🌱 Prophetstown community remembers longtime caregiver and church member Gwen Gardner

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• Prophetstown community remembers longtime caregiver and church member Gwen Gardner

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 79 and low of 55 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy, windy and warm, temps: high: 79, low: 62.
• Friday: Cloudy, a shower and t-storm, with a high of 70 and low of 44 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Obituary-Gwen Gardner (aroundptown.com) — Longtime Prophetstown resident Gwen Gardner, a 1969 graduate of local schools and devoted member of First Lutheran Church, has passed away. Arrangements are being handled by Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home in Prophetstown, and a memorial has been established for First Lutheran, honoring her decades of caring for local children, her church, and her family.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• J/V Softball vs. Moline @ Ptown HS
  Ptown HS Erie, IL 61250
  4:30 pm

Thursday April 23

• 7/8 Boys & Girls Track @ Morrison
  Morrison Erie, IL 61250
  4:00 pm
• J/V Softball vs. Princeton @ Ptown HS
  Ptown HS Erie, IL 61250
  4:30 pm
• Varsity Baseball @ Princeton HS
  Princeton HS Erie, IL 61250
  4:30 pm
• J/V Baseball vs. Princeton @ Ptown HS
  Ptown HS Erie, IL 61250
  4:30 pm
• Varsity Softball @ Princeton HS
  Princeton HS Erie, IL 61250
  4:30 pm

Friday April 24

• J/V Varsity Softball vs. Monmouth-Roseville @ Ptown HS
  Ptown HS Erie, IL 61250
  4:30 pm
• J/V Varsity Baseball vs. Monmouth-Roseville @ Ptown HS
  Ptown HS Erie, IL 61250
  4:30 pm
• Varsity Boys & Girls Track Ed Schmidt Invite @ EMS
  EMS Erie, IL 61250
  4:30 pm

Monday April 27

• 7/8 Boys & Girls Track vs. River Bend @ Fulton HS - Jack & Jill
  Fulton HS Erie, IL 61250
  4:00 pm
• Varsity Baseball vs. Hall @ Ptown HS
  Ptown HS Erie, IL 61250
  4:30 pm
• Varsity Softball vs. Hall @ Ptown HS
  Ptown HS Erie, IL 61250
  4:30 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Morrison. Apply here.
• Sun Communities, Inc. posted a job opening for Resort Housekeeper - Part Time in Hillsdale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Prophetstown here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Morrison

• Morrison Water Tower Maintenance Begins May 1 (thecity1.com)
• June E. Sharer (1939 - 2026) (thecity1.com)

Rock Falls

• Along the Rock: S3 Ep 62-Another Year of Summer Fun with Visit Rock Falls! (theradar.online)
• Along the Rock: S3 Ep 60-Hidden Gems of Northwest Illinois (theradar.online)
• Residential Structure Fire at 1108 1st Avenue, Sterling, IL (theradar.online)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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