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🌱 Could an 80,000-seat Bears stadium really land in tiny McCook?
Coming up on the McCook Patch calendar: Self Care Sunday
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In today's newsletter:
- Could an 80,000-seat Bears stadium really land in tiny McCook?
- McCook sausage plant recall: what to know about the plastic risk
Also on today's calendar: Self Care Sunday and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Warm with periods of sun, with a high of 76 and low of 62 degrees.
- Wednesday: A little afternoon rain, temps: high: 75, low: 67.
- Thursday: Periods of rain, with a high of 70 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Bears in McCook (lionnewspaper.com) — A bold proposal from tiny McCook could bring a massive new Chicago Bears stadium, hotel, and entertainment complex to the corner of 55th Street and East Avenue, just minutes from local schools and neighborhoods. Village leaders pitch it as a way to keep the team in Illinois, while fans weigh the tradeoffs with Soldier Field and possible moves to Arlington Heights or Indiana. 
• Illinois breakfast sausage products recalled with concerns of foreign material (meatpoultry.com) — A McCook-based Fontanini Foods plant has recalled more than a ton of frozen pork breakfast sausage links after customers reported finding clear, hard plastic in the product. While the recalled cases were shipped to restaurants in other states, federal officials warn some boxes may still be in freezers and urge anyone with them not to serve or eat the links.
📸 Around McCook
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🗓 Upcoming Events in McCook
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★ Featured events ★
- Self Care Sunday →
Remi La Grange, 23 Calendar Ave, La Grange
9:00 am - Fall Legislative Breakfast IL 2026 Election: Shaping Illinois For Generations To Come →
Premier Catering & Events, 6240 Joliet Rd, Countryside
7:30 am
Sunday October 4
Wednesday October 21
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Other local events
- Coffee & Commerce
Blueberry Hill, 49 S. La Grange Rd, McCook
8:30 am - Coffee + Conversations
Blueberry Hill, 49 S. La Grange Rd, McCook
8:30 am - FREE-Food For Families in Need →
Immanuel Lutheran Church, 2317 S Wolf Rd, Hillside
11:00 am - Pretty In Pink Breast Cancer Survivor Brunch →
Crystal Sky Banquets, 7941 47th Street, McCook
12:00 pm
Friday October 2
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 25
📣 McCook Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Baby Storytime
Hinsdale Public Library - Community Meeting Room
10:00 am - Toddler Time @ 10 →
Thomas Ford Memorial Library, 800 Chestnut Street, Western Springs
10:00 am - Tech One-On-One Help →
La Grange Public Library, 10 W Cossitt Ave, La Grange
11:00 am - Preschool Pals →
Thomas Ford Memorial Library, 800 Chestnut Street, Western Springs
1:00 pm - After School Art Studio
Hinsdale Public Library - Community Meeting Room
4:00 pm - Girls Volleyball @ Komarek
Komarek School, 8940 W 24th St, North Riverside
4:00 pm - Girls Basketball vs. Westchester
Park Jr. High School, 325 N Park Rd, La Grange Park
4:15 pm - Boys Softball vs. Gurrie
Hanesworth Park , La Grange Park, IL 60526, USA
4:15 pm
Tuesday September 29
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🗞 Nearby News
Lyons
- Drug referral spike attributed to new systems (lionnewspaper.com)
- History comes to Commissioners Park in Justice (southwestregionalpublishing.com)
La Grange
- Elevator Firm Complained Lyons Township High Pushed Request Aside (patch.com)
- Old Ethnic Eatery Near La Grange Still Empty (patch.com)
Brookfield
- Riverside and Brookfield property transfers for August 2026 (rblandmark.com)
Ok McCook! 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: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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