🌱 Geneseo grants support learning, safer homes and Special Olympics

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In today's newsletter:

• Geneseo grants support learning, safer homes and Special Olympics
• Meet the Geneseo teen bringing comfort with her dog, Athena
• Remembering Rose A. Fields, 77, of Rock Island

Also on today's calendar: Geneseo's Christmas Open House and 7 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler; a morning t-shower, with a high of 57 and low of 37 degrees.
• Thursday: Mainly cloudy; breezy, cooler, temps: high: 47, low: 29.
• Friday: Breezy in the a.m.; some sun, with a high of 45 and low of 25 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• GIFT Community Foundation Awards $5,150 to Five Nonprofits Serving Geneseo — Geneseo Current (geneseocurrent.com) — Five nonprofits serving Geneseo will share $5,150 in fall grants from the GIFT Community Foundation. The funding supports infant and toddler learning, Special Olympics participation, home safety and other services, with awards backed by the Gretchen Ristau Fund and the donor-supported GIFT Community Impact Fund.
   

• Geneseo 10th grader named latest ‘Beyond the Classroom' honoree (kwqc.com) — Geneseo 10th grader Faith Kuster and her dog, Athena, bring comfort to people at military homecomings, libraries and nursing homes, according to her nomination for Beyond the Classroom. KWQC-TV6 and Purina selected her as November's honoree, recognizing service that has sometimes taken her as far as Peoria.
   

• Rose A. Fields (qconline.com) — Rose A. Fields, 77, of Rock Island, died November 6, leaving a large family that includes Robert Fields Jr. of Geneseo. Visitation is November 11 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Van Hoe Funeral Home in East Moline, with funeral services there November 12 at 10 a.m.
   

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📸 Around Geneseo

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Geneseo

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday November 12

• Richmond Hill Players Present: An Old-Fashioned Family Murder →
  Geneseo
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday November 12

• 6th Grade Pie Pick-Up
  Geneseo Middle School, 333 E Ogden Ave, Geneseo
  4:00 pm
• Boys Basketball A Team at Wilson Middle School
  Wilson Middle School , Moline, IL 61265, USA
  4:00 pm
• Boys Basketball B Team vs Colona Middle School
  Geneseo Middle School, 333 E Ogden Ave, Geneseo
  4:30 pm

Friday November 13

• Geneseo's Christmas Open House →
  Geneseo IL
  3:00 pm
• Christmas Open House →
  Geneseo Historical Museum, 205 S. State Street, Geneseo
  4:00 pm
• Richmond Hill Players Present: An Old-Fashioned Family Murder →
  Geneseo IL
  6:30 pm

Monday November 16

• Boys Basketball A Team vs Seton Catholic Middle School
  Geneseo Middle School, 333 E Ogden Ave, Geneseo
  4:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Boys Basketball A Team at Washington Junior HS
  Washington Jr High School, 3300 18th Ave, Rock Island
  4:00 pm
• Boys Basketball B Team vs East Moline Christian 8th grade only
  Geneseo Middle School, 333 E Ogden Ave, Geneseo
  4:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday November 12

• Storytime →
  Colona Public Library District, 911 1st Street, Colona
• 5/6 Boys Basketball vs. EP A
  Colona Grade School, 700 1st St, Colona
  4:30 pm

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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 Geneseo here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Colona

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

Cambridge

• Geneseo Communications Sale Moves Through Regulatory Review; Leadership Changes Expected — Geneseo Current (geneseocurrent.com)

East Moline

• Saturday Recap: Quincy 24, United Township 21 (ourquadcities.com)
• THC crackdown leaves Quad Cities retailers facing uncertain future (kwqc.com)
• Steve Geifman's Calculated Risk (rcreader.com)

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-- 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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