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🌱 Kickin’ Up The Dust 5K and 11 more events

Coming up: Kickin up the Dust 5k on the Plano Patch calendar

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What's up Plano! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

  • Kickin up the Dust 5k at Fox Ranch
  • Kickin' Up The Dust 5K
  • Girls Basketball Home vs Leland at Plano Middle School

... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Humid with rain, with a high of 70 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 69, low: 44.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 46 degrees.

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Other local events
    Saturday October 3
  • Kickin' Up The Dust 5K →
    Plano IL
    • Monday October 5
  • Girls Basketball Home vs Leland
    Plano Middle School Plano, IL 60545
    4:30 pm
    • Tuesday October 6
  • Girls Basketball Home vs Newark
    Plano Middle School Plano, IL 60545
    4:30 pm
    • Friday October 16
  • Marengo at Plano →
    704 W Abe St, Plano
    7:00 pm

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  • Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate at Walmart in Plano, Illinois in Plano. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Yorkville

  • Oswego, Yorkville school bonds top $476 million on Kendall County ballots (kendallcountytimes.com)
  • Duncan Kubek, Oswego East battle through rain to place runner-up at home regional (shawlocal.com)
  • ComEd power prices to stay elevated as data center demand grows near Joliet, consumer watchdog says (thetimesweekly.com)

Sandwich

  • Sandwich schools seek tax rate increase on Nov. 3 ballot; District 300 bond also reaches DeKalb County (dekalbtimes.com)
  • Where to vote early in DeKalb County, and where things stand on mail ballots after the Supreme Court ruling (dekalbtimes.com)
  • ACC Names Cross Country Performers of the Week (newsbreak.com)

Oswego

  • Oswego Teen Punches Stranger In Unprovoked Attack: Police (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: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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