🌱 DeKalb Cinco de Mayo and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Dessert and Dialogue: Exploring how shared stories shape us at Sycamore Park District Community Center
• 2nd and 3rd Spring Sing @HMS at Huntley Middle School
• Board of Education Meeting at Kaneland Harter Middle School

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 75 and low of 53 degrees.
• Thursday: Warm; fog in the morning, temps: high: 79, low: 59.
• Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 71 and low of 46 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cortland

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 30

• Dessert and Dialogue: Exploring how shared stories shape us
  Sycamore Park District Community Center, 480 Airport Rd, Sycamore
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• 2nd and 3rd Spring Sing @HMS
  Huntley Middle School , 1515 S 4th St , DeKalb
  7:00 pm

Monday April 27

• Board of Education Meeting
  Kaneland Harter Middle School , 1601 Esker Dr , Sugar Grove
  7:00 pm

Sunday May 3

• DeKalb Cinco de Mayo
  Frank Van Buer Plaza , 148-198 N 2nd St , DeKalb
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday April 23

• Theme Thursday - Jersey Day
  Littlejohn Elementary Dekalb, IL 60115
  8:00 am
• Local Showcase
  NIU Convocation Center , 1525 W Lincoln Hwy , DeKalb
  3:30 pm
• Police Pension Board
  Sycamore, IL Calendar , 308 W State Street , Sycamore
  5:00 pm
• Library Board Meeting
  Maple Park Public Library , 302 Willow St , Maple Park
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• North School Clothing Sale
  Sycamore High School , 427 Spartan Trail , Sycamore
  8:00 am
• North Grove Groove 5K
  Sycamore, IL Calendar Sycamore, IL 60178
  8:00 am
• Friends of the Sycamore Library Spring Book Sale
  Sycamore Public Library , 103 E State St , Sycamore
  9:00 am

Monday April 27

• Rochelle Varsity Softball @ Kaneland
  Kaneland High School , 47w326 Keslinger Rd , Maple Park
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Ryder System, Inc. posted a job opening for Warehouse Forklift Operator in Dekalb. Apply here.
• Milestone Technologies, Inc. posted a job opening for Logistics Operator L1 in Dekalb. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cortland here.

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🗞 Nearby News

DeKalb

• ‘250 trees for tomorrow:' DeKalb community tree planting marks nation's anniversary (shawlocal.com)
• City of DeKalb solicits Paint-A-Plug program applications (shawlocal.com)
• Here's how to donate to 2026 Give DeKalb County fundraiser (shawlocal.com)

Sycamore

• Give DeKalb County Campaign Set to Launch Community Wide Fundraising Effort (1023thecoyote.net)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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