🌱 Patch AM: Which Lake Zurich football standouts made the 2025 All-Area first team?

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• Which Lake Zurich football standouts made the 2025 All-Area first team?

Also on today's calendar: 🎺 Holiday Brass Concert at The Barn at Hawthorn Woods and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the boat dock say when it was arrested? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Snow and flurries, up to 1", with a high of 8 and low of -5 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Sunday: Sunny, but frigid, temps: high: 7, low: 2.
• Monday: Not as cold, with a high of 26 and low of 14 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Introducing the 2025 News-Sun Football All-Area Team (chicagotribune.com) — Lake Zurich football fans will see three Bears stars named to the 2025 News-Sun All-Area first team, including standout linebacker-receiver Christopher Chang. The list also honors Evan Peterson and Arturo Zarinana among top performers from neighboring schools, spotlighting the area’s strongest high school talent and their impressive season stats.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lake Zurich

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• 🎺 Holiday Brass Concert at The Barn at Hawthorn Woods
  2 Lagoon Dr, Hawthorn Woods
  3:30 pm

Sunday December 14

• DIY Messiah
  St Matthew Lutheran Church and Early Childhood Center, 24500 N Old McHenry Rd, Hawthorn Woods
  2:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• Willow Hill Lights - Open nightly thru Jan 4
  Willow Hill Golf Course, 1350 Willow Rd, Northbrook
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 14

• Yoga on the Labyrinth
  Mindful Movement Yoga , 48 S Old Rand Rd , Lake Zurich
  10:00 am
• The Nutcracker
  Lake Zurich Performing Arts Center
  1:00 pm
• Menorah Magic
  JCC Chicago - Lake County JCC , 23280 N Old McHenry Rd , Lake Zurich
  4:00 pm

Monday December 15

• HS BV/BN Concert
  Lake Zurich High School - Performing Arts Center LZHS - Performing Arts Center
  5:30 pm
• Board of Trustees
  Village Hall , 70 East Main Street , Lake Zurich
  7:00 pm
• Board of Trustees - CANCELED
  Lake Zurich Calendar , Village Hall 70 East Main Street , Lake Zurich
  7:00 pm
• Festive Singers Carolers
  Ela Area Public Library , 275 Mohawk Trail , Lake Zurich
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Fire & Police Commission - CANCELED
  Lake Zurich Calendar , Police Department 200 Mohawk Trail , Lake Zurich
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 13

• Deer Park Town Center - Stuff a Squad for Toys for Tots
  Deer Park, IL Calendar , 20530 N. Rand Road , Deer Park
  10:00 am
• Indivisible Barrington Winter Rally: Carols, Community & Cocoa
  David F. Nelson Community Gazebo , 106 E Main St , Barrington
  10:30 am
• Lake County Symphony Orchestra Holiday Brass Concert
  Hawthorn Woods, IL Calendar , 2 Lagoon Drive , Hawthorn Woods
  3:30 pm
• 100th Annual Music Reception
  Two Chefs Catering , 3 S Center St , Bensenville
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• US 45 westbound from IL 21 and Port Clinton Rd in Vernon Hills is closed due to a crash.
  10:06AM on Dec 12: Accident closes US 45 NB between Milwaukee Ave and Port Clinton Rd in Vernon Hills. (Nextdoor )

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Porter in Lake Zurich. Apply here.
• Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Forklift Driver in Lake Zurich. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lake Zurich here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• Basketball Game Preview: Antioch Sequoits vs. Sandburg Eagles (maxpreps.com)

Wauconda

• Developers given more time to finalize plans for massive Ivanhoe Village in Mundelein (dailyherald.com)
• Lake County Chamber of Commerce celebrates 110th anniversary: ‘There was always … a vision of leadership' (chicagotribune.com)
• How Kentucky matches up vs. Indiana — with a game prediction (kentucky.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I demand a jury of my piers.
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