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🌱 Ocean Story/Activity Time! — Towanda District Library and 11 more events
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- Friday: Becoming windier and warm, with a high of 82 and low of 45 degrees.
- Saturday: Very windy; cooler, temps: high: 55, low: 37.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 57 and low of 36 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Ocean Story/Activity Time! — Towanda District Library
Towanda District Library , 301 S Taylor St , Towanda
10:30 am -
Gibson City Area Hospital Foundation
Kruse Event Center , 207 N Lawrence St , Gibson City
4:00 pm -
TIME TBD- Track And Field-V Boys @ Yorkville High School (Game)
Yorkville High School Away -
4:30 pm -
TIME TBD- Track And Field-V Girls @ Yorkville High School (Game)
Yorkville High School Away -
4:30 pm -
2026 Spring Gathering
East Bay Camp , 24248 Ron Smith Memorial Hwy , Hudson
7:00 pm -
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bo
Normal Theater , 209 W North St , Normal
7:00 pm -
Sugar Creek Stewards Workday
Ecology Action Center , 202 W College Ave , Normal
9:00 am -
Track And Field-V Girls - VS PC Invite (Game)
Pchs Track HOME -
9:30 am -
Track And Field-V Boys - VS PC Invite (Game)
Pchs Track HOME -
9:30 am -
TIME TBD- Softball-V Girls - VS Dwight High School (Game)
Pchs Softball Field HOME -
9:30 am -
Party in the Park for Prevention
Chautauqua Park , 100 E Park St , Pontiac
11:00 am -
Exploring Superconsciousness Didgeridoo Sound/ Color Vibrational Attunement/ Meditation Sound Bath
Duncan Manor , 1002 Towanda-Barnes Rd , Towanda
7:00 pm
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Gibson City. Apply here.
- Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc. posted a job opening for Restaurant Team Member in Le Roy. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Colfax here.
🗞 Nearby News
Fairbury
- Intersection concerns shared (fairburynews.net)
- Looking Back: 4-15-26 (fairburynews.net)
Gibson City
- Boy Scout to build memorial for Butch the service dog at GCMS Elementary School (fordcountychronicle.com)
- GCMS softball loses 13-10 to Dee-Mack (fordcountychronicle.com)
Bloomington
- Bloomington recognized as Tree City USA by Arbor Day Foundation (centralillinoisproud.com)
- McLean County Farm Bureau investing $1 million into fairgrounds for upgrades (centralillinoisproud.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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