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🌱 Patch AM: Planning your visit to Lake Zurich’s massive Jack O’Lantern World?

And check out Comics, Cards & Cookies Bazaar + More on the Lake Zurich Patch calendar

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Cheers Lake Zurich! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Planning your visit to Lake Zurich's massive Jack O'Lantern World?
  • How a late TD drive stunned Lake Zurich's bid for first place

Also on today's calendar: Comics, Cards & Cookies Bazaar + More and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Very warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 78 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Sunday: Turning sunny; warm, temps: high: 74, low: 59.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 81 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Jack O'Lantern World Brings Pumpkin Art to Illinois (q985online.com) — Lake Zurich is hosting Jack O'Lantern World this October, a walk-through trail of thousands of intricately carved, illuminated pumpkins arranged in more than 20 themed worlds. The attraction includes food, drinks, a daytime pumpkin patch with inflatables and mini golf, and requires advance online ticket purchases before nights sell out.
   

• Benched in 2nd half, Libertyville's Jackson Yarc returns to beat Lake Zurich with TD pass he won't soon forget (chicagotribune.com) — Lake Zurich football fans saw a tough North Suburban Conference loss Friday as Libertyville's quarterback, briefly benched earlier, returned to lead an 84-yard game-winning drive in the final minutes. His 7-yard touchdown pass with 19 seconds left sealed Libertyville's 14-10 win and shifted first place in the conference race.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Part Time Shift Supervisor in Costco in Lake Zurich. Apply here.
  • O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager in Lake Zurich. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lake Zurich here.

🗞 Nearby News

Wauconda

  • Product Spotlight: GLP Velvet Brings Color and Value to the Grip Wall (thegolfwire.com)
  • Main Street to close for road work between Slocum Lake Road and Lewis Avenue Oct. 14 (lakecountygazette.com)
  • Investigators rule baby died from blunt force injuries at Crystal Lake home over year following his death (lakemchenryscanner.com)

Mundelein

  • 'It's a homecoming': New Mundelein business adds to Lake County's brewing history (dailyherald.com)
  • The Biz Week That Was: Competing marijuana dispensaries, gambling tax revenues rising and hospital delivery department closing (dailyherald.com)

Vernon Hills

  • High-Throughput Extraction Market To 2035: Genomic Testing Demand Drives Growth (indexbox.io)

Ok Lake Zurich! 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: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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