🌱 What Smithfield’s $1.6M Shopko purchase means for Monmouth’s future

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• What Smithfield’s $1.6M Shopko purchase means for Monmouth’s future

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Freezing fog in the morning, with a high of 37 and low of 33 degrees.
• Thursday: Morning rain; cloudy, windy, temps: high: 47, low: 9. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Colder; breezy in the morning, with a high of 29 and low of 25 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Former Shopko building in Monmouth, once planned for Hy-Vee, sold to Smithfield for warehousing (wgil.com) — Smithfield Fresh Meats has bought Monmouth’s former Shopko building next to its plant for $1.6 million to use as warehouse space, replacing third‑party storage. City officials note the site sits in a TIF district and say that, while they still hope for more retail options, they welcome this expansion as part of broader economic development.
   

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Friday December 19

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Indoor Pickleball: Drop-in
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  9:00 am
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  Hawthorne Gym , 2265 Veterans Dr , Galesburg
  9:00 am
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  Warren County Court Services Department , 100 W Broadway , Monmouth
  9:30 am
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  Galesburg Public Library , 264 W Main St , Galesburg
  11:00 am
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  Galesburg Public Library , 264 W Main St , Galesburg
  2:00 pm
• MRJH Boys BKB Home Rockridge Junior High School
  Monmouth - Roseville Jr. High , 200 East Gossett St. , Roseville
  5:30 pm
• HS GBB vs Bureau Valley
  Abingdon-Avon High Sch Abingdon, IL 61410
  6:00 pm
• Board Meeting
  West Central CUSD 235 Biggsville, IL 61418
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Thursday December 18

• Stories as Soul-Care with Sallee Wade — Galesburg Community Arts Center
  Galesburg Community Arts Center , 349 E Main St , Galesburg
  2:00 pm
• MRJH Boys BKB Away West Central Junior High School
  Monmouth - Roseville Jr. High , 215 W. South St. , Stronghurst
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🗞 Nearby News

Galesburg

• Lake Storey path expansion set to complete full loop by 2027 (galesburg.com)
• Galesburg honors veteran Byron Baird with proclamation for Purple Heart after 15-year wait (wgil.com)
• Wayne A. Green (wgil.com)

Abingdon

• Connie L. Healey Obituary – Galesburg, IL (1940–2025) (wgil.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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