Elgin’s first poet laureate chosen
Elgin has its first poet laureate. Chasity Gunn was named to post Friday, chosen by the organizers of the Elgin Poet Laureate Project, who hope to use poetry to foster...
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Elgin nonprofits thrilled with local donations made on Giving Tuesday
Several Elgin-area nonprofit organizations benefited from charitable donations made on Giving Tuesday. Among the local groups to reap the most in terms of volume of contributions, according to the ilgive.com...
Elgin council debates best use of money coming from downtown TIF district
Elgin City Council members are divided over how money from the Central Tax Increment Finance district, which could be as much as $11.2 million by 2023, should be spent before...
Crews fought fire — and ice — in an Elgin blaze that left a family homeless, officials say
Firefighters fought cold and slippery conditions Monday to knock down a roof fire that caused $35,000 in damage to an Elgin home, officials said. Crews arrived in the 1100 block...
Rule changes at Elgin PADS increases the number of people helped by 24%, director says
The number of homeless people seeking shelter at PADS of Elgin has increased 24 percent in the last year, officials said. “We have significantly changed the admissions policy and have...
Warm hands the first sign of new life after kidney transplant, South Elgin man says
The first thing Jeff Speyers noticed when he woke up last Tuesday morning was that his hands felt warm. In his bed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hospital's transplant unit,...
South Elgin VB rejects plans for manufactured home development on Umbdenstock Road
The South Elgin Village Board nixed a proposal this week for a manufactured home community that would have added nearly 300 residences to the village. Developers PND 3001 Investments had...
Overheard conversation leads to Naperville nurse donating kidney to Yorkville woman she’d never met
Lisa Schumacher didn’t know Pam Cassidy when she first heard the Yorkville woman needed a kidney transplant. In February, Schumacher walked in on a conversation Dr. Brett Cassidy, an obstetrician-gynecologist,...
Fire damages two unoccupied units at new Springs of South Elgin apartment complex
A fire broke out late Tuesday in unoccupied apartments at the new Springs of South Elgin complex on Gyorr Road, according to the South Elgin and Countryside Fire Protection District....
Dennis Hewitt, former executive director of Elgin PADS, dies at 69
Dennis Hewitt, former executive director of PADS of Elgin, died Monday. He was 69. Hewitt is credited with helping the nonprofit move into its own building at 1730 Berkley St....