• Ex-U-46 teacher accuses district of forcing resignation

  By Harry Hitzeman A former U-46 teacher has sued the district, arguing she was essentially fired in February 2012 after a hospitalization in fall 2010. Schaumburg resident Jeanette Boland, a former tenured teacher at Larsen and Kenyon Woods middle schools in Elgin and South Elgin, respectively, argues Elgin Area School District U-46 violated the Illinois Human Rights Act by saying she had a psychological problems, thus discriminating against her.
  Last Updated May 20, 2013 5:11 PM

• Turnquist retires as longest-serving male teacher in U-46

  Updated May 22, 2013 6:57 PM

  With 41 years in the classroom, Jerry Turnquist will retire as the longest-serving male teacher in Elgin Area School District U-46 history. Turnquist spent his entire career at Ellis Middle School after growing up just a few blocks away. Colleagues gathered to recognize his career, as well as the work of three other retiring Ellis teachers — Phylis Dunlap-Huerta, Carlos Salgado and Steve Childs, who attended Ellis as a student and then later walked its halls as a band instructor.

• Cadillac Ranch agrees to give up 4 a.m. license, will now close at 3 a.m.

  Updated May 22, 2013 10:04 AM

  A popular nightclub in Bartlett will permanently close its doors an hour earlier, due to what village officials say was a voluntary surrender of its 4 a.m. liquor license. The Cadillac Ranch, 1175 W. Lake St., has been under scrutiny by the village since February 2012, when a 22-year-old was injured after being shot in the head by an Elgin man at the nightclub.

• DuPage reconsidering Islamic prayer center plan

  Updated May 21, 2013 11:03 AM

  A proposal to convert a house into a mosque is back before DuPage County's zoning board of appeals after a federal judge ordered that the county take another look at the project. “The decision to reject ICWS didn't comply with the law,” said Mark Daniel, the attorney representing the center. “They (county officials) have a chance to fix it.”

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