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🌱 Patch AM: Missing Man, 41, Last Seen By Family Over A Week Ago: Aurora Police

And check out Illinois Rock & Roll Museum Hall of Fame Induction on the Aurora Patch calendar

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Good day Aurora! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

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In today's newsletter:

  • Aurora police seek public's help to find missing 41-year-old man
  • What East Aurora's new deficit budget could mean for local schools.
  • What prosecutors say happened at Aurora's Moon Festival in Pacifica Square

Also on today's calendar: Illinois Rock & Roll Museum Hall of Fame Induction and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Do you know what the two sides of a circle are? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Shifting clouds and sun, with a high of 71 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Friday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 68, low: 50.
  • Saturday: Clouds breaking for some sun, with a high of 68 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Missing Man, 41, Last Seen By Family Over A Week Ago: Aurora Police (patch.com) — Aurora police are asking residents to help locate 41-year-old Joseph Riehle, who was reported missing after family last saw him on Sept. 15. Investigators think he may have been near Mannheim Road and Lake Street in Stone Park on Monday and urge anyone with information to contact Aurora detectives by phone or email.
   

• East Aurora School District 131 board approves $272.4 million 2026-27 budget (chicagotribune.com) — East Aurora School District 131 has approved a $272.4 million 2026-27 budget that spends about $6.8 million more than projected revenue, drawing on healthy reserves for now. With enrollment falling while staffing grows and state funding shifts, district leaders warn Aurora families that tough cost-cutting decisions and possible staffing changes are likely ahead.
   

• Aurora Man Calvin Jones Faces Felony Charges After Prosecutors Say He Punched Four Festivalgoers, Including a Man Holding a 1-Year-Old Child, at Pacifica Square (chicagomusicguide.com) — An Aurora man has been charged with multiple felony counts after prosecutors say he randomly punched four people at the Moon Festival in Pacifica Square, then spat in an officer's face during his arrest near Fox Valley Mall. The case, now in DuPage County court, raises public safety concerns around large community events in Aurora and involves a defendant already on pre-trial release elsewhere.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Obituary: Marilyn Jean Pounders —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
  • Is it time the 2nd largest city in Illinois had a convention center?
    What if the old post office in downtown Aurora was converted into a convention center to help bring people from all over to explore this great city … (Nextdoor Aurora Southwest)
  • ADOPT is a no-kill humane shelter providing the best of care.
    They take in strays. They vaccinate, neuter and interview potential adoptees for appropriateness. This Shelter is the best! Very compassionate. (Nextdoor Aurora Southwest)
  • Glanbia, Plc posted a job opening for Machine Operator II - 1st Shift - Blending in Aurora. Apply here.
  • Certified Group posted a job opening for Lab Testing Customer Service Representative in Aurora. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Aurora here.

🗞 Nearby News

North Aurora

  • High School football: Aurora Central Catholic vs. Walther Christian Academy (thevoice.us)
  • Kiwanis Club of Aurora Fox River trail clean-up (thevoice.us)
  • North Aurora reported 7 licensed child care sites in 2025 (kanecountyreporter.com)

Montgomery

  • Beer, Bands and Barns serves up music, brews & history at Dickson-Murst Farm Sept. 26 (shawlocal.com)
  • Kendall County Republicans: Here's who's on your Nov. 3 ballot (kendallcountytimes.com)

Batavia

  • ​Kane County Board Chairman Highlights Progress and Priorities in State of the County Address (kanecountyconnects.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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