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🌱 Patch AM: What Libertyville prosecutors revealed about this Route 137 DUI crash

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What's up Libertyville! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Libertyville prosecutors revealed about this Route 137 DUI crash

Also on today's calendar: Managed Mischief - Trivia Night Concerning the Boy Wizard and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Tuesday: Warm with periods of sun, temps: high: 81, low: 61.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and cooler, with a high of 66 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Alleged drunk and high driver flees after slamming into car with 3 kids inside, sending them to hospital in Libertyville (lakemchenryscanner.com) — A serious September 6 crash on Route 137 near Independence Grove in Libertyville sent three children to the hospital after their car, stopped to help a stranded driver, was rear-ended by an allegedly drunk and high motorist. Libertyville police and Lake County prosecutors detail the Round Lake suspect's long DUI history, and a judge has ordered him held while the case proceeds, citing ongoing danger to the community.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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