🌱 Trolley Trio Progressive Dinner and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Illinois Valley Community College
• Trolley Trio Progressive Dinner at Starved Rock Lodge & Conference Center
• Tech Roundtable at Illinois Valley Community College

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 83 and low of 44 degrees.
• Saturday: Windy; turning sunny, cooler, temps: high: 52, low: 36.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 54 and low of 35 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oglesby

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★ Featured events ★

Friday April 17

• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  Illinois Valley Community College, 815 N Orlando Smith St, Oglesby
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Trolley Trio Progressive Dinner
  Starved Rock Lodge & Conference Center , One Lodge Ln , Oglesby
  4:45 pm

Tuesday April 28

• Tech Roundtable
  Illinois Valley Community College , 815 N Orlando Smith St , Oglesby
  12:30 pm

Thursday April 30

• School Finance Workshop (Bookkeepers)
  Illinois Valley Community College , 815 N Orlando Smith St , Oglesby
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Square foot Garden Granville
  Granville Branch Library , 212 South Mccoy Street , Granville
  10:00 am
• Campers Night Out Apr 17
  Hall Township Echo Bluff Park , 12641 County Rd 3065 E , Spring Valley
  4:00 pm
• St. Bede at Hall
  Hall High School , 800 W Erie St , Spring Valley
  4:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Track and Field-V Boys @ Hall (Game)
  Putnam County CUSD 535 Granville, IL 61326
  9:30 am
• Track and Field-V Girls @ Hall (Game)
  Putnam County CUSD 535 Granville, IL 61326
  9:30 am
• Paintball - Field
  Hall Township Echo Bluff Park , 12641 County Rd 3065 E , Spring Valley
  10:00 am
• Baseball-V Boys @ Fieldcrest (Game)
  Putnam County CUSD 535 Granville, IL 61326
  10:00 am
• Softball-V Girls - VS Eureka (Game)
  Putnam County CUSD 535 Granville, IL 61326
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Spring 2026 LSCRTA meeting;
  open to all retired or to-be retired teachers in LaSalle County. (Nextdoor Columbia Ave/Clark St)

• United Natural Foods, Inc. posted a job opening for Part Time Equipment Operator - NO WEEKENDS in Oglesby. Apply here.
• GK Development, Inc. posted a job opening for Part Time Housekeeper in Peru. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oglesby here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Peru

• PTSD: What It Is and How You Can Get Help (shawlocal.com)
• The Trump and Leo Chronicles: A President and a Pope Square Off over Iran and Its Aftermath (sanfernandosun.com)
• PHOTOS: White Sox pitcher Noah Schultz spent a summer playing with the Pistol Shrimp (wgntv.com)

Ottawa

• Dolores 'Dee' (Blakely) Murphy, 92, of Ottawa (1430wcmy.com)
• Marin Gautcher scored twice in Sycamore win over Ottawa: Thursday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup (shawlocal.com)
• City approves incentive deal for Riverside Powersports expansion (powersportsbusiness.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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