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    Faeries of the Forest Fest bringing a day of whimsy to Elgin area

    Bubbles, music, live action role play and more will be part of the third annual Faeries of the Forest Festival July 25 at Vasa Park in South Elgin. (Faeries of the Forest Festival)
    The Faeries of the Forest Festival has taken up the mantle of the World of Faeries Festival, which ran for 19 years and ended in 2023.
    Bubbles, music, live action role play and more will be part of the third annual Faeries of the Forest Festival July 25 at Vasa Park in South Elgin. (Faeries of the Forest Festival)
    Ken Swanson, of South Elgin, will be among the French fur trader reenactors taking part Aug. 1-2 in the Fox River Trolley Museum's inaugural Military History Weekend in South Elgin. (Ken Swanson)

    South Elgin trolley museum aims to bring history to life with new train event

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    Elgin man gets 16 years for drug-induced homicide

    A few beachgoers hang out at 57th Street Beach in Hyde Park on July 16, 2026, as wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota settled over northern Illinois. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

    Summer comes to a standstill as air quality prompts closures and cancellations across Chicagoland

    By Tess Kenny
    July 16, 2026 at 6:39 p.m.
    As local air quality hit hazardous levels Thursday, beaches and pools were closed, day camps...
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    Opponents readying to fight proposed South Elgin data center

    By Gloria Casas
    July 16, 2026 at 2:31 p.m.
    A data center proposal is headed to the South Elgin Planning and Zoning Commission for...
    Donated food items will be collected July 25 at a free paper shredding, electronic recycling and food drive event being held outside Alero Financial in Elgin. (Chicago Tribune)

    Elgin News Digest: Shredding, recycling and food drive at Alero; PADS of Elgin receives $20,000 trust grant

    By Mike Danahey
    July 16, 2026 at 12:38 p.m.
    Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.
    The sun peeks through the haze from wildfire smoke over the Chicago skyline and the Chicago River on July 16, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/)

    Photos: Wildfire smoke blankets the Chicago area

    By Brian Cassella
    July 17, 2026 at 3:26 p.m.
    Thick haze settled over northern Illinois on Thursday morning as dangerous levels of wildfire smoke...
    Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele speaks during a press conference on Dec. 4, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

    Cook County watchdog finds Samantha Steele offered job to opponent

    By A.D. Quig
    July 17, 2026 at 12:38 p.m.
    Cook County's watchdog has found that Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele made "an offer...
    This portion of Eastman Street in downtown Arlington Heights, where the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre hosted pandemic-era outdoor shows in 2021, is now being eyed as the site of an ice-skating rink this winter. (Mark Welsh/Daily Herald)

    Arlington Heights could close a downtown street for an ice skating rink this winter

    By Chris Placek
    July 16, 2026 at 11:01 a.m.
    Officials at Arlington Heights village hall and park district headquarters are already thinking cooler thoughts...
    People cross North Michigan Avenue at East Randolph Street on July 16, 2026, in Chicago. The city was shrouded in wildfire smoke from Minnesota and Canada. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

    Cook County shatters air quality record, EPA data shows, as dangerous wildfire smoke envelops region

    By Finnegan Belleau
    July 16, 2026 at 8:34 p.m.
    Residents warned to stay inside as fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke from Canada and...
    Oswego East's Dominic Battista (14) singles and drives in a run against Oswego during a Southwest Prairie Conference game in Oswego on Monday, May 11, 2026. (Sean King / The Beacon-News)

    Oswego East’s Dominic Battista tops list of 3 Aurora-Elgin area players taken in MLB draft

    By Paul Johnson
    July 15, 2026 at 7:46 p.m.
    Oswego's Dominic Battista, St. Charles North's Jayden Lobliner and West Aurora's Ryan Niedzwiedz get taken...
    Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are being removed from Kane County employee insurance plans as a cost-saving measure in 2027. (AP)

    Kane County to cut weight-loss drugs from employee insurance plans starting in 2027 in effort to reduce costs

    By Molly Morrow
    July 16, 2026 at 10:45 a.m.
    The measure to change the county’s employee medical plan starting in 2027 passed narrowly following...
    In January, the Elgin City Council approved zoning changes that could pave the way for construction of a Hindu temple on 34 acres of vacant lan on Galt Boulevard. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

    Hindu group sues Elgin to lift restriction blocking proposed temple

    By Susan Sarkauskas
    July 16, 2026 at 10:50 a.m.
    A Hindu congregation that wants to build a temple and townhouses in Elgin is suing...
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