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Good morning Bolingbrook! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What Ikea's Bolingbrook closure means for your future furniture runs
• Bolingbrook trucking carrier lands in bankruptcy amid record diesel costs

Also on today's calendar: Carillon Craft Show and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Very warm with high clouds, with a high of 79 and low of 57 degrees.
• Sunday: Clouds giving way to some sun, temps: high: 74, low: 58.
• Monday: Very warm, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ikea replacing1 Chicagoland location with smaller format store (furnituretoday.com) — Bolingbrook shoppers will see their Ikea store close in late 2027, as the retailer plans to replace it with a smaller-format showroom eight miles away in Naperville's Block 59. Ikea says the move keeps access for Bolingbrook customers while shifting closer to growing population centers, and confirms the Schaumburg store will remain open.
   

• Record Diesel Is Sending Small Trucking Fleets Straight to Bankruptcy Court (theautowire.com) — A Bolingbrook-based trucking company, Globemaster Inc., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as soaring diesel prices and other costs strain small carriers nationwide. The article explains how record-high fuel costs, soft freight rates, and tight cash flow are pushing fleets into court, and outlines what these pressures could mean for trucking businesses and equipment buyers.
   

📸 Around Bolingbrook

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bolingbrook

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10
• Carillon Craft Show →
  Carillon Clubhouse, 21146 S Carillon Dr, Plainfield
  9:00 am
• Fall Fest →
  Bronkberry Farms, 18061 Bronk Rd, Plainfield
  9:00 am
Saturday October 17
• MEN WHO COOK for the Will County Children's Advocacy Center →
  Joliet Junior College Event Center, 1215 Houbolt Rd, Joliet
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• 2026 Celebration of Special Recreation →
  Annerino Community Center, 201 Recreation Dr, Bolingbrook
  11:00 am
• Let the Mountains Move Ministries presents...Our Praise & Worship Nite Fundraiser →
  Crosswinds Church, 14360 Rte 59, Plainfield
  4:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Pancake Breakfast →
  St. Francis Of Assisi Church, 1501 W Boughton Rd, Bolingbrook
  8:00 am
• BTA Sing Along Brunch →
  Goat & Vine Restaurant + Winery, 195 Remington Boulevard, Bolingbrook
  11:00 am
• Vortex Open Video Game Play →
  Fountaindale Public Library, 300 West Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook
  3:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Bolingbrook's Clow Int. Airport Haunted Hangar →
  Clow International Airport, 130 Clow International Pkwy, Bolingbrook
  10:00 am
Saturday October 24
• Fall Festival and Craft Fair for Whole Community →
  First Presbyterian Church of DuPage, 180 N Weber Rd, Bolingbrook
  10:00 am
• Free Halloween Fun for Kids at Joliet Area Historical Museum Oct. 24 →
  Joliet Area Historical Museum, 204 N Ottawa St, Joliet
  11:00 am
Sunday October 25
• The Third Sino-U.S. People's Friendship Gala →
  Abbington Distinctive Banquets, Butterfield Rd, Glen Ellyn
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Obituary: Robert L. Arko —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
• Obituary: James Michael "Jim" Will —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
• ZZ Top & Genesis Tribute Concert —Mike Brick Read on Patch

• Walmart posted a job opening for Floor Clerical in Bolingbrook. Apply here.
• Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Part Time Shift Supervisor in Costco in Bolingbrook. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bolingbrook here.

🗞 Nearby News

Romeoville

• Romeoville Gives Final Approval for New Grocer, Restaurant and Shopping Center (patch.com)
• myCUmortgage empowering new partner credit unions to be great mortgage lenders (cuinsight.com)
• Editorial: Dave Syverson for Illinois 35th Senate District (chicagotribune.com)

Naperville

• Meet a Naperville Furniture, Kroehler Manufacturing Executive (positivelynaperville.com)

Lemont

• National Bigfoot Day Market Coming To Downtown Lemont (patch.com)
• Lemont High School Alumni Association Seeking 'Hall of Fame' Nominations (patch.com)

Ok Bolingbrook! 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: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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