🌱 Patch AM: How a Libertyville shipment ended up in a $1.4M theft case

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Libertyville shipment ended up in a $1.4M theft case

Also on today's calendar: Lake Forest College Community Engagement Event: Community Sports Day and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: High clouds and warm, with a high of 77 and low of 50 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 67, low: 45.
• Friday: Pleasant with periods of sun, with a high of 71 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• CA driver arrested after alleged $1.4 Million cargo theft (ruralradio.com) — A shipment of data servers picked up in Libertyville and bound for Virginia was allegedly stolen, with Nebraska troopers later finding about $1.4 million in servers inside a semitrailer near Overton. A California driver now faces felony theft and licensing charges, with a court hearing later this month, highlighting how a crime far away still traces back to a Libertyville-originating load.
   

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Saturday October 10
• Lake Forest College Community Engagement Event: Community Sports Day →
  Lake Forest College, 555 N Sheridan Rd, Lake Forest
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• Comics, Cards & Cookies Bazaar + More →
  Tighthead Brewing Company, 161 N Archer Ave, Mundelein
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Wednesday October 7
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Thursday October 8
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  The Joyful Gourmet, 542 N Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville
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Wednesday October 14
• The famous Pequod's, caramelized crust pizza is heading your way. Order by noon. →
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• Managed Mischief - Trivia Night Concerning the Boy Wizard →
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Friday October 16
• Dracula - a Live Radio Drama →
  130 N Milwaukee Ave, Libertyville
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Mundelein

• Local Event: Comics, Cards & Cookies Bazaar + More (patch.com)
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Vernon Hills

• 'I feel like here, there's opportunity' Sixth annual Hire Lake County Job Fair (chicagotribune.com)
• Knights finish seventh at MIAC Championships, Lee and Yuan earn All-Championship Team distinction (carleton.edu)
• Cell Culture Microplates Market To 2035: Biologics Demand and 3D Culture Drive Expansion (indexbox.io)

Lake Forest

• Where To Pick Pumpkins Near Lake Forest This Fall — And How To Carve Them (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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