🌱 End of Second Quarter and 11 more events

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly to mostly sunny, with a high of 45 and low of 35 degrees.
• Wednesday: Rather cloudy, temps: high: 53, low: 43.
• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 58 and low of 24 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• End of Second Quarter
  Dongola Jr High School Dongola, IL 62926
  8:00 am
• HS Boys Basketball at Carrier Mills
  Carrier Mills
  6:00 pm
• JH Boys Basketball at Home vs. Adams
  Dongola Jr High School Dongola, IL 62926
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Red Cross Blood Drive
  Dongola USD 66 Dongola, IL 62926
  10:30 am
• Christmas Concert
  Dongola Elementary School Dongola, IL 62926
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• 2:00pm Dismissal
  Dongola USD 66 Dongola, IL 62926
  2:00 pm
• JH Boys Basketball at Century
  Dongola Jr High School Dongola, IL 62926
  6:00 pm
• HS Boys Basketball at Cobden
  Century CUSD 100 Cobden
  6:00 pm
• Dongola School Board meeting
  Dongola USD 66 Dongola, IL 62926
  6:30 pm

Friday December 19

• HS Boys Basketball - Dongola Christmas Tournament
  Century CUSD 100 Dongola
• Elementary Christmas Parties
  Dongola USD 66 Dongola, IL 62926
  1:00 pm
• Report Cards Go Out
  Dongola USD 66 Dongola, IL 62926
  2:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Assistant Manager I in Metropolis. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Metropolis. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Joppa here.

🗞 Nearby News

Metropolis

• Metropolis Man Arrested for Domestic Battery and Violation of Protection Order (920wmok.com)
• Harrisburg Woman Arrested for Suspended Registration and Outstanding Warrant (920wmok.com)
• Donald Eugene 'Gene' McKinney, 91, of Albion, Illinois (wfiwradio.com)

Cairo

• Low river levels slow soybean traffic toward the Gulf (brownfieldagnews.com)

Marion

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-- The Patch AM Team

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