councilmet Nov. 10 (peoriastandard.com)

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