🌱 Golf Driving Range and 11 more events

Hey there, Monroe Center! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

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.

📸 Around Monroe Center

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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
• Raptors Soccer Training
  Indoor Sports Center , 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. , Loves Park
  5:00 pm
• RYSL Fall Indoor Session
  Indoor Sports Center , 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. , Loves Park
  5:00 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
• 2025 Excalibur & Excelsior Awards Celebration
  Prairie Street Brewing Co. , 200 Prairie St , Rockford
  6:00 pm
• Holiday/Winter Concert
  Rochelle CCSD 231 Rochelle, IL 61068
  7:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Sleigh Bar: A Holiday Pop-Up Experience
  Rockford City Market , 116 N Madison St , Rockford
  4:00 pm
• RPD Men & Coed Soccer Leagues
  Indoor Sports Center , 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. , Loves Park
  5:00 pm
• Winter Development Soccer League
  Indoor Sports Center , 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. , Loves Park
  5:00 pm
• Holiday Porch Pot Workshop
  Hidden Timber Gardens , 462 S Chana Rd , Chana
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• YMCA of Rock River Valley posted a job opening for School-Age Group Leader in Rockford. Apply here.
• Rockford Public Schools posted a job opening for Library Paraprofessional 6.5 hours per day in Rockford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monroe Center here.

🗞 Nearby News

Belvidere

• Illinois aims to close math gap with new educational approach (wrex.com)
• RPS 205 enters home stretch for superintendent search (wrex.com)
• UW Health opens second pharmacy in Rockford (wifr.com)

Rochelle

• Rochelle city manager to step down after eight years (wrex.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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