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Carol Gieske, who has worked for the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce for nearly 19 years -- the last 14 as its president and CEO -- plans to retire July 7. (Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce)

Gieske to retire after 14 years as president of the Elgin chamber

May 8, 2026 at 9:24 p.m.

Carol Gieske, longtime president/CEO of Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce, will retire in July but plans to help pick her successor.

Elgin News Digest: ECC seeking Project Backpack sponsors, donors; Washington Elementary open for public tours May 16

May 8, 2026 at 1:54 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

For the second consecutive year, Elgin Community College culinary arts student Lynn Stringini has won the Fisher Nuts Recipe Competition. This year's winning recipe was for vegan pistachio risotto. (Elgin Community College)

Elgin News Digest: ECC student wins Fisher Nut recipe contest; Hanover Township Kite Fest set for Saturday

May 7, 2026 at 12:43 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Noemi Hernandez, a first-grade dual language teacher at Washington Elementary School in Elgin, was named Educator of the Year at the 50th annual Kane County Educator of the Year awards banquet. (School District U-46)

Elgin teacher named Kane County’s Educator of the Year

May 7, 2026 at 11:22 a.m.

Noemi Hernandez, a first-grade dual language teacher at Washington Elementary in Elgin, was named Kane County's Educator of Year.

A lion has been chosen as the new mascot of the Elgin High School Maroons, beating out a fox and watchmen in a final public vote. (Elgin High School)

The votes are in: Elgin High School’s new mascot to be a lion

May 11, 2026 at 1:55 p.m.

Students, school staff and the community have voted for a lion to serve as the new mascot for the Elgin High School Maroons.

It could take anywhere from weeks to months to identify the human remains found April 26 at Raceway Woods Forest Preserve in Carpentersville, a Kane County coroner's office representative said. (The Courier-News)

Elgin News Digest: No ID yet on Raceway Woods human remains; D300 art show to be held Friday, Saturday

May 5, 2026 at 12:55 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

The city of Elgin will kick off its summer outdoor movie season June 5 with a showing of the film “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” starring Johnny Depp, at Festival Park. (Warner Bros.)

Elgin News Digest: Elgin releases summer movie, concert schedule; town hall meeting being held for new Larkin HS stadium name

May 1, 2026 at 12:10 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Firefighters from the Carpentersville Fire Station 93 Gold Shift Tuesday morning train on ventilating the roof on the vacant home at 14 Golfview Lane. The Carpentersville Fire Department hopes to use the home for training exercises through next week. The home is set to be demolished to make way for a new home. (Mike Danahey/The Courier-News)

Elgin News Digest: Carpentersville firefighters use home for training; kite fly being held at Randall Oaks Center

April 30, 2026 at 1:31 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Elgin High School Principal Avelira Rodríguez González displays the plaque recognizing Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, left, as the latest addition to the school's Alumni Hall of Fame. (Elgin High School)

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s portrait added to Elgin High School’s Alumni Hall of Fame

April 30, 2026 at 1:01 p.m.

Elgin High School held a homecoming of sorts Tuesday afternoon for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, class of 1994, when the school inducted him into its Maroons’ Alumni Hall of Fame.

Artist's rendering of a new District U-46 elementary school to be built on the former David C. Cook property on Elgin's northeast side. Construction is tentatively scheduled to start in June. (DLA Architects/School District U-46)

U-46 board ready to OK $42 million in contracts for new Elgin school

April 28, 2026 at 1:05 p.m.

U-46 School Board tentatively signs off on 18 contracts worth $42 million so June construction can start on a new elementary school.

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