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More access to social workers and designated college advisors among key points from U-46 summit, students say

April 21, 2020 at 4:36 p.m.

Students want more access to social workers, a college advisor at every high school and help in finding community volunteer opportunities, according to information gathered at the annual School District...

Three more Elgin residents dead of COVID-19; four of Kane County’s 36 deaths lived at Elgin nursing home

April 21, 2020 at 4:49 p.m.

Kane County had 11 more deaths due to the coronavirus in the last week, bringing the total since March to 36, Coroner Rob Russell said Monday. The latest list of...

Elgin-area schools provided updates on graduation ceremonies, prom, and other events and their fates after schools were closed off for the remainder of the school year. Pictured is Class of 2018 South Elgin High School students visiting their former elementary school, Fox Meadow Elementary School in South Elgin, during the elementary school's "grad parade" in 2018.

Elgin-area districts set tentative summer graduation dates, make alternate plans for proms and other events

April 21, 2020 at 12:21 p.m.

School District U-46 has rescheduled graduation ceremonies for July 11, pending any changes in health guidelines for gatherings of large groups. Elgin-area schools provided some details on changes to events...

D300 puts plans to relocate dual-language elementary, middle schools on hold due to financial problems from pandemic

April 17, 2020 at 3:56 p.m.

School District 300 schools has stalled plans to relocate and phase out the district's dual-language programs in its elementary and middle schools, Superintendent Fred Heid said. Given COVID-19 pandemic and...

Actress Goldie Hawn shares words of encouragement to U-46 community: ‘Things are going to change — please believe it’

April 17, 2020 at 3:44 p.m.

Goldie Hawn had a decades-long acting and producing career but over the past two decades, the Academy Award winner's Hawn Foundation has shifted some of her attention to youth education...

The South Elgin Village Board will delay adoption of the 2020-21 budget so officials can review how business closures and other coronavirus measures are affecting revenue and expenditures, Village Administrator Steve Super said.

South Elgin expected to postpone 2020-21 budget approval to get better handle on how COVID-19’s affecting tax income

April 16, 2020 at 2:40 p.m.

A vote on South Elgin's 2020-21 village budget will be pushed back a few weeks as officials try to lock down more information on how the coronavirus will affect the...

As many as 140 workers are at the former Sherman Hospital site daily to convert the three buildings into overflow space for non-acute coronavirus patients.

Transforming old Sherman Hospital into COVID-19 overflow facility has been ‘challenging’ but on schedule, officials say

April 16, 2020 at 9:49 a.m.

With more than 180 laborers on the job day and night, work converting Elgin's former Sherman Hospital buildings into a COVID-19 overflow patient facility remains on schedule for completion by...

Elgin Community College art curator using 3D printers to make face masks and shields

April 16, 2020 at 1:37 p.m.

Juan Fernandez bought a 3D printer about four years ago. Until recently, he used it for art projects and to build toys and costume props for his children. "You can...

The Carpentersville Dam is slated for removal in 2022, Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Kane County officials said. Engineering work will be done this year before the removal process can begin.

Planning underway for Carpentersville Dam removal on Fox River in 2022

April 14, 2020 at 12:04 p.m.

The Carpentersville Dam on the Fox River is slated for removal in 2022, a move that state and local officials say will have a big effect on the river's biodiversity...

Three more coronavirus deaths reported in Elgin; Kane County case count now at 453

April 14, 2020 at 5:43 p.m.

Three more Elgin residents have died in the last week of the coronavirus, bringing the city's death count to nine since March, Kane County Coroner Rob Russell said. All three...

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