🌱 Macomb Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Illini West and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What do an island and the letter "t" have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 71 and low of 60 degrees.
• Monday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 65, low: 55.
• Tuesday: Cloudy and cool with a shower, with a high of 65 and low of 49 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 22

• Macomb Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Illini West →
  Illini West High School, 600 Miller St, Carthage
  7:00 pm
• Macomb at Illini West →
  600 Miller Street, Carthage
  7:00 pm

Saturday September 26

• Homecoming Dance
  West Prairie High School, 254 S Collins Ave, Macomb
  7:00 pm

Sunday September 27

• Hancock County Democrats Golf Outing and Fish Fry →
  Carthage Golf Club, 1561 N CR 1830, Carthage
  1:00 pm

Monday September 28

• Liberty at Illini West →
  600 Miller Street, Carthage
  7:00 pm

Tuesday September 29

• Trivia Night →
  Sports Corner @ 124, 124 N Randolph St, Macomb
  6:30 pm

Thursday October 1

• Astoria/VIT at Illini West →
  Illini West High School, 600 Miller Street, Carthage
  7:00 pm

Friday October 2

• Forgottonia: An Intimate Portrait of Rural Illinois →
  The Legacy Theater, 1160 Buchanan St, Carthage
  7:00 pm
• Forgottonia →
  1160 Buchanan Street, Carthage
  7:00 pm

Saturday October 3

• WIU Football vs. Tennessee State →
  Hanson Field, 1 University Cir, Macomb
  3:00 pm
• Western Illinois Leathernecks vs. Tennessee State Tigers →
  Hanson Field, 1 University Cir, Macomb
  3:00 pm

Monday October 12

• Hannibal Pirates Volleyball vs Illini West →
  Carthage IL
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. posted a job opening for Driver Trainee in Blandinsville. Apply here.
• Aramark posted a job opening for Food Service Worker - Macomb SD in Macomb. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near La Harpe here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Carthage

• Charged by the Community: Carthage and Illini West alums give back to Chargettes (wgem.com)
• Fall flavors meet convenience with 'Meals with Memorial' freezer meal pick-up service (muddyrivernews.com)

Macomb

• Macomb Council Honors Chamber, Hears Reports (communitynewsmarket.com)
• A Macomb Boy, Who Bicycled in the 1950s (communitynewsmarket.com)
• Annual Gazebo Art Festival Winners Announced (communitynewsmarket.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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