Community Corner
🌱 How buying a dozen doughnuts in Plano helps fight local hunger.
Coming up: Little Hopes on the Plano Patch calendar
Cheers Plano! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How buying a dozen doughnuts in Plano helps fight local hunger.
- How Plano's cameras became a testing ground for nationwide loitering surveillance.
Also on today's calendar: Johnsburg Varsity Football @ Plano and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Clouds breaking; less humid, with a high of 80 and low of 53 degrees.
- Friday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 80, low: 57.
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 81 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Northern Illinois Food Bank kicks off Hunger Action Month with call for volunteers (dailyherald.com) — Plano residents can support Northern Illinois Food Bank this month by buying doughnuts at Woody's Apple Orchard, where $1 from each dozen goes to fight hunger. The Food Bank is also seeking volunteers at its regional centers, donations, and advocacy during Hunger Action Month as it serves about 570,000 neighbors monthly across 13 northern Illinois counties. 
• Cops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Around (theintercept.com) — Police use of Flock surveillance cameras in Plano has been tapped more than 1,200 times to investigate low-level "curfew/loitering/vagrancy" violations, according to records cited here. The report uses Plano's camera network as a window into how departments nationwide may be using this technology to monitor people for minor or vague "suspicious" behavior, raising civil liberties concerns.
📸 Around Plano
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Plano
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★ Featured events ★
- Little Hopes →
The Law Office Pub & Music Hall, 226 S Bridge St, Yorkville
8:30 pm
Thursday September 10
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Other local events
- Morning Moms Meetups
P H Miller Elem School Plano, IL 60545
8:00 am - Johnsburg at Plano →
Plano High School, 704 W Abe St, Plano
7:00 pm - Johnsburg Varsity Football @ Plano →
Plano High School, 704 W Abe St, Plano
7:15 pm - Committee of the Whole meeting-immediately after the Council meeting →
Plano, IL Calendar, 17 E. Main St., Plano
7:00 pm - FREE Playgroups for Children Birth to Five
P H Miller Elem School Plano, IL 60545
8:00 am - Hinckley-Big Rock Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Plano →
Plano High School, 704 W Abe St, Plano
5:00 pm - FREE Plano Food Pantry
P H Miller Elem School Plano, IL 60545
6:00 pm
Friday September 11
Monday September 14
Wednesday September 16
Thursday September 17
Friday September 18
📣 Plano Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Walkers Group →
Fox Valley Community Services (Sandwich), 1406 Suydam Rd, Sandwich
9:00 am - Bingo →
Fox Valley Community Services (Sandwich), 1406 Suydam Rd, Sandwich
10:00 am - Birthday Lunch →
Fox Valley Community Services (Sandwich), 1406 Suydam Rd, Sandwich
11:30 am - Lunch →
Fox Valley Community Services (Sandwich), 1406 Suydam Rd, Sandwich
11:30 am
Thursday September 10
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Constellation Energy posted a job opening for Senior Reactor Operator in Big Rock. Apply here.
- Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Sugar Grove. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Plano here.
🗞 Nearby News
Yorkville
- Sale closed in Yorkville: $292,000 for a property (shawlocal.com)
- Alli Wiertel's 33 paces Oswego Co-Op golf to dual win: Tuesday's Record Newspapers sports roundup (shawlocal.com)
- Renee J. Forber – Services 9/12/26 (wrmj.com)
Oswego
- DillaDawgs Plans To Open Restaurant In Downtown Oswego (patch.com)
- 1498 Vintage Dr, Oswego, IL 60543 (redfin.com)
- Oswego salutes state Sen. Linda Holmes with honorary street name designation (chicagotribune.com)
Aurora
- Aurora Marks 25th Anniversary Of 9/11 Terror Attacks With Event (patch.com)
Ok Plano! 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: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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