🌱 How North Chicago’s new YouthBuild hub is shaping future careers

Morning North Chicago! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How North Chicago’s new YouthBuild hub is shaping future careers

Also on today's calendar: Willow Hill Lights - Open nightly thru Jan 4 and 6 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Not as cold, turning breezy, with a high of 38 and low of 32 degrees.
• Wednesday: Areas of fog in the morning, temps: high: 36, low: 32.
• Thursday: Windy with rain, then cooler, with a high of 45 and low of 11 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• YouthBuild Lake County opens career training facility: ‘What we need as we look toward the future' (chicagotribune.com) — YouthBuild Lake County has opened a new 30,000-square-foot Career Training & Workforce Hub in North Chicago, giving local young adults and veterans hands-on construction training and classroom space. Participants from North Chicago and nearby communities help build affordable housing while earning diplomas or pre-apprenticeship credentials, with plans for a major facility expansion and future training in fields like solar energy and entrepreneurship.
   

📸 Around North Chicago

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🗓 Upcoming Events in North Chicago

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★ Featured events ★

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

Thursday December 18

• Bowling: Girls Varsity Match vs Grayslake Central (Away)
  Bowlero Waukegan , 631 Lakehurst Rd , Waukegan
  4:30 pm
• Bowling: Girls JV Match vs Grayslake Central (Away)
  Bowlero Waukegan , 631 Lakehurst Rd , Waukegan
  4:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls JV Game vs Woodlands Academy (Away)
  North Chicago High School
  5:30 pm
• Wrestling: Boys Varsity Match vs Grayslake Central (Away)
  Grayslake Central High School
  5:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity Game vs Woodlands Academy (Away)
  North Chicago High School
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Basketball: Girls JV Game vs Lakes Community (Home)
  North Chicago High School
  5:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity Game vs Lakes Community (Home)
  North Chicago High School
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Bowling: Girls Varsity Invitational vs Vernon Hills (Away)
  Vernon Hills Bowlero , 316 Center Dr , Vernon Hills
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Afternoon Book Club
  Lake Bluff Public Library , 123 E Scranton Ave , Lake Bluff
  2:30 pm
• Truth In Taxation Hearing
  Lake Bluff School District , 121 E Sheridan Pl , Lake Bluff
  6:45 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Join Us for Breakfast-Libertyville Sunrise Rotary
  BankFinancial , 1123 S. Milwaukee Avenue, 2nd Floor , Libertyville
• Breakfast With Santa
  Egg Harbor Cafe - Libertyville , 125 Lake Street , Libertyville
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Allied Universal Security Services posted a job opening for Security Guard - Afternoon - Driving Required in North Chicago. Apply here.
• Starbucks Corporation posted a job opening for shift supervisor - Store# 65806, GREEN BAY & MLK JR DR. in North Chicago. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near North Chicago here.

🗞 Nearby News

Waukegan

• Man convicted of murder in 2022 Waukegan shooting (chicagotribune.com)
• Former Gurnee man gets $13M settlement in false conviction suit: ‘We hope this settlement will help him … find peace in the years ahead' (chicagotribune.com)
• The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists (cato.org)

Gurnee

• Suspect in custody after walking through Gurnee Mills mall with replica rifle, pointing it at shopper (lakemchenryscanner.com)

Libertyville

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-- The Patch AM Team

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