🌱 Concert Choir and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Breezy, with a high of 83 and low of 47 degrees.
• Saturday: Cooler; a shower in the a.m., temps: high: 53, low: 35.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, a shower; windy, with a high of 53 and low of 30 degrees.

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📸 Around Elwood

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Concert Choir
  Rockdale SD 84 Joliet, IL 60436
  7:30 am
• Concert Band
  Rockdale SD 84 Joliet, IL 60436
  8:00 am
• Uni Uni Boba Joliet Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting
  Uni Uni Boba Joliet , 1504 Essington Rd Suite 1 , Joliet
  11:45 am
• Mystery Program at Four Rivers
  Four Rivers Environmental Education Center , 25055 S Walnut Ln , Channahon
  5:30 pm
• Talent Show
  Jones Elementary School Joliet, IL 60431
  6:00 pm
• FOREVER K-Pop: A Celebration Concert
  Rialto Square Theatre , 102 N Chicago St , Joliet
  7:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Friends of the Shorewood-Troy Library
  Shorewood-Troy Public Library , 650 Deerwood Dr , Shorewood
  9:00 am
• Lincoln-Way East Varsity Baseball @ Minooka
  Minooka Central Community High School , 301 S Wabena Ave , Minooka
  10:00 am

Monday April 20

• Track & Field Meet @ Laraway
  Rockdale SD 84 Joliet, IL 60436
  4:15 pm
• Track vs. Minooka (Away)
  Minooka Junior High School , 333 McEvilly Rd , Minooka
  4:30 pm
• Yorkville Freshman Baseball @ Minooka
  FP2M+HW Minooka Central Community High School , 301 S Wabena Ave , Minooka
  4:30 pm
• Village Board Meeting
  Channahon, IL Calendar , 24555 S. NAVAJO Drive , Channahon
  6:00 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

• Spotlight Arts Collective presents, Disney and Pixar's "Finding Nemo: Jr"
  Spotlight Arts Collective's Developing Actors Summer Musical Theatre Camp 2026 will be presenting a production of Disney's Finding Nemo JR! ... (More info)
• Spring Massage Special: Release Winter Tension & Reset Your Body
  Spring Reset for Your Body 🌿... (More info)

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• RJW Logistics Group posted a job opening for Material Handler 1 in Elwood. Apply here.
• Amazon posted a job opening for Area Manager 2026 - Michigan & Illinois (Recent and Upcoming Graduates) in Channahon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Elwood here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Wilmington

• THIS is pizza?! (inquirer.com)
• Will County Board OKs solar farm near Crete, reverses rejection on six farms (chicagotribune.com)
• Stormy Sizzle Slams Columbus Before Weekend Cooldown (hoodline.com)

Joliet

• New Business Taking Over Soon-To-Be-Closing Galowich YMCA: Joliet City Officials Review This Plan (patch.com)
• Joliet Park District Finance Director Who Stole From Taxpayers Pleads Guilty, Pays $42,102 In Restitution (patch.com)

Manhattan

• Bar Owner's Accused Killer's Case Now In Feds' Hands, Death Penalty A Possibility: Prosecutors (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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