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🌱 Patch AM: Meet the Mokena student earning a countywide higher education scholarship

Also, don't miss Moms Supporting Moms on the Mokena Patch calendar

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Hey there, Mokena! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the Mokena student earning a countywide higher education scholarship
  • How a Mokena arrest turned into major federal weapons charges

Also on today's calendar: Moms Supporting Moms and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Hot and humid with a t-storm, with a high of 94 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: A thunderstorm in spots, temps: high: 86, low: 69.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2026 Higher Education Scholarship Recipients (fwrnews.com) — A Mokena student, Carter Kane, has been named a 2026 Higher Education Scholarship recipient by the Will County Farm Bureau Foundation, supporting his aerospace engineering studies at the University of Alabama. He's one of many Will County-area students and educators receiving help for college and graduate programs across the country. Local families may recognize neighboring towns and schools among the honorees.
   

• Man arrested with Molotov cocktails in Mokena pleads not guilty at initial federal appearance (chicagotribune.com) — A man previously arrested in Mokena with a backpack of alleged Molotov cocktails has pleaded not guilty to eight federal counts of possessing unregistered destructive devices. Local police, Will County courts, and federal authorities are all involved, with a detention hearing set in Chicago and a separate state case still pending in Joliet. Residents may see this case influence future discussions about local safety and law enforcement coordination.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Saturday September 5
  • 2026 Frankfort Fall Festival →
    Frankfort Chamber of Commerce Historic Downtown Frankfort
    10:00 am
    • Monday September 7
  • Labor Day - No School
    Kirby SD 140 Tinley Park, IL 60477
  • Holiday - No School
    Frankfort CCSD 157C Frankfort, IL 60423
  • IESA 3A Softball Regional Opening Round - TBD
    Summit Hill Junior High School Frankfort, IL 60423
    4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Noonan Academy Standout Student of the Week —Stephanie Kush Read on Patch
  • Obituary: Russell D. Ruettiger —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
  • Dollar Tree posted a job opening for customer service associate in Mokena. Apply here.
  • The Forum At Rancho San Antonio posted a job opening for Server part-time in Mokena. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mokena here.

🗞 Nearby News

Frankfort

Homer Glen

  • Darien Home Invasion Suspect Battered Cop Weeks Earlier: Police (patch.com)

Ok Mokena! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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