🌱 Columbia wins early showdown as Metro East hockey season unfolds
OFallon, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning O'Fallon! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Columbia wins early showdown as Metro East hockey season unfolds
- O'Fallon's McClellan leads House race as mail-in count continues
- Remembering Dennis Doane's 65 years in southern Illinois ministry
Also on today's calendar: Economic Development Committee Meeting and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A steady afternoon breeze, with a high of 68 and low of 43 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny; breezy, cooler, temps: high: 51, low: 34.
- Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 47 and low of 29 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• MONDAY HOCKEY: Columbia tops Alton in early season showdown (bnd.com) — Columbia handed Alton its first hockey loss of the season, winning 5-2 in an early matchup of unbeaten teams at East Alton Ice Arena. Elsewhere, Granite City shut out Bethalto 4-0, leaving Bethalto at 1-2 ahead of its scheduled Tuesday game against O'Fallon. 
• Millstadt EMS vote down to the wire - Republic-Times (republictimes.net) — O'Fallon's George McClellan leads incumbent Kevin Schmidt by roughly 1.5 percentage points in the unresolved Illinois 114th House District race, with mail-in votes still outstanding. Another close St. Clair County contest has Millstadt's proposed emergency services district ahead by just 15 votes, leaving its property-tax authorization unsettled.
• Dennis Doane (1936–2026) of Belleville, IL (riverbender.com) — The Rev. Dennis Doane, a Belleville minister who served 12 Methodist parishes across southern Illinois over 65 years, died November 9 at an O'Fallon senior living community. He was 90. Visitation is November 17 from 9 to 11 a.m. at George Renner & Sons Funeral Home in Belleville, with the funeral immediately afterward.
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Thursday November 12
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Economic Development Committee Meeting →
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Boys' Basketball vs Edwardsville Liberty
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JV Boys Basketball Away Game @ Pontiac
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Girls' Basketball vs Columbia
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Varsity Boys Basketball Away Game @ Pontiac
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City Council Meeting →
City Hall Council Chambers, 255 S Lincoln Ave, O'Fallon
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Education Committee Meeting →
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Ribbon Cutting - Taylor Roofing →
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Business After Hours (BAH) - Taylor Roofing →
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Community Thanksgiving Service →
Faith Lutheran Church, 520 E Hwy 50, O'Fallon
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Downtown District Committee Meeting →
Location City Hall Council Chambers 255 S. Lincoln O'Fallon IL 62269, 255 S. Lincoln, O'Fallon
Thursday November 12
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Michael Clover (1955–2026) of Shiloh, IL (riverbender.com)
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- For sale: 4 Ivan Court, Fairview Heights, IL 62208 (riverbender.com)
- Looking for a desk job in the metro-east? Check out 5 IL government openings (bnd.com)
- Frances A. Graul (heraldpubs.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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