🌱 Why two Matteson residents were jailed after an Iowa car chase
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In today's newsletter:
- Why two Matteson residents were jailed after an Iowa car chase
Also on today's calendar: Garage Sale and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Nice with partial sunshine, with a high of 78 and low of 60 degrees.
- Wednesday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 81, low: 61.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 80 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Cedar Rapids Police arrest 4 people after chase Sunday evening (kcrg.com) — Two people from Matteson were among four individuals arrested after a reported vehicle chase with shots fired in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where a young child was found in one of the cars. The Matteson residents face charges including child endangerment, traffic violations, and intimidation with a weapon following the Sunday evening incident. 
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Garage Sale →
19621 116th Ave,
8:00 am -
Soundgrowler Brewing Comedy Night →
Soundgrowler Brewing, 8201 183rd St, Tinley Park
7:00 pm
Friday August 28
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Other local events
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2026 Ribbon Cutting for Solyne Cafe
Frankfort Chamber of Commerce Solyne Cafe 21000 S Frankfort Square Rd. Suite A Frankfort, IL 60423
4:00 pm -
Curriculum Night - Hickory Creek 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Frankfort CCSD 157C Frankfort, IL 60423 -
Ronald McDonald Mobile Care Unit-Stem Campus
Rich Twp HSD 227 3600 203rd St, Olympia Fields, IL 60461, USA
8:00 am -
Ronald McDonald Mobile Care Unit- FAC Campus
Rich Twp HSD 227 5000 Sauk Trail, Richton Park, IL 60471, USA
8:00 am -
2026 Concerts on the Green - Outcast Jazz Band →
Frankfort Chamber of Commerce Breidert Green Kansas and White streets, Historic Downtown Frankfort
6:30 pm -
Curriculum Night - Chelsea 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Frankfort CCSD 157C Frankfort, IL 60423 -
2026 Walk to End Alzheimer's South Suburban →
80th Ave. Metra Station, Tinley Park
8:30 am
Wednesday August 26
Thursday August 27
Friday August 28
Sunday August 30
Tuesday September 1
Saturday September 19
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Social Hour →
Flossmoor Social, 1040 Sterling Ave, Flossmoor
3:00 pm -
Open House at Fernway Elementary School for EC, Preschool, and Gr
Virgil I Grissom Middle School Tinley Park, IL 60477
6:00 pm -
Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting →
Flossmoor, IL Calendar, 2800 Flossmoor Rd, Flossmoor
6:30 pm -
Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting Cancelled →
Flossmoor, IL Calendar, 2800 Flossmoor Rd, Flossmoor
6:30 pm -
Planning and Zoning Commission →
Park Forest, IL Calendar Park Forest, IL 60466
7:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- If anyone has seen a brown and black yorkie please call this number (708) 977-3020.
Please we need her back. She got out the gate. I live on Creekside. (Nextdoor Creekside of Matteson)
- The Reserves Network, Inc. posted a job opening for Sanitation Specialist 1st shift in University Park. Apply here.
- Roehl Transport posted a job opening for CDL Training - on-the-job program in Tinley Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Matteson here.
🗞 Nearby News
Flossmoor
- The Best Suburban Public High Schools (chicagotribune.com)
- Cruel Hand's Ryan Goff is currently playing drums for Rob Zombie on current tour (lambgoat.com)
Frankfort
- Frankfort Township To Ask Voters About Illinois Voter ID Laws (patch.com)
Tinley Park
- Victims are believed to be tied to Flossmoor shooting (hfchronicle.com)
- Class I Briefs: CN, NS, CPKC (railwayage.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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