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Elgin Police Department honored with Marklund Community Partner Award

Elgin Police Department honored with Marklund Community Partner Award

The Elgin Police Department received a Community Partner Award from Marklund, a nonprofit serving people with developmental disabilities, for their volunteer work including holiday giving and classroom visits.

 
Voices Unlimited Chorus celebrates the Declaration’s 250th anniversary

Voices Unlimited Chorus celebrates the Declaration’s 250th anniversary

The Voices Unlimited Chorus will perform “America -- Keep Singing,” a spring concert commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, on May 17 in Elgin. The program includes a Thomas Jefferson portrayal, patriotic songs, armed forces tributes, and faith-based music.

 
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How ‘church guy’ restored 101-year-old Elgin landmark after devastating storm

How ‘church guy’ restored 101-year-old Elgin landmark after devastating storm

Jeremy Bates was on his way to Kentucky last March when he learned about a historic church in Elgin devastated by the previous night’s storms. The McHenry man who’s built a reputation for restoring storm-ravaged churches turned around that day and helped restore the the church to its former glory.

 
Elgin panel endorses plan to complete subdivision on city’s west side

Elgin panel endorses plan to complete subdivision on city’s west side

Elgin’s Planning and Zoning Commission has approved plans for the final phase of the Ponds of Stony Creek, setting the stage for another 140 single-family homes to be built on the city’s far west side.

 
Trial opens for Elgin man charged with drug-induced homicide in Marengo motel overdose death

Trial opens for Elgin man charged with drug-induced homicide in Marengo motel overdose death

The trial opened Tuesday for an Elgin man charged with drug-induced homicide in connection with the 2023 death of a man in McHenry County.

 
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Take your Mother’s Day brunch plans up a notch

Take your Mother’s Day brunch plans up a notch

Though it’s getting late in the game to make plans for Mother’s Day, here are some suburban options where you can do brunch (or dinner) and add in some live music, nature, exotic animals, historic surroundings and/or bottomless champagne.

 
Spotlight: Janus adapts Ibsen classic ‘An Enemy of the People’

Spotlight: Janus adapts Ibsen classic ‘An Enemy of the People’

Janus Theatre stages its adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People,” The Conspirators revive Moliere’s 17th-century satire “Tartuffe” and Handbag Productions premieres the next in its series of Golden Girls parodies with “The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid.”

 
Siren fatigue? Elgin changes weather alert protocol after fielding complaints during storms

Siren fatigue? Elgin changes weather alert protocol after fielding complaints during storms

Elgin temporarily has returned to manual activation of outdoor warning sirens for the most serious thunderstorms to avoid multiple automatic alerts.

 
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‘The real Labor Day’: People around the suburbs rally for workers’ rights on May Day

‘The real Labor Day’: People around the suburbs rally for workers’ rights on May Day

Following a call from organizers for “no school, no work, no shopping,” people around the suburbs and across the country rallied to honor workers on May Day Friday.

 
Elgin awards $200,000 grant to help PADS of Elgin get through June

Elgin awards $200,000 grant to help PADS of Elgin get through June

PADS of Elgin is getting a lifeline through a $200,000 grant that will get them through June 30.

 

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