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🌱 What Cambridge phone customers should know about the proposed sale

Cambridge, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hello Cambridge! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Cambridge phone customers should know about the proposed sale
  • Remembering Rose Fields, who formerly attended church in Cambridge

Also on today's calendar: FINANCE MTG and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler; a morning t-shower, with a high of 57 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 46, low: 28.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 45 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Geneseo Communications Sale Moves Through Regulatory Review; Leadership Changes Expected — Geneseo Current (geneseocurrent.com) — Cambridge Telephone Company would come under Joink Holdings' control through a proposed acquisition still awaiting regulatory approval. Filings promise uninterrupted service and unchanged regulated retail prices for at least one year, but that guarantee does not cover all broadband services. Senior leadership would depart after closing, while existing operational staff and systems would remain.
   

• Rose A. Fields (qconline.com) — Rose A. Fields, a former attendee of the Baptist church in Cambridge, died November 6 at age 77 in Rock Island. Her family remembers her devotion to five generations of family and love of camping together. Visitation is November 11 from 4–7 p.m. at Van Hoe Funeral Home in East Moline, with services November 12 at 10 a.m.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Scooter's Coffee posted a job opening for Barista in Geneseo. Apply here.
  • Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Geneseo. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cambridge here.

🗞 Nearby News

Geneseo

  • GIFT Community Foundation Awards $5,150 to Five Nonprofits Serving Geneseo — Geneseo Current (geneseocurrent.com)
  • Four Maple Leafs Take on State Cross Country Finals — Geneseo Current (geneseocurrent.com)
  • Springfield Armory® Announces Launch of Echelon® 4.0FC Comp 9mm Pistol (athlonoutdoors.com)

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Colona

  • Redwood County Court News October 26-November 1st, 2026 (myklgr.com)

Ok Cambridge! 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 are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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