🌱 Creative Crafters and 10 more events

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

Coming up on the calendar:

• Creative Crafters at Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Washburn Branch
• LEGO Free Play at Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Roanoke Branch

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Freezing fog in the morning, with a high of 37 and low of 27 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 36, low: 31.
• Thursday: Windy; morning rain, cooler, with a high of 46 and low of 13 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Roanoke

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• SWAG: Seniors With Attitude Group
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library, 208 E Partridge St, Metamora
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Creative Crafters
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Washburn Branch , 104 W Magnolia St , Washburn
  4:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• LEGO Free Play
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Roanoke Branch , 123 E Broad St , Roanoke
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Class Registration 2026-2027 - Freshman
  El Paso-Gridley CUSD 11 El Paso, IL 61738
  2:31 pm
• Boys Swim at Dunlap
  Dunlap High School , 5220 Legion Hall Rd , Dunlap
  4:30 pm
• Girls Wrestling at Washington
  Washington Community High School , 115 Bondurant St , Washington
  5:00 pm
• Boys Wrestling at Dixon
  Dixon High School , 300 Lincoln Statue Dr , Dixon
  5:00 pm
• FMS Boys Basketball VS Eureka
  Fieldcrest CUSD 6 Minonk, IL 61760
  5:30 pm
• Basketball-7th Boys - VS Pontiac (Game)
  Centennial School HOME - EPGMS
  5:30 pm
• Basketball-S Boys @ Flanagan (Game)
  Centennial School Away - FLANAGAN
  5:30 pm
• Boys JV Basketball at Canton
  Alice Ingersoll Gymnasium , 44 W Walnut St , Canton
  5:30 pm
• Basketball-V Boys @ Flanagan (Game)
  Centennial School Away - FLANAGAN
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Eureka. Apply here.
• Trillium Staffing posted a job opening for Electro-Mechanical Assembler in Eureka. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Roanoke here.

🗞 Nearby News

Eureka

• ‘Fallout' Season 2 Changes Release Date Just Before Scheduled Launch on Prime Video (collider.com)

Metamora

• Family affair: Two Metamora brothers finish among the best in the world in their class (centralillinoisproud.com)

Washington

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-- The Patch AM Team

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