🌱 Winter Wonders: A School Garden Experience for K–5 Students and 10 more events

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Morning rain; cloudy, windy, with a high of 47 and low of 11 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Much colder, temps: high: 27, low: 26.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 43 and low of 20 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Winter Wonders: A School Garden Experience for K–5 Students
  Hungry World Farm - Farmstead , 9295 County Rd 1925 E , Tiskilwa
  10:00 am
• Basketball: B/Middle School
  Annawan High School
  5:30 pm

Friday December 19

• End 2nd Quarter/1st Semester
  Bureau Valley Elemntry-Wyanet Wyanet, IL 61379
• Festive Friday: Rock your Christmas Jammies!
  Bureau Valley Elemntry-Wyanet Wyanet, IL 61379
• Home for the Holidays Light Show
  Bureau County Fairgrounds , 811 W Peru St , Princeton
  5:00 pm
• Basketball: B/Freshman
  Hall High School
  5:30 pm
• Basketball: B/Junior Varsity
  Hall High School
  5:30 pm
• Fulton Girls Varsity Basketball @ Bureau Valley
  Bureau Valley High School , 9154 County Rd 2125 N , Manlius
  6:00 pm
• Basketball: B/V
  Hall High School
  7:00 pm
• Fulton Boys Varsity Basketball @ Bureau Valley
  Bureau Valley High School , 9154 County Rd 2125 N , Manlius
  7:45 pm

Thursday December 25

• Youth Dungeons & Dragons
  698 E Peru St , Princeton
  9:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Princeton. Apply here.
• Beck Oil Company of Illinois posted a job opening for Cashier - Beck's West Princeton - Part-time in Princeton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sheffield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Kewanee

• Kewanee Police Arrest and Citation Report for 12-17-2025 (regionalmedianews.com)
• Wethersfield Students Sweep the Kewanee VFW Patriot's Pen 2025 Essay Contest (regionalmedianews.com)
• Orion Falls Short At Wharton Field House (wrmj.com)

Princeton

• Freedom House gets $50K boost for new Kewanee shelter (galesburg.com)
• Nellie Roberts Curiosity Shop, a one-stop antique shop (shawlocal.com)
• NewsTribune Athlete of the Week: Bureau Valley's Carson Gruber (shawlocal.com)

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