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

Dann and Nancy Farquhar's seven-bedroom house at 806 W. Highland Ave. is one of seven being featured this weekend as part of the annual Historic Elgin House Tour. (Dann and Nancy Farquhar)

This year’s Historic Elgin House Tour puts focus on city’s northwest side

September 2, 2025 at 11:26 a.m.

Seven houses will be open to the public as part of the annual Historic Elgin House Tour being held Saturday and Sunday.

This map shows the locations of the properties in West Dundee with lead water service lines that will be replaced in phases by the village. (Village of West Dundee)

West Dundee Village Board approves charging homeowners having lead or galvanized water service lines replaced

August 29, 2025 at 3:29 p.m.

By a 4-2 vote last week (Aug. 18), the West Dundee Village Board approved charging homeowners who have their lead or galvanized water service lines replaced with copper ones $27...

St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin, a member of Prime Healthcare, has been awarded the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll awards. (St. Joseph Hospital)

Elgin News Digest: St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin receives heart association honors; Elgin to install EV charging stations at The Highlands, Bowes Creek

August 28, 2025 at 7:15 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Annunciation Catholic School Principal Matt DeBoer, a graduate of Elgin's St. Edward Central Catholic High School, speaks outside the Minneapolis school following a shooting Wednesday in which students and others attending a back-to-school Mass were killed and injured. (Bruce Kluckhohn/AP)

Principal of Minneapolis school targeted in mass shooting a St. Edward grad

August 28, 2025 at 4:13 p.m.

The principal of Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, scene of a mass shooting Wednesday in which two were killed and 17 others injured, is a 2004 graduate of Elgin's St....

Dundee Township Park District is seeking area businesses and organizations to hand out Halloween candy as part of its annual Boo-Thru event at Randall Oaks Park in West Dundee. (Dundee Township Park District)

Elgin News Digest: District seeks Halloween candy distributors for Boo-Thru; East Dundee toddler’s photo to appear in Times Square video

August 28, 2025 at 12:07 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Barkley, left orphaned after the death of his owner, Elgin volunteer/activist Danise Habun, has found a new home in Elgin with David Madrid and his dog, Carlos. (Lisa Marie Madrid)

Danise Habun’s beloved Barkley finds new home with Elgin man

August 25, 2025 at 12:48 p.m.

Barkley, the dog left orphaned when Elgin volunteer/activist Danise Habun died Aug. 16, has found a new home.

A woman who shared her heart-warming story about adopting her dog from Anderson Humane netted the South Elgin shelter a $25,000 prize in the Petco Love Stories campaign. The prize was presented during an event Feb. 10, 2025, at the Petco in Bloomingdale. (Anderson Humane)

Elgin News Digest: Anderson Humane seeking local entries for Petco campaign; local artists to take part in Side Street community program

August 26, 2025 at 1:34 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Danise Habun, the Elgin social activist who died earlier this week, will be honored Sunday with a garden bed dedicated in her name by the African American Coalition of Kane County. (Supplied photo)

Elgin News Digest: Garden to be dedicated Sunday in Danise Habun’s honor; library holding panel discussion on immigration and due process

August 22, 2025 at 1:39 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

A family fishing event is being held by the Dundee Township Park District on Saturday morning at William Aldis Sr. Park on the Fox River in West Dundee. (Dundee Township Park District)

Elgin News Digest: Dundee Township Park District holding Saturday fishing event; student vaccine clinic set for Saturday in Carpentersville

August 21, 2025 at 11:59 a.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

School District U-46 sought name submissions for the new middle school it's building at 2604 Rohrssen Road in Elgin. (School District U-46)

District U-46 seeking names for new middle school being built in Elgin

August 19, 2025 at 9:19 p.m.

School District U-46 is officially taking suggestions for the name of the new middle school being built in Elgin.