🌱 How a Sycamore pitcher helped Monmouth rally in the conference tournament
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- How a Sycamore pitcher helped Monmouth rally in the conference tournament
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- Wednesday: Partly sunny; breezy, cooler, with a high of 63 and low of 38 degrees.
- Thursday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 69, low: 52.
- Friday: A shower in the a.m.; windy, with a high of 77 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Fighting Scots Baseball Rallies Past Beloit but Season Ends with Loss to IC (977wmoi.com) — Sycamore’s own Will Baumgartner helped Monmouth College baseball shut down Beloit in a key Midwest Conference Tournament win, though the Scots’ season ended with a later loss to Illinois College. Local fans can take pride in Baumgartner’s strong relief outing and the standout hitting performances that capped Monmouth’s year. 
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Sycamore Public Library, 103 E State St, Sycamore
1:00 pm
Thursday May 14
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Household Hazardous Waste Drive →
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Sycamore Public Library, 103 E State St, Sycamore
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🗓 Events Nearby
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2026 Food Truck Wednesdays →
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Commons - NIU MLK Commons, DeKalb
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Sip & Snack Social - Special Needs PTA
Sugar Grove Public Library District, 125 Municipal Dr, Sugar Gro
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Theme Thursday - Movie Day
Littlejohn Elementary Dekalb, IL 60115
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LaSalle-Peru Freshman Baseball @ Kaneland →
Kaneland High School, 47w326 Keslinger Rd, Maple Park
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Mini Golf/Food Truck Festival
CORTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 370 Lexington Ave, Cortland
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Tyler Student Showcase
Tyler Elementary Dekalb, IL 60115
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KHS Senior Honors Night
KHS Auditorium
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HMS/BTES/GDW/HES Orchestra Concert
Gary D Wright Elem Sch, 1600 Big Timber Road, Hampshire
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Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
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🗞 Nearby News
DeKalb
- DeKalb City Council Approves Downtown Parking Lot Plan (1023thecoyote.net)
- Cole Latimer homers in DeKalb win: Tuesday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup (shawlocal.com)
- Illegal alien charged with human smuggling, kidnapping 7-month-old in DeKalb County (1819news.com)
Hampshire
- Color them talented: Teen artists offered big scholarship money (dailyherald.com)
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