🌱 Vision Board Experience: Virtual Event and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Vision Board Experience: Virtual Event at McHenry Chamber of Commerce
• Jingle Belles Comedy at Raue Center for the Arts
• Holiday Bag Sale at jh Events and Flowers

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and very cold, with a high of 22 and low of 13 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Very cold with flurries, temps: high: 25, low: -3.
• Saturday: Frigid with snow and flurries, with a high of 2 and low of -8 degrees.

📸 Around Wonder Lake

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wonder Lake

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Illinois 16 Hour Concealed Carry Course
  Citizen's Firearms Training, 7207 Delaware Rd, Wonder Lake
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday December 11

• Vision Board Experience: Virtual Event
  McHenry Chamber of Commerce , 4115 w. Orleans , McHenry
  6:30 pm
• Jingle Belles Comedy
  Raue Center for the Arts , 26 N Williams St , Crystal Lake
  7:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Holiday Bag Sale
  jh Events and Flowers , 3603 Municipal Dr. , McHenry
• Time Warp Express Jolly Trolley Adventure to Save Santa November 7th - December 28th
  Volo Museum , 27582 Volo Village Rd. , Volo
  4:00 pm
• Elgin Symphony Orchestra
  Raue Center for the Arts , 26 N Williams St , Crystal Lake
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Holiday Bag Sale
  jh Events and Flowers , 3603 Municipal Dr. , McHenry
• Heart of the Fox: On Ice
  McHenry Riverwalk Shoppes , 1202 N. Riverside Drive , McHenry
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Freshman Finals Presentation - starts @ 7:30am
  Johnsburg High School JHS Auditorium
  7:00 am
• MC9 The Rising Collective - MC MEETING
  McHenry Chamber of Commerce Country Financial Building 1391 Corporate Dr McHenry 60050
  9:30 am
• Shelby Van Pelt
  Woodstock Opera House , 121 W Van Buren St , Woodstock
  10:00 am
• Ribbon Cutting - Holiday House
  McHenry Chamber of Commerce 1404 N Chapel Hill Rd McHenry, IL 60051
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• It is so sad that people have to be so rude and arrogant commenting on a lot of post in a negative way if you don’t like what you see just slide past dose it make you feel superior to comment on there grammar or spelling it must be terrible to live
  in such a inferior world then you feel is up to your standers just leave people alone (Nextdoor West Wonder Lake)

• Alden Terrace of McHenry Rehabilitation and Health Care Center posted a job opening for Activity Aide in Mchenry. Apply here.
• Five Below, Inc. posted a job opening for Early Morning Freight Associate in Mchenry. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wonder Lake here.

🗞 Nearby News

McHenry

• Governor JB Pritzker visits Crystal Lake Food Pantry during surprise McHenry County visit to learn about food insecurity (lakemchenryscanner.com)
• Worker Sustains Serious Burn Injuries In Fire At McHenry County Plant (patch.com)
• Early, heavy snows bump some fall leaf collection to spring in McHenry (shawlocal.com)

Johnsburg

• Boys cross country: 2025 Northwest Herald All-Area team (shawlocal.com)

Crystal Lake

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