🌱 How a Roanoke-area farm kid became a Hall of Famer

Hi Roanoke! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Roanoke-area farm kid became a Hall of Famer

Also on today's calendar: Marquette vs Roanoke-Benson.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Clouds, then sun; less humid, with a high of 68 and low of 44 degrees.
• Saturday: Nice with plenty of sun, temps: high: 70, low: 46.
• Sunday: Nice with sunshine, with a high of 71 and low of 43 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Daryle Wragge Inducted Into College Of Applied Science And Technology Hall Of Fame! (henrynews-republican.com) — A longtime agricultural educator who grew up on a 1,000-acre family farm near Roanoke has been inducted into Illinois State University’s College of Applied Science and Technology Hall of Fame. His decades of teaching, FFA leadership, Extension work, and a planned gift of 40 acres will continue supporting agricultural education and young people across central Illinois.
   

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📸 Around Roanoke

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Roanoke

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3

• LEGO Free Play →
  Roanoke
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday October 22

• Marquette vs Roanoke-Benson →
  Roanoke IL
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday October 2

• FMS Cross Country @ Kingsley
  Fieldcrest High School Minonk, IL 61760
  4:00 pm
• Freshman Football at Washington
  Washington Community High School, 115 Bondurant St, Washington
  4:45 pm
• FOOTBALL-V Boys @ Warrensburg-Latham (Game) →
  Eureka High School Away - Warrensburg-Latham
  7:00 pm
• Varsity Football at Washington
  Washington Community High School, 115 Bondurant St, Washington
  7:30 pm

Saturday October 3

• FHS Band @ Danville Invitational
  Fieldcrest CUSD 6 Minonk, IL 61760
• FHS Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Mahomet-Seymour Tournament
  Fieldcrest CUSD 6 Minonk, IL 61760
• FMS Baseball State
  Fieldcrest CUSD 6 Minonk, IL 61760
• Freshman Volleyball at Mendota
  Mendota High School, 2300 W Main St, Mendota
  8:00 am
• VOLLEYBALL-V Girls @ Pekin (Game) →
  Eureka High School Away - Pekin
  8:00 am
• FHS Boys/Girls Cross Country @ Elmwood
  Fieldcrest CUSD 6 Minonk, IL 61760
  9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CVS Health posted a job opening for Store Associate in Metamora. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Grocery Night Clerk in Washington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Roanoke here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Metamora

• 2026 CCIW Women's Golf Championship: Titans Lead After Round One (cciw.org)

El Paso

• 5 timeless lessons Blessed Fulton Sheen can teach us (churchpop.com)

Washington

• BREAKING: One dead after crash on Route 116 in Woodford County (centralillinoisproud.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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