🌱 Peck-tacular Woodpeckers! - Ringwood, IL 2025 and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Peck-tacular Woodpeckers! - Ringwood, IL 2025 at Lost Valley Visitor Center

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Morning rain; cloudy, windy, with a high of 45 and low of 12 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Breezy and colder, temps: high: 26, low: 18.
• Saturday: Decreasing clouds and breezy, with a high of 42 and low of 13 degrees.

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★ Featured events ★

Monday December 22

• Animal Seed Portraits - Ringwood, IL 2025
  Lost Valley Visitor Center, 6310 Harts Rd, Ringwood
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 30

• Peck-tacular Woodpeckers! - Ringwood, IL 2025
  Lost Valley Visitor Center , 6310 Harts Rd , Ringwood
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Music and Movement Preschool Storytime In-Person
  Schroeder Room
  10:00 am
• Indoor Pickleball
  Fox Lake, IL Calendar , 10 Riverview Avenue , Fox Lake
  11:00 am
• Senior Luncheon
  Lakefront Park Building , 10 Riverview Ave , Fox Lake
  11:30 am
• Drop-in Game Center
  Fox Lake, IL Calendar , 10 Riverview Avenue , Fox Lake
  1:00 pm
• Indoor Walking
  Fox Lake, IL Calendar , 10 Riverview Avenue , Fox Lake
  3:00 pm
• Economic Strategic Plan Team Meeting
  Fox Lake, IL Calendar , 66 Thillen Dr , Fox Lake
  4:00 pm
• Little Chefs In-Person
  Schroeder Room
  5:00 pm
• Multi-Chamber Young Professional Holiday Party at Boulder Ridge
  Boulder Ridge Country Club , 350 Boulder Dr , Lake in the Hills
  5:00 pm
• Dungeons and Dragons for Teens (Group 1) In-Person
  Spiering Room
  6:00 pm
• Holiday Feed Your Soul
  Soulful Prairies Equine Gestalt Therapy and Retreat Center , 4706 Alden Rd , Woodstock
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pace is planning an expansion of the Burr Ridge Park-n-Ride and invites the community to learn more and share feedback.
  Stop by at any time to speak directly with Pace Suburban Bus staff. Join us to discuss proposed improvements that may impact riders of Pace’s I-55… (Nextdoor )

• Alden Hebron School District 19 posted a job opening for Robotics Head Coach in Hebron. Apply here.
• ITW posted a job opening for Injection Molding Technician - 1st Shift in Hebron. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Richmond here.

🗞 Nearby News

Johnsburg

• Teen accused of burglarizing car, leading police on high-speed chase in stolen vehicle in Johnsburg (lakemchenryscanner.com)

McHenry

• Pregnant woman transported to hospital after car slams into rear of garbage truck near McHenry (lakemchenryscanner.com)
• Yummy Bowl to take over former Applebee's spot in McHenry (shawlocal.com)
• GOP Lacks Sufficient Plan on Healthcare, Says McHenry (bloomberg.com)

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