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🌱 An Unfriendly FRIENDS Reunion: An Ugly Sweater Murder-Mystery Dinner and 10 more events

And check out Sports Card n' Collector's Show on the Marquette Heights Patch calendar

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Greetings Marquette Heights! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

  • JH (6-8) Winter Wonderland Dance at Rankin Elem School
  • An Unfriendly FRIENDS Reunion: An Ugly Sweater Murder-Mystery Dinner
  • Marigold Festival Planning Committee at Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce

... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!

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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:

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  • Thursday: Snow late in the afternoon, with a high of 30 and low of 24 degrees.
  • Friday: Cloudy and chilly, temps: high: 31, low: 5. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Saturday: Frigid with a little snow, with a high of 8 and low of -10 degrees.

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  • Traffic on westbound I-74 in Piatt County is down to one lane following a crash, with Illinois State Police and EMS responding to the incident at milepost 16.
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Pekin

  • Rep. Weaver launches winter clothing drive for Pekin Community High School (peoriastandard.com)
  • Additional sales tax set for Glen Hollow shoppers for next year (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • Pekin's Lutticken property annexation perplexes Groveland Township (wcbu.org)

East Peoria

  • Illinois libraries will soon have Narcan on hand (25newsnow.com)

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