🌱 Illini Central CUSD ##189 Middle School Boys Basketball Away Olympia High School and 11 more events

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Windy; morning rain, cloudy, with a high of 53 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Colder; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 33, low: 28.
• Saturday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 47 and low of 23 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Illini Central CUSD ##189 Middle School Boys Basketball Away Olympia High School
  Illini Central High School Mason City, IL 62664
  5:30 pm
• JH BBball @ Farmington
  Havana High School Havana, IL 62644
  6:00 pm
• HS GBball vs Rushville-Industry
  Havana High School Havana, IL 62644
  6:00 pm
• MS B BKB Triopia Jr/Sr HS Home
  Beardstown CUSD 15 , 500 E. 15th Street , Beardstown
  6:00 pm
• V B WR Pittsfield, ISVI, QND, & Macomb Home
  Beardstown CUSD 15 , 500 E 15th Street , Beardstown
  6:00 pm
• A Charlie Brown Christmas
  Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site , 15588 History Ln , Petersburg
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• NBE Gingerbread Houses
  New Berlin CUSD 16 New Berlin, IL 62670
  1:00 pm
• HS BBball @Elmwood
  Havana High School Havana, IL 62644
  6:00 pm
• Tolono Unity Boys Varsity Basketball @ Pleasant Plains
  Pleasant Plains CUSD #8 - High School , 500 N Cartwright St , Pleasant Plains
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• The Chamber Christmas Market
  Rushville Town Square , 100 N Congress St , Rushville
  9:00 am
• MS B WR Clinton, Shelbyville, & Litchfield Home
  Beardstown CUSD 15 , 500 E 15th Street , Beardstown
  10:00 am
• Canton Girls JV Basketball @ Lewistown
  Lewistown High School , 15205 IL-100 , Lewistown
  2:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dollar General Corporation posted a job opening for SALES ASSOCIATE in MASON CITY, IL S03474 in Mason City. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Pleasant Plains

• Lincoln boys hoops rally to Eaton tourney title (sj-r.com)

Beardstown

• Schedule released for the 43rd Annual Lady Tiger Classic in Beardstown (mississippivalleypublishing.com)

Springfield

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