Erin Sauder

Fees to participate in East Dundee’s Saturday market being cut or waived to bring in new vendors

March 9, 2020 at 9:47 p.m.

East Dundee's Saturday Depot Market is hoping to lure more vendors this year by giving free booth space to produce, plant or flower sellers and cutting the $500 vendor fee...

Carpentersville cop lauded for his role in saving life of child who wasn’t breathing

March 24, 2021 at 5:36 p.m.

A Carpentersville police officer has been awarded the department's Life-Saving Award for helping save a 2-year-old who had stopped breathing. John McDonnell was unloading his squad car in the police...

Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers will be paid $10,800 to carry out a number of projects design to slow traffic and improve safety downtown and in other parts of the village.

West Dundee to pay $10,800 for more work on fixing village’s traffic problems

March 5, 2020 at 10:22 p.m.

West Dundee has inked a new contract with Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers in its ongoing quest to resolve traffic and safety concerns in and around downtown. The company will...

The developer of this apartment complex at 811 E. Main St. in East Dundee has won village approval to build a nearly identical complex at 855 E. Main St.

Second apartment complex on Main Street wins East Dundee village approval

March 5, 2020 at 6:49 p.m.

Construction of a 36-unit apartment complex on Main Street, the second proposed by developer Joseph Billitteri for the same block, was approved this week by the East Dundee Village Board....

East Dundee Village Board approves new logo, banners as the village launches rebranding effort

March 5, 2020 at 12:35 a.m.

East Dundee is kicking off its rebranding initiative with a new logo and banners for the downtown area. "This is kind of a first step in a rebranding of the...

In this photo from 2018, OTTO employee Carl Radke stands in front of the machine that is used to help make the switches for NASA's Orion spacecraft.

OTTO products from Carpentersville vying for crown of ‘Coolest Thing Made in Illinois’

March 3, 2020 at 7:06 p.m.

When David Ross heard about an online contest for the Coolest Thing Made in Illinois, the general manager for Carpentersville's OTTO Engineering knew his company would be entering. "I thought,...

East Dundee’s big ‘small town’ parade celebrating St. Paddy’s Day set for March 14

March 2, 2020 at 9:51 p.m.

The area's "biggest small-town St. Patrick's Day parade" returns March 14 to East Dundee. The annual Thom McNamee Memorial St. Patrick's Day Parade step offs at 11 a.m. near Rosie...

Jack Wendt, who co-chairs the Dundee Township Historical Society Museum board in West Dundee with his wife, Nancy, looks at items from the museum's new Advertising of Yesteryear exhibit.

Coca-Cola, women’s suffrage highlight Dundee Historical Museum’s new season

February 28, 2020 at 10:39 p.m.

The Dundee Township Historical Society Museum will usher in the 2020 season with a presentation on the history of Coca-Cola, and several new exhibits, including one that pays tribute to...

Daniel Cox Jr. has owned Elgin-based All American T's on Larkin Avenue for five years.

Down to Business: Screen printing a great way for companies to get their message out to the public

February 28, 2020 at 8:41 p.m.

Business name: All American T's Address: 1231 Larkin Ave., Elgin Contact info: www.aa-shirts.com; 847-571-7403 Owner's name: Daniel Cox Jr. Number of years in business: 5 What does this business do?...

West Dundee taps longtime Elk Grove fire official as village’s new fire chief

February 27, 2020 at 7:48 p.m.

A new chief is set to take the helm of West Dundee's fire department. Lance Harris, a 24-year veteran of the Elk Grove Village Fire Department, has been hired to...

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