🌱 What’s coming to replace Timothy O’Toole’s in downtown Lake Villa?
Lake Villa, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min readHello again Lake Villa! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What’s coming to replace Timothy O’Toole’s in downtown Lake Villa?
- How a Lake Villa native turned childhood surgeries into Paralympic dreams
Also on today's calendar: LAKE VILLA HALLOWEEN CAR SHOW AND COSTUME CONTEST FEATURING TRUNK AND TREAT and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What happens when two monkeys get a divorce? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and cooler, with a high of 65 and low of 55 degrees.
- Thursday: Rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 61, low: 47.
- Friday: Partly sunny and windy, with a high of 57 and low of 34 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• ‘Getting real close' to opening: New restaurant to occupy gateway space in Lake Villa (dailyherald.com) — A new Lake City Grille restaurant is set to open soon at Route 132 and Cedar Avenue, filling the high-profile former Timothy O’Toole’s space in downtown Lake Villa. The owner promises a scratch-made American menu, 24 beers on tap, video gaming tucked away, and says village leaders are backing the project as a key step in revitalizing Cedar Avenue. 
• Keegan Knott Has Her Physical Therapist To Thank For Her Swimming Career And Future Career Goals (usparaswimming.org) — Lake Villa native and Paralympic swimmer Keegan Knott is balancing 20-hour training weeks, a full course load at Northern Arizona University, and her push toward the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games. Inspired by a childhood physical therapist who helped her through multiple limb-lengthening surgeries, she’s now studying exercise physiology and hopes to become a physical therapist herself.
📸 Around Lake Villa
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Upcoming Events in
Lake Villa
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★ Featured events ★
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Lake Villa Pumpkin Trot 5K Fun Run/Walk →
Loffredo Park, 485 N. Milwaukee Ave., Lake Villa
7:30 am
Saturday October 17
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Other local events
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Girls Volleyball: Lakes Community vs Antioch (Varsity)
Antioch Community High School North Gym
6:00 pm -
Football: Grayslake North vs Lakes Community (Varsity)
Lakes Community High School Outdoor Athletic Fields Football Field
7:00 pm -
LAKE VILLA HALLOWEEN CAR SHOW AND COSTUME CONTEST FEATURING TRUNK AND TREAT →
Lehmann Park, 148 Cedar Ave, Lake Villa
9:00 am -
Kirchweihfest →
259 W Grand Ave, Lake Villa
6:00 pm -
Girls Volleyball: Lakes vs Lake Forest (Varsity)
Lake Forest High School Competition Gym - East
6:00 pm -
Girls Volleyball: Lake Zurich vs Lakes Community (Varsity)
Lake Zurich High School
6:00 pm -
Financial Aid Night
Lakes Community High School Lake Villa, IL 60046
6:30 pm
Thursday October 15
Friday October 16
Saturday October 17
Monday October 19
Tuesday October 20
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Indoor Pickleball →
Fox Lake, IL Calendar, 10 Riverview Avenue, Fox Lake
9:00 am -
Music Masters 1/2 →
Fox Lake, IL Calendar, 10 Riverview Avenue, Fox Lake
10:00 am -
Seated Strength →
Fox Lake, IL Calendar, 10 Riverview Avenue, Fox Lake
10:30 am -
Open Gym - Middle School and Up →
Fox Lake, IL Calendar, 10 Riverview Avenue, Fox Lake
3:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Dollar General posted a job opening for LEAD TEAM MEMBER FT - pOpshelf in GURNEE IL S25295 in Gurnee. Apply here.
- Sam's Club posted a job opening for Cafe Associate in Gurnee. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lake Villa here.
🗞 Nearby News
Antioch
- Antioch Police Pension Fund is 44.3 percent funded and $22.5 million short; taxpayers put in $2.3 million last year (lakecountygazette.com)
- Lake County Forest Preserves creating ‘wildlife corridor': ‘This is a really important acquisition' (chicagotribune.com)
Round Lake
- M-F Athletic National Athletes of the Week (October 12) (ustfccca.org)
- Fox Lake, Randolph firefighters conduct live-fire training (dailydodge.com)
Grayslake
- The Beloved Holiday Classic, 'Ruth Page's The Nutcracker,' Celebrates 60 Years with Performances at the College of Lake County (theatermania.com)
- ‘No Bible Studies in Clubhouse!' (toddstarnes.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What happens when two monkeys get a divorce?" — They are banana split. (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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