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Elgin residents will need to bring reusable bags when shopping at large stores starting in June 2027, which is when the city's ban on single-use plastic bags goes into effect. (Pioneer Press)

Elgin News Digest: Elgin council makes plastic bag ban officials; East Dundee to offer self-serve kayak rentals

By Mike Danahey

March 20, 2026 at 3:04 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Campaign signs line the sidewalks outside a polling place in Chicago on March 12, 2026. Such displays of signs were common in the Chicago area before the primary election on Tuesday. Now that the election is over, residents in Kane County are being encouraged to recycle their used campaign signs. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Column: Here’s a winning way to get rid of those election signs

By Denise Crosby

March 20, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Now that the primary is over, you might be looking to make those election signs...

Students in Shauna McNally's 6th-grade classroom at Fox Meadow Elementary School in South Elgin are creating models and drawings to determine when the sunrise will appear in the middle of Chicago Street in Elgin. (Shauna McNally/School District U-46)

U-46 students competing in their own ‘Elginhenge’ to predict spring’s start

By Mike Danahey

March 19, 2026 at 1:26 p.m.

U-46 sixth-graders are competing to predict spring's start as dictated by the sun rising in...

Founder Shari Chapman, left, and her Called to Care Foundation honor Yorkville Police Officer Luke Swanson at the nonprofit's recent fundraiser for the kindness and patience he showed when a pregnant teen tried to run away from an emergency shelter for foster children. (Kevin Klock Photography)

Column: Quickly-growing Fox Valley nonprofit filling in gaps in foster care system

By Denise Crosby

March 19, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

There was no shortage of energy or passion at the fifth annual Called to Care...

Courtney Reed, a Broadway star who graduated from Larkin High School in Elgin, is being inducted into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame on March 27. (Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame)

Elgin News Digest: Broadway star from Elgin chosen for hall of fame; Carpentersville Moose to hold fish fry fundraiser

By Mike Danahey

March 16, 2026 at 4:15 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin has received geriatric emergency department accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians. (St. Joseph Hospital)

Elgin News Digest: St. Joseph receives geriatric emergency accreditation; Hoffer Foundation gives $25K grant to PADS of Elgin

By Mike Danahey

March 13, 2026 at 5:02 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Fox River Trolley Museum’s Bunny Burrow Express train rides and egg hunts will be offered on three Saturdays, March 21, March 28 and April 4, at Jon J. Duerr Forest Preserve, 35W003 Route 31, South Elgin. (Fox River Valley Trolley Museum)

Check out these Easter egg hunts and Easter Bunny appearances in the Elgin area

By Mike Danahey

March 13, 2026 at 4:24 p.m.

Easter events in the Elgin area, including eggs hunts and chances to see the Easter...

Sean Cleland, seen here performing at WGN-TV studios in 2024, will be performing Monday at the Brix on the Fox in Carpentersville in a program being held by the Fox River Valley Library District. (Sean Cleland)

Elgin News Digest: Irish fiddler Sean Cleland to perform at the Brix; ‘The Revolutionists’ being staged at Rakow Center

By Mike Danahey

March 12, 2026 at 1:36 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

The Gail Borden Public Library in downtown Elgin is hosting a “250 Years of Impactful Women in Illinois” exhibit and offering several related presentations and performances as part of its Women's History Month celebration. (Gail Borden Public Library)

Elgin News Digest: Elgin library offering Women’s History Month events; ECC hosting art competition and exhibit in March

By Mike Danahey

March 10, 2026 at 1:38 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Up until Thursday, March 5, 2026, when a short-term agreement between the village of Sugar Grove and Sugar Grove Township led to temporary repairs, many deep potholes were creating safety issues on the Hankes Road Bridge, in large part because of a 37-year dispute over who owns the road surface. (Denise Crosby/The Beacon-News)

Column: Hankes Road Bridge in need of solution to decades-long dispute

By Denise Crosby

March 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Those darn bridges. Why is it that things tend to get confusing when it comes...

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