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🌱 Gridley farm buys one of Nebraska sale’s top-priced Angus heifers

Gridley, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Gridley farm buys one of Nebraska sale’s top-priced Angus heifers

Also on today's calendar: Monthly Entrepreneur Meet Up in Livingston County, IL.

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

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A thundershower; cooler, with a high of 59 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny; breezy, cooler, temps: high: 47, low: 29.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 43 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bear Mountain Angus Fall Production Sale (thefencepost.com) — Prairie View Farm of Gridley paid $32,000 for a bred Angus heifer at Bear Mountain’s Oct. 31 production sale in Palisade, Nebraska. The heifer, Bear Mtn MRS Jamie 5518, is carrying a calf by Bear Mtn Real Deal and ranked among the sale’s highest-priced bred heifers.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday November 11
  • FMS BB @ Washington Central Tournament
    Fieldcrest CUSD 6 Minonk, IL 61760
    4:30 pm
  • FMS GBB VS Bureau Valley
    Fieldcrest CUSD 6 Minonk, IL 61760
    4:30 pm
  • Jr. High Impact →
    Impact Center, 208 W. Main St., El Paso
    6:00 pm
  • High School Impact →
    Impact Center, 208 W. Main St., El Paso
    7:30 pm
    • Thursday November 12
  • Retake Pictures for Prek-12th (Inter-State Studio)
    Lexington CUSD 7 Lexington, IL 61753
  • Post Prom - Nelson's Chicken Dinner - HS Commons
    Fieldcrest CUSD 6 Minonk, IL 61760
    3:00 pm
  • Basketball-7th Boys @ DeeMack (Game) →
    DEEMACK Away -
    4:30 pm
  • FMS GBB VS Logan
    Fieldcrest High School Minonk, IL 61760
    4:30 pm
  • Basketball-7th Girls - VS Olympia (Game) →
    EPGMS HOME -
    5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • HP Preservation Service posted a job opening for Property Preservation Handy Man (Illinois) (Gridley) in Gridley. Apply here.
  • Tutera Senior Living & Health Care posted a job opening for Activities Assistant in El Paso. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gridley here.

🗞 Nearby News

El Paso

Pontiac

  • Pontiac apartments ​for rent saw price increases since last October (pontiacdailyleader.com)
  • Central Illinois Rotary district hosts cultural exchange with India (wglt.org)

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  • Photos: Heartland Community College hosts veterans celebration and Marine Corps 251st anniversary event (pantagraph.com)
  • Prep sports recap for Nov. 9, 2026: volleyball supersectionals (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • Hornseth: Fat fingers a touchy tech issue (pantagraph.com)

Ok Gridley! 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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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Gridley

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Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.