Janelle Walker

Scott Savel, left, Grant Born and Rabbi Margaret Frisch-Klein view the first floor entry to what was once the Harris Goldman house on Douglas Street in Elgin. Savel, who restored the house for Born, became intrigued by an addition to the house that turned out to be a sukkah.

An Elgin home’s odd addition, with a roof that opened to the sky, is found to be a Jewish sukkah

May 10, 2019 at 11:38 a.m.

Scott Savel wasn’t sure what he was looking at last summer when he began renovating a tiny 12-foot-by-12-foot room attached to the porch of a home at 278 Douglas Ave....

South Elgin tax levy lower than last year, should mean reduced tax rate, officials say

May 10, 2019 at 11:38 a.m.

South Elgin’s 2018 property tax levy, set to be approved following a Nov. 19 public hearing, should result in a small rate reduction for tax bills paid in 2019, village...

South Elgin trustees still not convinced manufactured home development is right fit for the village

May 10, 2019 at 11:38 a.m.

South Elgin Village Board members remain undecided if a manufactured home subdivision is right for the village given that some of the houses will lack garages and property tax income...

A pickup truck that drove into a power pole Tuesday afternoon resulted in the closure of Summit Street and Preston Avenue in Elgin, police said.

Crash at Summit and Preston snaps power pole, Elgin police say

May 10, 2019 at 11:38 a.m.

A pickup truck driving into a power pole Tuesday afternoon resulted in the closure of a portion of Summit Street in Elgin, officials said. The crash occurred about 1:15 at...

McLean widening in South Elgin depends on feds, IDOT funding the work, village taking jurisdiction

May 10, 2019 at 11:38 a.m.

South Elgin has come up with a plan that would widen South McLean Boulevard at nearly no cost to the village, officials said. For the idea to work, South Elgin...

Living through Saipan typhoon teaching 2 friends — daughters of Elgin council members — survival lessons

May 10, 2019 at 11:37 a.m.

A massive typhoon has made a “gap year” for two Elgin women in Saipan more of a learning experience than either anticipated. Zoe Travis and Chloe Steffen — both 23...

Aaron Neal, superintendent of the Elgin Public Works Department, points to some of the route changes on the city's snow removal map. The number of snow routes has been cut in half, allowing residents to park on the street during storms.

Elgin cutting snow routes by nearly half, ending mandate that vehicles must be off those streets during storms

May 10, 2019 at 11:37 a.m.

The number of designated snow routes in Elgin is being cut by nearly half, meaning fewer people will have to move their cars off the street during snowstorms, Public Works...

Rabbi Margaret Frisch-Klein, left, and the Rev. Jeff Mikyska lead a vigil Monday night on Elgin's Division Street to denounce religious violence and remember the 11 people killed Saturday in a shooting at a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh.

Religious groups hold Elgin vigil in wake of synagogue shooting, decry violent attacks

May 10, 2019 at 11:37 a.m.

Rabbi Margaret Frisch-Klein of Elgin’s Congregation Kneseth Israel says every time she attends a vigil following a school, church or police shooting, she hopes it will be the last. “Every...

An Elgin resident waits for the emergency shelter to open last winter.

Elgin should include ‘housing first’ model for homeless population, official says

May 10, 2019 at 11:36 a.m.

Whatever the city of Elgin does to address its homeless population should include a “housing first” model — but what that will look like is still unknown, officials said recently....

DeeDee Spates heads to the warming center at the First United Methodist Church warming center in Elgin in February 2015. A new group, House of Restoration Inc., is going to operate the center this year.

New group to run warming center at Elgin church

May 10, 2019 at 11:36 a.m.

A new organization is stepping up to run the emergency warming shelter at Elgin’s First United Methodist Church. Last year, the emergency shelter at 216 East Highland Ave. opened Dec....

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