🌱 How Lena-Winslow’s bats exploded after Dakota’s soggy field forced a move

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• How Lena-Winslow’s bats exploded after Dakota’s soggy field forced a move

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A severe afternoon t-storm, with a high of 78 and low of 36 degrees.
• Saturday: Very windy; turning sunny, temps: high: 47, low: 31.
• Sunday: A cool breeze with sunshine, with a high of 51 and low of 29 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Le-Win Panthers put 17 runs on the board in a win against Dakota (mystateline.com) — Lena-Winslow baseball fans saw a big offensive night at home as the Panthers, originally scheduled to play at Dakota, hosted instead in Lena and rolled to a 17-run win. Strong performances from Aiden Wild, freshman Dylan Madigan, and pitcher Koby Kearns pushed Le-Win to an impressive 11–1 overall record and 4–0 in conference play.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lena

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Saturday April 18

• HS Music Contest @ Le-Win
  Lena Winslow CUSD 202 Lena, IL 61048
• HS Boys Track Home Meet
  Lena Winslow CUSD 202 Lena, IL 61048
  11:00 am

Monday April 20

• HSBA @ Freeport (JV only)
  Krape Park
  4:30 pm
• HSSB @ Amboy
  Lena Winslow CUSD 202 Lena, IL 61048
  4:30 pm
• HS Girls Track @ Forreston
  Lena Winslow CUSD 202 Lena, IL 61048
  4:30 pm

Tuesday April 21

• JH Track @ Galena (River Ridge)
  River Ridge High School
  4:00 pm
• HSSB @ Forreston
  Lena Winslow CUSD 202 Lena, IL 61048
  4:30 pm
• HSBA @ Forreston
  Lena Winslow CUSD 202 Lena, IL 61048
  4:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Messy Masterpieces
  Freeport Public Library , 100 E Douglas St , Freeport
  10:00 am

Saturday April 18

• Earth Day Plant Swap (Houseplants Only)
  Freeport Public Library , 100 E Douglas St , Freeport
  11:00 am

Sunday April 19

• Ladies Spring Luncheon
  The Freeport Club , 1614 S Park Blvd , Freeport
  11:00 am

Monday April 20

• Babies and Books
  Freeport Public Library , 100 E. Douglas St. , Freeport
  10:15 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Freeport

• Earth Day plant swap among 14 weekend events around Freeport (journalstandard.com)
• City of Freeport shares debris collection information after severe storms (wrex.com)
• Freeport building damaged in storms, insurance won't cover repairs (mystateline.com)

Savanna

• Savanna, Illinois: Ben Sandrock and Son Killed in Tragic Train-Pickup Collision in Carroll County (theunionstar.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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