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Gun salutes, wreath-layings and playing of "Taps" expected at the various Memorial Day 2024 ceremonies and events planned in Elgin and nearby areas. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Solemn tributes to fallen service men and women planned for Memorial Day in Elgin area

May 18, 2024 at 8:10 a.m.

For many Americans, Memorial Day weekend means backyard barbecues, boating, watching the Indy 500 and the unofficial beginning of summer. Lest anyone forget, however, the last Monday in May is...

The Elgin Fire Department's 32nd annual Elgin Area Firefighter Memorial Service will be held Saturday at the Illinois Firefighters Memorial Plaza outside Elgin Fire Barn #5 Museum in Elgin. (Elgin Fire Department)

Elgin News Digest: Elgin Fire Department’s annual memorial service set for Saturday; South Elgin public works holding open house, selling rain barrels and compost bins; Hanover Township kite festival to be held at Hoffman Estates forest preserve

May 16, 2024 at 3:13 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Several road closures will be needed Thursday morning when an HVAC system is delivered by helicopter to the roof of the under-construction South Elgin Public Safety Center, officials said. (Village of South Elgin)

Elgin News Digest: HVAC unit being airlifted to roof of new South Elgin Public Safety Center; District U-46 School Board makes Melissa Owens its new president; Boys & Girls Club of Elgin rebranded with new North Central Illinois name

May 14, 2024 at 11:41 a.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

The Village Squire at 125 Washington St. in downtown West Dundee was purchased in 1974 by brothers George and Paul Karas, two Greek immigrants who succeeded despite not knowing a lot about the restaurant business when they got started 50 years ago. (The Village Squire)

The Village Squire in West Dundee reaches milestone 50th anniversary: ‘It’s about entertainment and happiness’

May 14, 2024 at 11:04 a.m.

It seems fitting that looking back over the 50 years since The Village Squire opened in West Dundee, one of the best-selling songs of 1974 should be the nostalgic ballad...

Zach Lemann, curator of animal collections for the Audubon Insectarium, prepared cicadas for eating in April at the insectarium in New Orleans. The insectarium plans to demonstrate ways to cook cicadas at the little in-house snack bar where it already serves other insect dishes. (AP)

Cicadas are protein so why not cook up one or two for the heck of it?

May 10, 2024 at 5:14 p.m.

Bug appétit! If you are feeling adventurous, looking to add more protein to your diet and don’t have a shellfish allergy, the imminent emergence of cicadas presents a culinary opportunity...

Cicadas are mostly harmless insects that can only do harm if they choose to lay their eggs in the smaller, newer branches of young trees, which can do a lot of damage from which they can't recover, according to Jamie Viebach, horticulture educator for the University of Illinois Extension in Naperville. (Ken Johnson/Illinois Extension)

Yes, cicadas are coming but nothing like the deluge expected in southern Illinois

May 10, 2024 at 4:41 p.m.

There’s been a lot of buzz about the unusual emergence of two broods of cicadas in one year, a phenomenon already under way in southern parts of the country and...

A lecture on the history of the 100-year-old Laura Davidson Sears Art Gallery at Elgin Academy will be presented May 28 by Ann Chipman at the Gail Borden Public Library in downtown Elgin. (Explore Elgin Area)

Elgin News Digest: Elgin library holding programs for Historic Preservation Month; open house planned for May 18 at Elgin Public Works Department; churches in Elgin’s Holy Hill area open for tours next weekend

May 10, 2024 at 1:40 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

The three finalists in "Next Level Chef" — Zach Laidlaw, who trained at Elgin Community College, from left, Gabi Chappel and Christina Miros — listen Thursday as they're given instructions for their final competition on the Fox reality TV show. (Fox TV)

Good showing in the finale not enough for ECC’s Laidlaw to win ‘Next Level’ crown

May 10, 2024 at 11:52 a.m.

Zach Laidlaw came up short in the “Next Level Chef” season finale. Laidlaw, a professional chef who trained at Elgin Community College, and Christina Miros, a nurse and home chef...

Aimee Legatzke, a kindergarten teacher at Fox Meadow Elementary in South Elgin, is the recipient of a 2024 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. (Golden Apple Foundation)

Elgin News Digest: South Elgin kindergarten teacher wins 2024 Golden Apple Award; local historian to conduct Saturday tour of Elgin’s Hilltop Cemetery; motorcyclists sought to escort ‘Wall That Heals’ on ride to West Dundee

May 9, 2024 at 1:23 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Zofia Biel, of Harwood Heights, participates in a flag football game at Ridgwood High School in Norridge in 2023. The sport will be played at all five School District U-46 high schools next fall after being approved Monday by the U-46 School Board. (Gary Gibula/Pioneer Press)

Elgin News Digest: IHSA-sanctioned girls flag football coming to all five U-46 high schools; Hanover Township offering stroke risk assessment screenings in May; Elgin library to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander month

May 7, 2024 at 11:36 a.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

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