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Please see update to this road closure at link below.
Road Closure at Odd Fellow Road - City of Mattoon, Illinois
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Odd Fellow Road Today, December 3, 2024, Odd Fellow Road will now be reduced to one-way traffic starting around 12:00 PM (Noon) until approximately 4:00 PM between Country Club Road and Cresent Drive ...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Community events in the week ahead:
December 4 Big Brothers Big Sisters Annual Holiday Auction, KC Summers GMC Building
December 5 One Stop Community Christmas 2024 planning meeting, Salvation Army, bring lunch and a friend
December 5 Christmas Mandala Painting at The Castle
December 5-8 2024 Holiday Fest at Doudna Fine Arts Center
December 6 Emerald Acres Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening
December 6 Stewardship Saturday at Warbler Crossing
December 6 Mattoon Celebrate Downtown Christmas, 5-8pm
December 7 EIU Holiday Hustle 5K, 9am-10:30am
December 7 2nd Annual Celebrity Bartender Tips Fundraiser to benefit One Stop Community Christmas at The Castle
December 7 Christmas in the Heart of Charleston, 3-7pm
December 8 Old-Fashioned Christmas on the Prairie, 1-4pm
December 8 Winter Wonderland Games, Cross County Mall
Local Music
December 6 Voodoo Exiles live at the Mattoon Moose,7-11pm
December 6 Holly from the Chandeliers at La Luna, 5:30-7:30pm
December 6 Tanner Romine Live at House Brothers, 7pm
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