Mike Danahey

Mike Danahey is a freelance reporter for the Naperville Sun and Elgin Courier-News.

September 21, 2026 at 5:56 p.m.

This weekend's Elgin History Museum’s 39th annual Bluff City Cemetery Walk will feature actors portraying seven “hometown heroes.”

September 21, 2026 at 5:16 p.m.

The Taylor Family YMCA on McLean Boulevard in Elgin is being closed Oct. 1 by the Golden Corridor Family YMCA.

September 21, 2026 at 4:15 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

September 18, 2026 at 2:32 p.m.

Elgin Community College graphic design teacher Peter Infelise says a movie on TV led to his love of the macabre and horror masks.

September 18, 2026 at 11:36 a.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

September 17, 2026 at 1:54 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

September 17, 2026 at 11:36 a.m.

Thanks to the Visiting International Teacher program, School District U-46 has hired Spanish teachers from Spain and Puerto Rico.

September 17, 2026 at 10:36 a.m.

Film director Kevin Smith talks about his show at Elgin's Hemmens Center Friday and the myriad other things he's doing these days.

September 15, 2026 at 12:37 p.m.

School District U-46's proposed $1.03B budget for 2026-27 includes a $208.6 million deficit to be covered by using fund balances.

September 15, 2026 at 10:15 a.m.

18 months after a microburst ripped off almost half of its roof, repair work at First United Methodist Church of Elgin now complete.

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