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The 2022 Griswold Award in the South Elgin Holiday Lights Decorating Contest went to the owners of the house at 1 Woodland Court.

Elgin News Digest: Entries sought for South Elgin Holiday Lights Contest; Elgin updates the app residents use for city services; state Rep. Ness holding town hall meeting at Dundee Library

November 22, 2023 at 1:50 p.m.

Entries sought for South Elgin Holiday Lights Contest The deadline to enter South Elgin's annual Holiday Lights Decorating Contest is Dec. 6. All types of residences — houses, townhomes, condo...

Despina Karas, from left, her brother Bob Karas, South Elgin police Officer Jim Creighton and Creighton's wife, Melissa, stand outside the South Elgin Village Squire. Bob Karas and Jim Creighton helped organize a Thanksgiving Day meal for 150 people in need that will be served Thursday at the restaurant.

Old tradition revived when free Thanksgiving meal’s served Thursday at Village Squire in South Elgin

November 21, 2023 at 2:16 p.m.

A tradition returns Thursday when staff at The Village Squire restaurant in South Elgin joins with members of the village police department and volunteers to host a free Thanksgiving dinner...

Santa will join Elgin Mayor Dave Kaptain and Elgin City Council members in lighting the city's Christmas tree in an event set for 5 p.m. Nov. 25 at downtown Festival Park.

As the holidays near, these events offer a full slate of Christmas activities and seasonal fun

November 17, 2023 at 4:47 p.m.

Ho, ho, ho! It's going to be a busy holiday season, with something to do nearly every day between Thanksgiving and the day of Santa's big arrival. If you're seeking...

Tommy Chapski, an Elgin resident and junior at Marmion Academy in Aurora, will be playing the trumpet with Macy's Great American Marching Band Thursday during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Elgin teen to play with Macy’s Great American Marching Band during annual Thanksgiving parade in New York

November 17, 2023 at 3:26 p.m.

The Chapski family of Elgin has grand plans for the upcoming holiday. They're heading to New York City, where 16-year-old Tommy Chapski, a junior at Marmion Academy in Aurora, will...

The Elgin Community College employees selected to receive 2024 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Awards are, top row from left, Sarah Buzzelli, academic advisor; Wendy Chen, grant manager for the recovery support specialist program; Chris Cunningham, instructor of mathematics; and bottom row from left, Juan Fernandez, director of art and design; Sean Jensen, assistant dean of college in high school programs; and Joshua Thusat, associate professor of English.

Elgin News Digest: ECC announces 2024 NISOD Award winners; Little library box in Carpenter Park damaged in crash; Operation LOVE in Elgin seeking holiday gifts for vets

November 17, 2023 at 2:49 p.m.

ECC announces 2024 NISOD Award winners Six Elgin Community College employees have been selected to receive 2024 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Awards. "The NISOD Excellence Awards...

The West Dundee Firefighters Association's annual feather party/turkey raffle will be held Friday and Saturday at West Dundee VFW Post 2298. More than 430 turkeys, ducks, Cornish hens, hams and bacon will be raffled off over two days.
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Elgin News Digest: Rakow offering pickleball open gym 3 days a week; West Dundee firefighters hosting annual turkey raffle; Interfaith Thanksgiving service being held in Elgin

November 16, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.

Rakow offering pickleball open gym 3 days a week The Rakow Center in Carpentersville is now offering open gym times for pickleball players 18 and older three days a week...

Annakut, a devotional array of food, is set before an altar as part of the Hindu new year's celebration at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Bartlett. The food is later consumed by temple members in a tradition that marks the fourth day of Diwali.

Hindu temple in Bartlett celebrates Diwali as new year’s ushered with light, food and thanksgiving

November 14, 2023 at 1:12 p.m.

It was a bustling scene Monday as those at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, the Hindu temple in Bartlett, prepared for and participated in Govardhan Puja, the Hindu new year celebration....

South Elgin High School student Hannah Yoder reads the role of Phyllis Zimbler Miller in a production of Zimbler Miller's "Thin Edge of the Wedge," which was presented in January at Elgin's Congregation Kneseth Israel. A documentary of the production was filmed by students and won the grand prize for "Best Documentary Short" at the 2023 Silicon Beach Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Elgin News Digest: Dundee-Crown grad led flyover at Sunday’s Green Bay game; South Elgin students win grand prize at LA film fest; Kane prosecutor honored for second time by AAIM

November 13, 2023 at 2:03 p.m.

Dundee high grad to led flyover at Green Bay game Alex Abbott, Dundee-Crown High School Class of 2013, led the four-plane F-35 flyover of Lambeau Field at the Sunday, Nov....

An initiative to curtail impaired driving on Wednesday, Nov. 22. the night before Thanksgiving, is being held by the Kane County State's Attorney's Office and Kane County police agencies.

Elgin News Digest: Holiday drive seeking toys, gift cards, winter clothing; South Elgin president holding coffee event Monday;

November 10, 2023 at 6:53 p.m.

Holiday drive seeking toys, gift cards, winter clothing State Rep. Anna Moeller's annual Winter Clothing Drive and Holiday Toy Drive is underway. Moeller, D-Elgin, is partnering with Aunt Martha's Carpentersville...

Indian Prairie School District 204, with schools in Naperville and Aurora, hired company in 2018 to search for drugs, alcohol and weapons with dogs at its high schools to supplement the search programs available through local police departments. South Elgin High School, part of Elgin-based District U-46, has told parents and students it will occasionally being doing the same.

South Elgin High School alerts students, parents to expect random searches for weapons and ‘contraband’

November 10, 2023 at 3:35 p.m.

South Elgin High School administrators have notified parents they plan to do random searches in the school as a deterrent to students who might be tempted to bring in weapons...

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