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🌱 What Rochelle residents need to know about county services leaving town
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In today's newsletter:
- What Rochelle residents need to know about county services leaving town
Also on today's calendar: Prairie Brome Solar Coffee & Conversation and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 80 and low of 41 degrees.
- Saturday: Winds becoming strong, temps: high: 50, low: 32.
- Sunday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 51 and low of 29 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Ogle County services move from Rochelle to Oregon office (journalstandard.com) — Ogle County is consolidating its Rochelle office into the Oregon location, changing how Rochelle residents access county services but promising no loss of programs. Officials say the move should improve staffing, coordination, and grant funding, while Reagan Mass Transit plans a new hub and fixed routes to help residents reach the Oregon office more easily. 
📸 Around Rochelle
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Upcoming Events in
Rochelle
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★ Featured events ★
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Belikiando En El Rancho : Coleadero & Baile
Rancho La Esperanza, 16989 E Ritchie Rd, Rochelle
10:00 am
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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CAN Food Truck Festival
Flagg Township Museum , 518 4th Ave , Rochelle
11:00 am -
Prairie Brome Solar Coffee & Conversation
Starbucks Coffee Company , 1076 N 7th St , Rochelle
10:00 am -
Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting
Rochelle City Clerk , 420 N 6th St , Rochelle
6:00 pm -
Wine, Beer and Spirits Tasting Event
Liquor 'n' Wine , 1140 N 7th St , Rochelle
3:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Monday April 27
Monday May 4
Friday May 15
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Indian Creek Varsity Baseball @ AFCHS
Ashton Franklin Center Jr/Sr High School , 611 Western Ave , Ashton
4:30 pm -
All School Roller Skating
The Rink at Pine Creek (formally White Pines Roller Rink) , 6929 W , Steward
4:30 pm -
Eastland Varsity Baseball @ AFCHS
Ashton Franklin Center Jr/Sr High School , 611 Western Ave , Ashton
4:30 pm -
Eastland Varsity Softball @ AFCHS
Ashton Franklin Center Jr/Sr High School , 611 Western Ave , Ashton
4:30 pm -
Track Meet at Dekalb Huntley
Huntley Middle School , 1515 S 4th St , DeKalb
4:00 pm -
Lisle Varsity Baseball @ Indian Creek
Indian Creek High School , 506 S Shabbona Rd , Shabbona
4:30 pm -
Hiawatha Varsity Softball @ AFCHS
Ashton Franklin Center Jr/Sr High School , 611 Western Ave , Ashton
4:30 pm
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
Tuesday April 21
Thursday April 23
Monday April 27
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Lineage Logistics posted a job opening for High Reach Forklift Operator- 3rd shift (Fri-Sun) in Rochelle. Apply here.
- Walmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Rochelle. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rochelle here.
🗞 Nearby News
Oregon
- State Rundown 4/16: Tax Day, a New Millionaires' Tax and Late Blooming State Tax Action (itep.org)
- MLB 2026: Inside Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki statue design, reveal (espn.com)
- Citizens Life Group Launches Free Lost Life Insurance Policy Finder Tool (globalfintechseries.com)
DeKalb
- Is DeKalb ready for commuter rail service? New study to look at planning, environment (shawlocal.com)
- DeKalb Council Reviews Changes To City Boards And Commissions (1023thecoyote.net)
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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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