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🌱 What Harlem’s rout of Belvidere North reveals about this football season.
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- What Harlem's rout of Belvidere North reveals about this football season.
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 61 degrees.
- Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 82, low: 59.
- Thursday: A shower possible, with a high of 81 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Harlem, Lena-Winslow lead off Week 1 key takeaways, for different reasons (rrstar.com) — Belvidere North's defending NIC-10 champions took a tough opening loss as Harlem surged to a big halftime lead and never let up, powered by standout performances from quarterback Braxton Fausett and his teammates. The article also breaks down other Rockford-area Week 1 football results and what they might signal for the rest of the season. 
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Cherry Valley Public Library District 755 East State Street, Cherry Valley, IL, 61016, US
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Cherry Valley Public Library District 755 East State Street, Cherry Valley, IL, 61016, US
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Atwood Center Mercyhealth Sportscore Two
6:00 pm - League Joe Slowpitch Draft League
Atwood Center Mercyhealth Sportscore One
6:00 pm - Picture Day: Freshman/Sophomores
Belvidere High School Belvidere, IL 61008
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Cherry Valley Public Library District 755 East State Street, Cherry Valley, IL, 61016, US
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Atwood Center Mercyhealth Sportscore Two
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Rockford Park District opens $2.8 million Home Base Sports Fields at Lindberg Park (mystateline.com)
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- Free Lifescape Senior Expo coming to Rockford (wifr.com)
- Rockford safety task force analyzes decade of crash data to help prevent pedestrian fatalities (mystateline.com)
- Winnebago County jail inmate accused of attacking corrections officer (wifr.com)
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