🌱 Basement fire leaves Fox Lake Hills home uninhabitable, residents escape safely.

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In today's newsletter:

• Basement fire leaves Fox Lake Hills home uninhabitable, residents escape safely.

Also on today's calendar: The HUGE, FREE Lake County Home Show Returns! and 7 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Dense fog will lift, with a high of 81 and low of 45 degrees.
• Saturday: Winds becoming strong; cooler, temps: high: 52, low: 35.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, breezy and cool, with a high of 50 and low of 29 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Residents safely escape after basement fire leaves house uninhabitable in Fox Lake Hills (lakemchenryscanner.com) — A basement fire Thursday afternoon left a two-story home on Arcade Drive North in Fox Lake Hills uninhabitable, though both residents escaped safely and no injuries were reported. Firefighters relied on water tenders because there were no hydrants nearby, extinguished the blaze in about 30 minutes, and investigators are still determining the cause while the displaced residents seek temporary housing.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fox Lake Hills

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday April 26

• The HUGE, FREE Lake County Home Show Returns!
  Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E Peterson Rd, Grayslake
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Math Team ICTM State Series
  Illinois State University , 100 N University St , Normal
  7:30 am
• Gentle Yoga
  Fox Lake, IL Calendar , 10 Riverview Avenue , Fox Lake
  9:30 am

Monday April 20

• Indoor Pickleball
  Fox Lake, IL Calendar , 10 Riverview Avenue , Fox Lake
  9:00 am
• Drop-in Game Center
  Fox Lake, IL Calendar , 10 Riverview Avenue , Fox Lake
  1:00 pm
• Open Gym - Middle School and Up
  Fox Lake, IL Calendar , 10 Riverview Avenue , Fox Lake
  3:00 pm
• Track & Field: Girls Varsity vs. Round Lake (Away)
  Round Lake High School
  4:30 pm
• Track & Field: Boys Varsity vs. Round Lake (Away)
  Round Lake High School
  4:30 pm
• Softball: Varsity (Rescheduled to 04-22-26) vs. Wauconda (Away)
  Wauconda High School
  4:45 pm

Saturday April 25

• The HUGE, FREE Lake County Home Show Returns!
  Lake County Fairgrounds , 1060 E Peterson Rd , Grayslake
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Tennis: Boys Varsity vs. Johnsburg High School (Away)
  Johnsburg High School
  4:30 pm
• Track & Field: Girls Varsity vs. Bartlett Conant Grant Hoffman Es
  Barrington High School
  4:45 pm
• Baseball: Varsity vs. Grayslake North (Home)
  Lakes Community High School , Baseball Field #1 , Lake Villa
  4:45 pm
• Ribbon Cutting - Candy's Cocktails & Gaming
  McHenry Chamber of Commerce , 4005 W. Kane Ave , McHenry
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Menards posted a job opening for Stocker in Fox Lake. Apply here.
• Walmart posted a job opening for Cart Attendant in Round Lake. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fox Lake Hills here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Fox Lake

• Police Dog Helps Find Person Lost At Night In Forest Preserve: Police (patch.com)
• ‘It will get worse before it gets better': Flood warning for Fox River from Johnsburg to St. Charles (dailyherald.com)

Round Lake

• Round Lake Vineyards hosts murder mystery on April 18 (nwestiowa.com)
• Sue Ann Coleman, 80, formerly of Morris (1430wcmy.com)
• Earth Day and Arbor Day events: Tree plantings, cleanups, nature walks and more (dailyherald.com)

Crystal Lake

• Flooding Damages Titanic Exhibit At Volo Museum On Anniversary Of Ship’s Sinking (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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