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First-grade teacher Pedro Ricardez works on some Spanish exercises with his dual-language class Monday morning. He was one of the few teachers working from inside Lowrie Elementary School in Elgin as District U-46 began the first day of school using remote learning.

Despite morning Zoom outages, it was back to school Monday — via computer — for U-46’s 38,000 students

August 25, 2020 at 2:37 p.m.

Monday was the first day of class for the 370 or so students who attend Lowrie Elementary School in Elgin, but the building they'd normally be roaming was nearly empty...

Some Elgin-area schools forced to delay start of online classes due to global Zoom outage

August 24, 2020 at 11:37 a.m.

A global Zoom outage Monday has prevented or delayed some schools in the Elgin area, including many in District U-46, from launching the first day of fall online classes. Zoom,...

Doug Henke talks in January about the "Camelot" home he built along the Fox River in Elgin, which he was forced to move after learning it was on land owned by the Fox River Water Reclamation District.

Elgin veteran Doug Henke, who chose to be homeless and wrote a blog about it, remembered at burial service

August 24, 2020 at 7:04 a.m.

Doug Henke would have underestimated what he meant to Elgin or the local veteran community if he saw his burial service Friday, friend Greg Schiller said. "I don't think he...

Some desks in Elgin Community College classrooms are marked with an X, meaning they are not to be occupied in order to allow for social distancing.

ECC and Judson ready for first day of classes Monday, with precautions in place

August 21, 2020 at 8:12 p.m.

Elgin Community College and Judson University begin the fall semester Monday, albeit under unprecedented circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reduced access to buildings, fewer places to congregate and student-signed...

Safety and school cleanliness concerns persist as D301 prepares to have all students attend on part-time basis

August 20, 2020 at 6:06 p.m.

The District 301 school year starts in less than two weeks, but some teachers continue to be concerned about the cleanliness of the schools and the safety of bringing students...

A memorial service for Dave "Medusa" Shelton, owner of Medusa nightclub in downtown Elgin and the now-defunct 1980s Medusa all-age dance club in Chicago, will be held Saturday night at the Elgin club.

Medusa owner Dave Shelton to be feted at memorial Saturday night at his downtown Elgin nightclub

August 22, 2020 at 9:44 a.m.

When Medusa nightclub reopens in downtown Elgin Saturday night, general manager Miguel Ortuno wants people to have a good time. It's what his friend, Dave "Medusa" Shelton, would have wanted....

Proposed U-46 budget calls for $600M in spending, up just 1%, and a nearly $3 million surplus

August 20, 2020 at 3:25 p.m.

School District U-46's proposed 2020-21 budget comes in just shy of $600 million and includes a nearly $3 million surplus. The tentative spending plan was presented to the school board...

Kane County racks up another 436 positive tests for COVID-19, pushing the total past the 10,000 case mark

August 18, 2020 at 5:27 p.m.

Another 436 people in Kane County have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week, pushing the county's total case count to 10,366 since March, the latest numbers show. The...

Lounge 51 in downtown Elgin is one of 22 businesses in the Elgin area to receive state grant money to help them pay bills during the COVID-19 pandemic.

22 businesses in the Elgin area receive state grant money to help them through the pandemic

August 18, 2020 at 3:08 p.m.

Nearly two dozen small businesses in the Elgin area have received grants of $10,000 to $20,000 through the state's Business Interruption Grant program. About $390,000 of the $46 million available...

U-46 handing out computers, class schedules this week so students are ready Monday for e-learning at home

August 18, 2020 at 2:14 p.m.

Computers and iPads will be distributed and student schedules sent out this week in preparation for District U-46's return to remote learning Monday, district officials told the school board Monday....

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