🌱 How Ullin residents can get a free at-home colon cancer test
Good day Ullin! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Ullin residents can get a free at-home colon cancer test
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Sunny and not as cold, with a high of 44 and low of 34 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 52, low: 46.
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 56 and low of 24 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Southern Seven Health Department Extends Free Colorectal Cancer Screening Program through 2026 (wmclradio.com) — Residents in and around Ullin can continue getting free at‑home colorectal cancer screening kits from Southern Seven Health Department through June 2026, thanks to renewed state grant funding. Adults ages 45–75 in the seven southernmost Illinois counties can request a simple FIT kit, with follow‑up colonoscopies arranged for abnormal results to catch and remove polyps early. 
📸 Around Ullin
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Upcoming Events in
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HS Boys Basketball at Cobden
Century CUSD 100 Cobden
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HS Boys Basketball - Dongola Christmas Tournament
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HS Boys Basketball - Cobden Holiday Tournament
Century CUSD 100 Cobden
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Friday December 26
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🗓 Events Nearby
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End of Second Quarter
Dongola Jr High School Dongola, IL 62926
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JH Boys Basketball at Home vs. Adams
Dongola Jr High School Dongola, IL 62926
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Red Cross Blood Drive
Dongola USD 66 Dongola, IL 62926
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Christmas Concert
Dongola Elementary School Dongola, IL 62926
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2:00pm Dismissal
Dongola USD 66 Dongola, IL 62926
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JH Boys Basketball at Century
Dongola Jr High School Dongola, IL 62926
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Dongola School Board meeting
Dongola USD 66 Dongola, IL 62926
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Elementary Christmas Parties
Dongola USD 66 Dongola, IL 62926
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Report Cards Go Out
Dongola USD 66 Dongola, IL 62926
2:30 pm
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- FDM Field Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Mounds. Apply here.
- Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Anna. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ullin here.
🗞 Nearby News
Cairo
- Low river levels slow soybean traffic toward the Gulf (brownfieldagnews.com)
Metropolis
- Metropolis Man Arrested for Domestic Battery and Violation of Protection Order (920wmok.com)
- Harrisburg Woman Arrested for Suspended Registration and Outstanding Warrant (920wmok.com)
- Donald Eugene 'Gene' McKinney, 91, of Albion, Illinois (wfiwradio.com)
Carbondale
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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