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Mike Danahey is a freelance reporter for the Naperville Sun and Elgin Courier-News.

The $17.4 million expansion and renovation of Marklund Wasmond Center, a residential facility and school for people with developmental disabilities in Elgin, includes 24 new beds as well as a therapy pool, recreation room, additional nurses stations and two courtyards, one of which has a sensory garden. (Marklund Wasmond Center)

Marklund completes $17.4M expansion of Wasmond Center in Elgin

October 4, 2025 at 10:57 a.m.

Elgin’s Marklund Wasmond Center, a residential facility and school for people with developmental disabilities in Elgin, has completed a $17.4 million expansion and renovation project.

An interactive cold case information kiosk has been set up in the lobby of the Elgin Police Department to provide public information on unsolved murders and missing person cases. (Elgin Police Department)

Elgin News Digest: Elgin Police Department unveils cold case information kiosk; authors fair Sunday at Gail Borden Public Library

October 3, 2025 at 7:55 a.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

This is one of many animals currently available for adoption at Anderson Humane in South Elgin. The shelter is joingin forces with Brilliance Subaru of Elgin for the 5th annual “The Road Home” mega adoption event Saturday at the auto dealership. (Anderson Humane)

Elgin News Digest: Car dealer, Anderson Humane hosting adoption event; Corridos y Canciones being staged this weekend at ECC

October 1, 2025 at 9:08 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

New U-46 paraeducator contract calls for 12% hourly wage hike in first year

September 30, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

A four-year contract calling for a 12% hourly wage increase in the first year has been approved by the District U-46 School Board and the District U-46 Educational Assistants union.

The second annual El Trote De Las Calacas (The Skeleton Trot) will be held Oct. 18 at Gail Borden Public Library in downtown Elgin. In addtion to the race, there will be giant puppets, live music and food. (Gail Borden Public Library)

October full of Halloween fun, with parades, parties, runs and haunted happenings planned

September 30, 2025 at 3:04 p.m.

Spooktacular community gatherings and Day of the Dead celebrations will be held in the Elgin area now through the first weekend in November.

Peter Akemann, cofounder of the Children’s Theatre of Elgin, longtime member of the Elgin Community College Board of Trustees and a local minister, has died at age 73. (Akemann family)

Elgin News Digest: Memorial service for Children’s Theatre of Elgin cofounder; ‘Lilo & Stitch’ to be shown Friday outside Dolphin Cove

September 30, 2025 at 11:09 a.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Fox River Trolley Museum in South Elgin is holding ghost hunt and ghost story train rides on Saturdays in October. (Fox River Trolley Museum)

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

September 26, 2025 at 8:08 a.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

More than 500 BMX riders from across Illinois are expected to participate in the 2025 BMX State Championship, which for the first time in its history is being held Sept. 26-28 at The Hill BMX track at the Elgin Sports Complex. (Explore Elgin Area)

Elgin News Digest: BMX state championship at The Hill this weekend; Theatre on the Fox presenting ‘Into the Woods’

September 25, 2025 at 3:17 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

District U-46 is seeking information on the vandals responsible for painting grafitti last week on the outside of Larkin High School in Elgin, seen here, and three other high schools. (Damon Rubio)

Vandals paint graffiti, break windows at four U-46 high schools

September 24, 2025 at 12:17 p.m.

Four District U-46’s high schools were vandalized last by a large group who traveled in vehicles from building to building, U-46 officials said.

Jeff Neufeld, First Congregational Church of Elgin music director and organist, will present a free concert Sunday at his church. (First Congregational Church of Elgin)

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

September 23, 2025 at 12:51 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.