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🌱 Patch AM: How a Lakeview-linked car theft helped secure this 11-year sentence
You won't want to miss The Wellness Retreat: A Festival Where Mind, Body, and Music Meet on the Lakeview Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How a Lakeview-linked car theft helped secure this 11-year sentence
Also on today's calendar: The Wellness Retreat: A Festival Where Mind, Body, and Music Meet and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 74 and low of 65 degrees.
- Sunday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 67, low: 59.
- Monday: Windy with showers around, with a high of 66 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Man sentenced to 11 years in prison for robbing Lakeview victim, ditching getaway car in police station parking lot (meigsindypress.com) — A man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after an armed robbery in Boystown that ended when he and three juveniles abandoned their stolen car at the Town Hall police station. Prosecutors also linked him to a previously stolen Hyundai taken from a woman living on North Janssen in Lakeview, underscoring ongoing concerns about car theft and neighborhood safety. 
📸 Around Lakeview
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lakeview
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★ Featured events ★
- The Wellness Retreat: A Festival Where Mind, Body, and Music Meet →
1521 S. Linn White Dr., Northerly Island, Chicago, IL 60605,
11:00 am
Saturday October 17
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Other local events
- Smokin Aces
Wood River Moose Lodge #1349, 730 Wesley Dr, Wood River - Tennis: Girls Varsity Match vs Collinsville (Away)
Collinsville High School
3:30 pm - Girls Tennis (Home) vs. Jersey
East Alton-Wood River High School, 777 N Wood River Ave, Wood Ri
4:00 pm - Girls Tennis (Away) vs. Waterloo
Waterloo High School, 505 E Bulldog, Waterloo
4:00 pm - Golf: Girls Varsity Match vs Multiple Schools vs. Mt. Olive (Away)
Timber Lakes Golf Course
4:00 pm - Golf: Boys Varsity Match vs Multiple Schools vs. Mt. Olive (Away)
Timber Lakes Golf Course
4:00 pm - Soccer: Boys Varsity Game vs Metro East Lutheran (Home)
Roxana High School, Norman Lewis Field
4:30 pm - JV Football (Away) vs. Waterloo
Waterloo High School, 505 E Bulldog, Waterloo
6:00 pm - Hall-Regular Bingo Resumes!
Wood River Moose Lodge #1349, 730 Wesley Dr, Wood River - Sip & Paint at 360 CHICAGO →
360 CHICAGO, 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago
7:00 pm - Illinois Rock & Roll Museum Hall of Fame Ceremony Comes to Chicago! →
Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E Randolph St, Chicago
9:00 am
Sunday September 20
Monday September 21
Tuesday September 22
Sunday September 27
📣 Lakeview Shout Outs!
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🗞 Nearby News
Wood River
- Difference Maker: Wood River 911 Telecommunicator Recognized For Community Service (riverbender.com)
- Our Past: The Telegraph headlines for Sept. 17 over past 100 years (thetelegraph.com)
- Bart Reese (1974–2026) of Jerseyville, IL (riverbender.com)
Edwardsville
- Holyoake Road project in Edwardsville, Illinois, on track (theintelligencer.com)
- Voices of Our Past returns to Edwardsville, IL in fall (thetelegraph.com)
- Edwardsville Invitational 60th running in Illinois (theintelligencer.com)
Ok Lakeview! 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: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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