🌱 Golf Driving Range and 10 more events

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Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy and very cold, with a high of 23 and low of 13 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Very cold with flurries, temps: high: 24, low: -3.
• Saturday: Frigid with snow and flurries, with a high of 3 and low of -10 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Golf Driving Range
  Indoor Sports Center , 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. , Loves Park
  10:00 am
• Drop-in Softball
  Indoor Sports Center , 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. , Loves Park
  10:00 am
• Sycamore Outreach
  Sycamore Public Library , 103 E State St , Sycamore
  1:00 pm
• Willrett Flower Co (Dekalb, IL) Hosting Silhouettes by Chris
  Willrett Flower Company , 230 E Lincoln Hwy Ste 150 , DeKalb
  1:00 pm
• Diamond Art
  2141 Henry Luckow Ln , Belvidere
  3:00 pm
• RYSL Fall Indoor Session
  Indoor Sports Center , 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. , Loves Park
  5:00 pm
• Raptors Soccer Training
  Indoor Sports Center , 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. , Loves Park
  5:00 pm
• 2025 Excalibur & Excelsior Awards Celebration
  Prairie Street Brewing Co. , 200 Prairie St , Rockford
  6:00 pm
• Grounds for Murder Mystery Book Group
  Cherry Valley Public Library District , 755 E State St , Cherry Valley
  6:00 pm
• Grounds for [censored] Mystery Book Group
  Cherry Valley Public Library District , 755 East State Street , Cherry Valley
  6:00 pm
• Holiday/Winter Concert
  Rochelle CCSD 231 Rochelle, IL 61068
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Uber Technologies, Inc. posted a job opening for Uber - Sign Up to Drive and Earn - Uber Technologies, Inc. in Kirkland. Apply here.
• McDonald's posted a job opening for Bucciferro McDonald's Assistant Manager in Genoa. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kirkland here.

🗞 Nearby News

Sycamore

• Bingle (scholastic.com)
• American Bison Make Return To Kane County Prairie (patch.com)
• Looking Back for Dec. 10, 2025 (shawlocal.com)

Belvidere

• Belvidere family receives holiday cheer through Shop with a Cop program (mystateline.com)
• Rockford area basketball scores from Tuesday, December 9, 2025 (mystateline.com)
• State and Local Policymakers Can Raise Standards and Build Power for Workers (americanprogress.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I could get canned for this!
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