Adventure Island, lap pool at Elgin’s Schock Centre reopen Monday December 31, 2025 at 6:16 p.m. Now that painting, maintenance work at Elgin's Adventure Island water park and lap pool are done, the facility will reopen Monday.
U-46 finally seeing millions in overdue Cook County property tax money December 31, 2025 at 5:37 p.m. District U-46 is among the taxing bodies finally receiving Cook County property tax revenue it should have been paid in the fall.
Elgin News Digest: Christmas tree curbside pickup, mulching in Elgin area; Dundee High School alum named a Chicagoan of the Year January 2, 2026 at 12:04 p.m. Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.
Elgin News Digest: South Elgin HS student wins ECC math contest; School District U-46 promotes three administrators December 26, 2025 at 5:17 p.m. Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.
Repair work progressing on Elgin’s First United Methodist nine months after microburst strike December 26, 2025 at 2:33 p.m. The roof hole is closed and its copper replaced, but repair work continues months after a storm hit First United Methodist in Elgin.
Bison roaming in Kane County for first time in 200 years December 24, 2025 at 3:40 p.m. Kane County has a created a home for a herd of bison in a free-range area of the Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve in Sycamore.
Elgin News Digest: Lakewood student wins Carpentersville fire poster contest; Feast of the Three Kings to be held Jan. 3 at Elgin library December 24, 2025 at 12:49 p.m. Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.
Elgin News Digest: Tickets on sale for Elgin’s 41st annual MLK prayer breakfast; winter planting session at Hawthorne Hill Nature Center December 23, 2025 at 12:48 p.m. Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.
Elgin’s Gail Borden Public Library produces book commemorating its 150th anniversary December 19, 2025 at 9:48 p.m. Just in time for the holidays, Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin is selling a limited edition book for its 150th anniversary.
Bleuroot to close on New Year’s Eve after seven years in downtown West Dundee December 20, 2025 at 11:21 a.m. The owner of Bleuroot in West Dundee says her restaurant's last day will be New Year's Eve; escalating costs became too much.