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The Fox Valley Chapter of the Model T Ford Club International's 52nd annual car show and cruise will be held Sunday in the parking lot of The Pearl of the Fox River Valley in Elgin. (Fox Valley Chapter of the Model T Ford Club International)

Elgin News Digest: Model T club holding car show, cruise; petitions available for U-46 board candidates

August 25, 2026 at 1:27 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Ghost train rides will be offered on Saturday nights in October at the Fox River Trolley Museum in South Elgin. (Fox River Trolley Museum)

Elgin News Digest: Ghost train rides planned at trolley museum; Historic Elgin House Tour tickets on sale

August 21, 2026 at 1:33 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Dundee Township Lions Club's annual sale of fall mums, available in orange, purple, red, yellow and white, is underway through Sept. 6. (Lake County News-Sun)

Elgin News Digest: Dundee Township Lions holding fall mum sale; Parkview school finishes first construction phase

August 20, 2026 at 12:31 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Visitors tour the new cafetorium at newly expanded and renovated Kimball Middle School in Elgin during a ribbon-cutting event Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. Prior to the changes being made, students at the 67-year-old school ate their meals in the school's basement. (Mike Danahey/The Courier-News)

Kimball Middle School expansion, renovation in Elgin celebrated

August 20, 2026 at 11:48 a.m.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated and expanded Kimball Middle School in Elgin was held Wednesday.

Elgin residents Ivan and Mariana Barriga, who trace their roots to Ecuador, are interviewed by Phil Broxham of Grindstone Productions for the documentary "Nuestras Historias: Celebrando la cultura y la comunidad hispana/Our Stories: Celebrating Hispanic Culture and Community. (Phil Broxham)

Documentary on Elgin’s Hispanic history debuts Friday at ECC

August 19, 2026 at 5:41 p.m.

Elgin History Museum is premiering "Nuestras Historias: Celebrando la cultura y la comunidad hispana/Our Stories: Celebrating Hispanic Culture and Community" at ECC's Blizzard Theatre.

A ribbon-cutting for the improvements made at Kimball Middle School in Elgin will be held Wednesday, about a week before classes start for the new school year. (Mike Danahey/The Courier-News)

District U-46 construction going smoothly as classes resume next week

August 18, 2026 at 2:41 p.m.

With classes starting Thursday, U-46 officials gave an optimistic report on construction and how things look for the new school year.

Elgin News Digest: Elgin council member completes leadership program; downtown East Dundee parking deck mural done

August 18, 2026 at 2:05 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Steve Kroiss, of Elgin, stands next to a sculpture he painted, "Earthly Highlights," which was on display as part of Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley’s "Home Planet Earth" public art event in 2025. (Mike Danahey/for The Courier-News)

Elgin News Digest: Habitat seeking sculpture artists; sponsors; ‘Nightmare’ music acts for Oct. 17 announced

August 14, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

District U-46 School Board President Melissa Owens cuts the ribbon at Kenyon Woods Middle School in South Elgin on Thursday, celebrating the completion of a 47,000-square-foot addition to the building. (Mike Danahey/The Courier-News)

Ribbon-cutting held to celebrate completion of Kenyon Woods school addition

August 14, 2026 at 12:34 p.m.

District U-46 officials celebrated the completion Thursday of the $35 million addition to Kenyon Woods Middle School in South Elgin.

Anderson Pries stands at the controls of an Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Railroad diesel locomotive at the Fox River Trolley Museum in South Elgin in a photo taken in 2024. Pries, 16, of Homewood, is the force behind the trolley museum's inaugural Fox River Ragtime Festival being held Aug. 22-23. (Steven Jam)

Just 16 years old, teen organizes Ragtime Festival at Fox River Trolley Museum

August 13, 2026 at 12:33 p.m.

Musicians will be playing songs from more than 100 years ago at the Fox River Trolley Museum's Ragtime Festival in South Elgin.

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