🌱 Girls Golf (V): Edwardsville Invitational and 10 more events

Good morning Wood River! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Mt. Olive at East Alton-Wood River
• Tennis: Girls Varsity Match vs Collinsville (Away) at Collinsville High School
• Girls Tennis (Away) vs. Waterloo at Waterloo High School

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What do an island and the letter "t" have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 73, low: 60.
• Tuesday: Cloudy and less humid, with a high of 69 and low of 57 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wood River

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 22

• Mt. Olive at East Alton-Wood River →
  777 N Wood River Ave, Wood River
  6:15 pm

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Other local events

Monday September 21

• Tennis: Girls Varsity Match vs Collinsville (Away)
  Collinsville High School
  3:30 pm
• Girls Tennis (Away) vs. Waterloo
  Waterloo High School, 505 E Bulldog, Waterloo
  4:00 pm
• Girls Tennis (Home) vs. Jersey
  East Alton-Wood River High School, 777 N Wood River Ave, Wood Ri
  4:00 pm
• Golf: Girls Varsity Match vs Multiple Schools vs. Mt. Olive (Away)
  Timber Lakes Golf Course
  4:00 pm
• Golf: Boys Varsity Match vs Multiple Schools vs. Mt. Olive (Away)
  Timber Lakes Golf Course
  4:00 pm
• Soccer: Boys Varsity Game vs Metro East Lutheran (Home)
  Roxana High School, Norman Lewis Field
  4:30 pm
• JV Football (Away) vs. Waterloo
  Waterloo High School, 505 E Bulldog, Waterloo
  6:00 pm

Tuesday September 22

• Hall-Regular Bingo Resumes!
  Wood River Moose Lodge #1349, 730 Wesley Dr, Wood River

Thursday September 24

• Girls Golf (V): Edwardsville Invitational →
  Belk Park Golf Course, 880 Belk Park Road, Wood River
  1:00 pm
• Breese Central at East Alton-Wood River →
  777 N Wood River Ave, Wood River
  4:30 pm
• Chester at East Alton-Wood River →
  East Alton-Wood River High School, 777 N Wood River Ave, Wood River
  7:15 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sally Beauty Holdings posted a job opening for Beauty Advisor 00399 (Inside Sales) Sally Beauty in Wood River. Apply here.
• Sonic posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in East Alton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wood River here.

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🗞 Nearby News

East Alton

• Gulfstream Interior Technician (verticalmag.com)

Bethalto

• John Platter (–2026) of Bethalto, IL (riverbender.com)

Alton

• 2026 Illinois Legal Leaders: Samuel A. Mormino Jr. (molawyersmedia.com)
• Collinsville edges Alton in back-and-forth thriller 30-28 (thetelegraph.com)
• Mississippi River mayors help cities navigate rising data center interest (neworleanscitybusiness.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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