🌱 Patch AM: What Ikea’s Bolingbrook closure and Naperville move means for local shoppers

Coffee in hand, Bolingbrook? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• What Ikea's Bolingbrook closure and Naperville move means for local shoppers
• How Bolingbrook's six-game win streak sets up a huge Minooka finale

Also on today's calendar: MEN WHO COOK for the Will County Children's Advocacy Center and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Turning sunny; warm, with a high of 77 and low of 59 degrees.
• Monday: Very warm, temps: high: 82, low: 66.
• Tuesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 79 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ikea replacing1 Chicagoland location with smaller format store (furnituretoday.com) — Ikea plans to close its large Bolingbrook store by late 2027 and replace it with a smaller-format showroom eight miles away in Naperville's Block 59 development. The Bolingbrook location on Boughton Road will stay open until then, while Ikea says it aims to remain accessible to existing Bolingbrook customers and keep its Schaumburg store operating.
   

• Week 8 IHSA football scores and more across the Will and Grundy county area (shawlocal.com) — Bolingbrook High's football team rolled past Plainfield North 46-14 at home, stretching its winning streak to six games and staying atop the Southwest Prairie West. The Raiders, now 7-1 overall and 4-0 in conference, will close the regular season on the road at Minooka, while other nearby schools also jockey for playoff position.
   

📸 Around Bolingbrook

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bolingbrook

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★ Featured events ★

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

Sunday October 11
• Pancake Breakfast →
  St. Francis Of Assisi Church, 1501 W Boughton Rd, Bolingbrook
  8:00 am
Monday October 12
• Arwa Yemeni Coffee Storytime →
  Arwa Yemeni Coffee, Bolingbrook
  9:30 am
• Baby Storytime →
  Fountaindale Public Library, 300 West Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook
  9:30 am
• Pizza and Taco: Party at the Library →
  Fountaindale Public Library, 300 West Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook
  2:00 pm
• DIY Shoe Decorating →
  Fountaindale Public Library, 300 West Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook
  4:00 pm
• Noche de la Familia →
  Fountaindale Public Library, 300 West Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook
  6:30 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Storytime →
  Fountaindale Public Library, 300 West Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook
  10:30 am
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

📣 Bolingbrook Shout Outs!

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Bolingbrook PatchAM possible:

• My Shuttle Bus LLC — 3313137562
• Will County Children's Advocacy Center — 815-774-4565
• Sandi Wolski Public Adjuster — (630) 417-7407
• Al Basha Sweets Co — (708) 233-0826
• Visiting Angels Plainfield — (815) 254-0152
• Meals on Wheels for Northern Illinois — (312) 207-5290

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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 Custodial in Bolingbrook. Apply here.
• Grundy/Kendall HR Consortium posted a job opening for Custodian - 2nd Shift (BE) in Bolingbrook. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bolingbrook here.

🗞 Nearby News

Romeoville

• Editorial: Dave Syverson for Illinois 35th Senate District (chicagotribune.com)
• 'We are seen as disposable': Rural residents fight a proposed gas pipeline (newsfromthestates.com)
• Contrasting Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) & Solesence (NASDAQ:SLSN) (defenseworld.net)

Naperville

• District 203 To Vote On Capital Improvements For 2027-28 School Year (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: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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