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LEGAL: Elgin Council Minutes 10-2

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The Elgin City Council met in special session on Thursday October 2, 2025, at the Kohler Memorial Building meeting room. Mayor Knobloch called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Councilmembers Wachal, Wenger, Ellis, Wedo & Christianson were all present.…Elgin, Illinois · Elgin Read Article

Enriching Partnerships for Early Learning Receives the SBB Research Group Foundation Grant

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CHICAGO, Oct. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enriching Partnerships for Early Learning received a $5,000 grant from the SBB Research Group Foundation, which awards monthly grants to support impactful organizations. Enriching Partnerships for Early Learning (EPEL), a nonprofit based in Elgin, Illinois, is reimagining how communities support their youngest members. Focused on children from birth to age five, EPEL is building a future where every ch…Elgin, Illinois · Elgin Read Article

Elgin News Digest: Spooky events being held at Fox River Trolley Museum; Moeller hosting youth/family fair, mobile DMV visit

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Sheriff’s Deputies seize drugs in early morning search

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At approximately 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at an apartment at 240 Center St. in Elgin. During a search, methamphetamine, baggies, other schedule substances, a variation of pills, and paraphernalia were…Elgin, Illinois · Elgin Read Article

Elgin residents who became transportation leaders featured in this year’s cemetery walk

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You may not know the name Theodore J. Schmitz but you definitely know of his legacy. It was the Elgin man’s idea to mark the center of roads with yellow paint as a means of dividing traffic and keeping cars in the proper lanes, a concept first applied on the streets of Elgin. It’s his story and six others that will come to life Saturday and Sunday during the 38th annual Bluff City Cemetery Walk presented by the Elgin History Museum. Actors portr…Elgin, Illinois · Elgin Read Article

Volunteer of the year

Sun City resident Esther Bell had words of admiration for one of her neighbors, Sandy Magana. “She has been a dedicated member of the Elgin Symphony League (ESL) for over 25 years and manages the Boutique at the Hemmens Cultural Center, during performances. Before that, she served as an usherer at ESO concerts for six years, including during Bob Hansen’s 25th anniversary season. It is an experience she fondly remembers.” Who is Magana? She was c…Elgin, Illinois · Elgin Read Article

Elgin school board recap U-46 sixth grade move, AI, budget

The Elgin-based School District U-46 Board of Education on Sept. 8 reviewed plans for a 2026-27 boundary transition that would shift sixth grade from elementary to middle schools. Board members also considered a proposal to purchase ChatGPT Edu licenses for staff and held a public hearing on the district’s 2025-26 budget. The board also opened a public hearing, the part of the meeting when the public can comment, on the 2025-26 budget. Sixth gra…Artificial Intelligence · Elgin Read Article

Oath Keepers founder, Jan. 6 planner speaks at Elgin church after 3 other venues cancel amid outcry

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A Geneva-based group successfully scrambled to find a venue for speaker Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keeper founder who was convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He spoke in a packed church.Oath Keepers · Elgin Read Article

Elgin News Digest: Free pipe organ concert Sunday at First Congregational; Shared Harvest holding farm-to-table dinner Sunday

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Memorial service to be held Oct. 19 for Elgin activist Danise Habun

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A celebration of the life of Elgin activist Danise Habun will be held Sunday, Oct. 19, at Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin, according to Congregation Kneseth Israel Rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein. Attendees are asked to gather at noon at the 783 Highland Ave. church, which is 15 minutes before the memorial begins, Klein said. Habun, 65, was undergoing cancer treatment when she died Aug. 16 at her Elgin home. She was dedicated to advo…Elgin, Illinois · Elgin Read Article

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