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🌱 Rantoul weighs a 25-year police training partnership with Mahomet
Rantoul, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min readHello again Rantoul! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Rantoul weighs a 25-year police training partnership with Mahomet
- Rantoul man gets 34 months in stolen-check scheme
- Remembering Richard Grabbe, Air Force veteran with a Chanute connection
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 62 and low of 39 degrees.
- Thursday: Cooler with a few showers, temps: high: 46, low: 30.
- Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 43 and low of 26 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Rantoul, Mahomet police pursue 25-year training agreement (news-gazette.com) — Mahomet police would contribute $25,000 toward Rantoul’s new firearms training facility in exchange for 25 years of access under a proposed agreement. The Rantoul Village Board was scheduled to consider it November 10. Rantoul officers would retain scheduling priority, with training expected to begin next spring. 
• Champaign Co. men sentenced for bank fraud conspiracy ‘failed to make any money from the scheme' (wcia.com) — A Rantoul man has been sentenced to 34 months in federal prison for his role in a stolen-check scheme around St. Louis. Luis A. Franco-Gonzalez, 26, pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a financial institution. Prosecutors said the three defendants intended losses of at least $581,123 but ultimately made no money.
• Richard Louis Grabbe (70) of Louisville (thexradio.com) — Richard Louis Grabbe, an Air Force veteran who married Donna Kaye Yingst at Rantoul’s Chanute Air Force Base in 1979, died November 6 at 70. The Louisville resident later worked in electronics and enjoyed building Legos with his six grandchildren. His funeral is November 11 at Red Brush Christian Church in Louisville, with military honors at burial.
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Meet the Eagles
Rantoul Township High School (Main Gym)
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Veterans Day Program (GS Gym)
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Wednesday November 11
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🗞 Nearby News
Fisher
- Notice of Public Hearing Administrative Costs Waiver November 1 (news-gazette.com)
- The News-Gazette's Athletes of the Week: Huff and Hardin lead Mahomet-Seymour, Unity to postseason victories (news-gazette.com)
Urbana
- Community Spotlight: Urbana Park District celebrates ‘America Recycles Day' (wcia.com)
- Where to Eat Dinner on Thanksgiving in Champaign-Urbana (chambanamoms.com)
- How an ACES alum became an inventor and landed a deal on Shark Tank (springfieldherald.news)
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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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