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🌱 Patch AM: Bolingbrook Man Hit Another Driver, Stole Items During Road Rage Incident: Police

Make time for Nik & Ivy Maker's Market - Summer Edition (Anniversary Events) on the Bolingbrook Patch calendar

Friday August 21st Patch AM
Friday August 21st Patch AM (Patch graphic)

Hello Bolingbrook! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Police detail violent road rage confrontation at busy Bolingbrook intersection
  • Putt for a cause at Bolingbrook Rotary's mini golf night
  • Why Bolingbrook's Catherine Daniels is a volleyball star to watch

Also on today's calendar: Nik & Ivy Maker's Market - Summer Edition (Anniversary Events) and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 79 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 81, low: 59.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 80 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bolingbrook Man Hit Another Driver, Stole Items During Road Rage Incident: Police (patch.com) — Bolingbrook residents are learning more about a road rage incident at Boughton and Weber roads where police say a local man entered another driver's vehicle, hit him, and took his belongings. Officers later met with the 26-year-old Bolingbrook suspect and took him into custody, and he now faces robbery, aggravated battery, and traffic-related charges.
   

• Bolingbrook Rotary Holds Mini Golf Fundraiser (patch.com) — Bolingbrook neighbors have a chance to support local student scholarships at the Rotary Club's Tee-riffic Mini Golf Fundraiser on Aug. 27 at Wilderness Falls. With golf, dinner, and sponsorship options, the evening aims to bring residents and businesses together to expand scholarship opportunities for young people in the Bolingbrook area.
   

• 5 girls volleyball players to watch in The Herald-News area (shawlocal.com) — A standout Bolingbrook High School setter, Catherine Daniels, is spotlighted among five top girls volleyball players to watch this season, after already surpassing 1,000 career assists. The article also highlights other highly decorated players from Joliet West, Lincoln-Way East, Seneca, and Lockport as local teams gear up for matches starting next week.
   


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Other local events
    Saturday August 22
  • Wake up to donuts on your doorstep from Do-Rite! Order by 10pm Friday.
    6:30 am
  • Bookmobile Stop: Target
    Fountaindale Public Library District Fountaindale Public Library -
    10:00 am
  • Sunday August 23
  • Teen Volunteering
    Fountaindale Public Library District Fountaindale Public Library - Vortex
    3:00 pm
  • Monday August 24
  • Library Express Van Visit: Meadowbrook Manor
    Fountaindale Public Library District Fountaindale Public Library -
    10:00 am
  • Library Express Van Stop: McKenzie Falls Townhomes
    Fountaindale Public Library District Fountaindale Public Library -
    2:30 pm
  • Bookmobile Stop: RiverStone Apartments
    Fountaindale Public Library District Fountaindale Public Library -
    3:00 pm
  • Teen Volunteering
    Fountaindale Public Library District Fountaindale Public Library -
    4:00 pm
  • Trading Card Afternoon
    Fountaindale Public Library District Fountaindale Public Library - Vortex
    4:30 pm
  • Softball Girls vs JJL @ JJL
    Jane Addams Middle School Bolingbrook, IL 60440
    4:30 pm
  • Thursday August 27
  • Annual Tee-rific Mini Golf Fundraiser
    Wilderness Falls, 145 Clow International Pkwy, Bolingbrook
    5:30 pm
  • Sunday August 30
  • Pancake Breakfast
    St. Francis Of Assisi Church, 1501 W Boughton Rd, Bolingbrook
    8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Obituary: Antonio Martinez —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
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  • Does anybody know a good plumber to unclog the main drain in my basement
    All of my sinks toilets and shower are running good but when I wash clothes the slop sink spill all of the water so there is something clogged going… (Nextdoor Indian Oaks)
  • Penske posted a job opening for Transportation Clerk -2nd Shift in Bolingbrook. Apply here.
  • Power Play Distributors, Llc posted a job opening for Dock Worker II - Part Time -Bolingbrook IL- 2nd Shift- Starting Hourly Rate $20.15 Hr. in Bolingbrook. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bolingbrook here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • More than $1 million in federal funds secured for Will County Lake Michigan water project (shawlocal.com)
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  • 'Forward Together 2032' Aims To Improve Transparency, Community Engagement In District 203 (patch.com)

Lemont

  • Scarecrow Trail 2026 Returns Sept. 26 (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: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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