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🌱 Patch AM: Boyer Road To Close Monday For $3.7M Algonquin Project

Coming up: Carnival Glass Auction: The Online Encore on the Algonquin Patch calendar

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Good morning Algonquin! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Major Boyer Road closure coming as Algonquin starts $3.7M upgrade
  • Algonquin community mourns young National Guard soldier killed driving home.
  • How did Algonquin-area teams fare in Thursday's big matchups?

Also on today's calendar: Carnival Glass Auction: The Online Encore and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny, warm and humid, with a high of 81 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Sunday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 69, low: 50.
  • Monday: A p.m. t-storm in spots, with a high of 68 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Boyer Road To Close Monday For $3.7M Algonquin Project (patch.com) — Drivers in Algonquin should prepare for Boyer Road to close to through traffic starting Monday, Sept. 14, as the village launches a $3.7 million reconstruction and water main project. The work, stretching between County Line Road and Longmeadow Parkway, will last into summer 2027, with access maintained for residents, businesses, emergency vehicles, school buses and deliveries while detours guide other motorists.
   

• 'Dedicated and patriotic': 21-year-old Illinois National Guard soldier from Algonquin area dies after fiery crash (lakemchenryscanner.com) — A 21-year-old Illinois Army National Guard specialist from the Algonquin area, Aiden Mrotek, died in a fiery single-vehicle crash while driving home from a Guard assignment. The former Jacobs High School student and Algonquin Argonauts player is being remembered by military leaders and local youth football organizers, while a MealTrain fundraiser supports his mother and sisters in nearby Lake in the Hills.
   

• Giuliana Dickson, CL Central co-op win McHenry County girls golf titles: Thursday's Northwest Herald roundup (shawlocal.com) — Algonquin sports fans saw plenty of action as the Golf Club of Illinois hosted a Johnsburg boys golf win and Jacobs teams played home volleyball and soccer matches in town. Across McHenry County, Crystal Lake Central's co-op girls golf squad captured the county title, while several Fox Valley Conference schools posted notable golf, volleyball, and soccer results.
   

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  • Man Sentenced For Killing Estranged Wife, Unborn Child: Prosecutors (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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