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🌱 Remembering Bob Baxter, Nauvoo’s link to the Edmund Fitzgerald search

Nauvoo, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Remembering Bob Baxter, Nauvoo’s link to the Edmund Fitzgerald search
  • Remembering Keegan Thomas Willis, 19, who had family in Nauvoo

Also on today's calendar: Pirates of Penzance and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler; a stray a.m. t-shower, with a high of 59 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 47, low: 31.
  • Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 46 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Highland sailor often shared stories of frantic search for doomed Edmund Fitzgerald (nwitimes.com) — Nauvoo native Bob Baxter, who died earlier this year, left behind both accounts of the Edmund Fitzgerald search and a collection preserving his hometown’s Icarian history. The longtime Great Lakes sailor helped search for survivors during the 1975 disaster, later sharing those experiences widely. Nauvoo’s historical society recorded his recollections last year.
   

• Keegan Thomas Willis-Ashley, IL (franklincounty-news.com) — Keegan Thomas Willis, 19, of Ashley, died Nov. 8, leaving family in Nauvoo, including his father, Jeremiah Young, and several siblings. A Youth Build student preparing to enlist in the Army, he also worked at Dollar General. A celebration of life is scheduled for Jan. 5, 2027, at 11 a.m. at Woodlawn Community Center.
   

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  • BradyPLUS, Inc. posted a job opening for Driver - Non CDL in Hamilton. Apply here.
  • Capstone Restaurant Group posted a job opening for Assistant Manager Hardee's (1272) in Carthage. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Nauvoo here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hamilton

  • An Illinois Gun Shop Asked a Wildlife Artist to Hand-Paint Five of Its Fort Knox Safes (parade.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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