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UNIVERSITY PARK — While the teams will be wearing blue and white and maize and blue when Penn State takes on Michigan at Beaver Stadium today, local businesses will be seeing green. According to a study completed in 2022 for Happy Valley Adventure Bureau, Penn State football home games are the biggest drivers of sports-related […]
The Penn State Nittany Lions will travel to face Iowa's football team on Saturday.
By Centre County Report | Dayna Brewer Since COVID hit last year the local hospitality industry has taken a hard hit. But with Penn State holding its first in-person commencement since December 2019, hotels and bed and breakfasts have booked up for this weekend. “This will be the busiest weekend that this area has enjoyed since the [Penn State football] Whiteout weekend in 2019,” said Dave Gerdes, Happy Valley Adventure Bureau vice president of sales and marketing. He says Centre County took a cautious approach to visitors during much of the pandemic. “… We had to be very sensitive to...
UpdatedTue, Feb 2, 2021 at 11:08 pm CT Replies(20) Pastor Warren Dorris previously served 24 years on the Joliet City Council. Now, he's making a political comeback. (Image via John Ferak/Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — The Dock at Inwood was busy Tuesday night and most of the crowd was coming for Warren Dorris' political fund-raiser. Dorris served on the Joliet City Council from 1987 until 2011 when he lost his bid for mayor. Now, a decade later, Dorris is back, and he's energized about the April 6 elections. "The support we're getting is pretty phenomenal, from Kendall County all the way ...