Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/community/elgin/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 13:24:51 -0400 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179670/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179670/ Fri, 17 May 2013 18:06:26 -0400 A homeless man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting an Elgin woman he knew in March, prosecutors said Friday. Phillip J. Dillon, 46, accepted the sentence in exchange for a guilty plea to one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179680/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179680/ Fri, 17 May 2013 22:37:09 -0400 A 21-year veteran of the Elgin Police Department will be promoted to deputy chief in early June, filling a position that has been vacant since mid-March. Cmdr. Bill Wolf and three other officers will be promoted in a ceremony June 7, Police Chief Jeff Swoboda announced Friday. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179823/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179823/ Fri, 17 May 2013 11:06:37 -0400 Elgin Community College will host students 6 to 16 this summer in week-long day camps offering enrichment opportunities while school is out. Budding lawyers, astronauts, filmmakers, writers, interior designers, artists, chefs, video game makers, actors and musicians will have the chance to hone their skills during the fifth year of ECC's Kids College. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179678/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179678/ Fri, 17 May 2013 17:45:33 -0400 The iconic downtown Elgin Tower Building might be purchased by a Wisconsin-based company for a complete overhaul. The 15-story building, tallest in Elgin, was built in 1929 and has suffered from elevator problems and overall neglect. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179684/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179684/ Fri, 17 May 2013 17:35:07 -0400 Four vehicles in the 36W200 block of Indian Mounds Road near St. Charles were burglarized between 2 and 6:30 a.m. Wednesday and a 2003 Mercedes was stolen, according to a sheriff's report http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179727/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179727/ Fri, 17 May 2013 16:47:52 -0400 Structural work and likely roadwork for the Riverside Drive Promenade project in downtown Elgin will be done by the end of October, City Engineer Joe Evers said. The street deck was deemed unsafe and closed to the public 10 yeas ago, Evers said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179817/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179817/ Fri, 17 May 2013 11:17:01 -0400 Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Griffin is so averse to gloating about his heroic actions that his own sister nearly missed his medal of valor ceremony Thursday because he downplayed it so.Griffin, 34, of Carpentersville, was presented the Army Commendation Medal of Valor in a ceremony at VFW Post 1307 in Elgin. The medal was issued in 2006 but was lost in a bureaucratic snafu, officials said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/news/705169756/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/news/705169756/ Fri, 17 May 2013 11:27:22 -0400 A home for disabled veterans — including military, law enforcement and emergency responders — injured in the line of duty, as well as their service dogs, might be headed to Elgin. The home would be run by Save-A-Vet nonprofit organization in the former Bowes Retirement Center at 105 Gifford St., Mayor David Kaptain said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/business/705169723/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/business/705169723/ Thu, 16 May 2013 17:50:07 -0400 The day after a state panel allowed Sherman Health and Advocate Health Care to merge, rival Centegra Health System, which fought to keep the move from coming to fruition, is moving on. Centegra, McHenry County's largest employer, will instead turn its attention to the 128-bed hospital it intends to build in Huntley, a hospital executive said Wednesday."Our focus is on Centegra Hospital-Huntley," said Susan Milford, Centegra's senior vice president of strategy and development. "We want to focus on what the needs in the community are for health care and so that's what our focus is." http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159676/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159676/ Wed, 15 May 2013 22:47:05 -0400 The Elgin Police Department Wednesday held its annual memorial service to honor the lives lost in the line of duty during the past year. While bagpipes played and police officers lowered flags to half staff, Elgin Police Chief Jeff Swoboda addressed his fellow officers and the public. "While words on days like today can seem empty, they are at least a start," Swoboda said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159800/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159800/ Wed, 15 May 2013 19:03:26 -0400 A 21-year-old Sycamore woman was killed Wednesday afternoon when her motorcycle struck a semitrailer at Route 20 and Plank Road in Elgin Township, the Kane County Sheriff's Office said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159674/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159674/ Wed, 15 May 2013 18:46:45 -0400 Adella N. Wolff, a lifelong Elgin resident, former Kane County law librarian and wife of the former county board chairman Paul Wolff, has died at 93. Mrs. Wolff is described by friends and colleagues as a patient, friendly woman who was self taught in library administration. Visitation is Thursday. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705149616/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705149616/ Tue, 14 May 2013 23:24:34 -0400 Seniors at Jacobs, Hampshire and Dundee-Crown high schools will have the opportunity to take a new math class next year with a textbook designed especially for them. The course was developed by the Alliance for College Readiness which includes Elgin Community College and all of its feeder high school districts — Elgin Area School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit District 303, Burlington-based Central Unit District 301, and Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, the only district to offer the course next year. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149733/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149733/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:46:06 -0400 Laurel Kling, former president and 12-year member of the Burlington-based Central 301 school board, has filed a slander lawsuit against her supervisor in the Kane County Probation Department. Kling argues that Drug Court supervisor Carrie Thomas told coworkers Kling was "fired" from her post as school board president because Kling was an alcoholic. She seeks more than $50,000 damages and a jury trial. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149747/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149747/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:07:48 -0400 Seniors at Jacobs, Hampshire and Dundee-Crown high schools will have the opportunity to take a new math class next year with a textbook designed especially for them. The course was developed by the Alliance for College Readiness which includes Elgin Community College and all of its feeder high school districts — Elgin Area School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit District 303, Burlington-based Central Unit District 301, and Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, the only district to offer the course next year. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149762/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149762/ Tue, 14 May 2013 16:48:55 -0400 Mark A. Clough, 46, of South Elgin, appeared in Kane County bond court Tuesday on charges of arson, a felony, according to court records. Elgin police responded to a fire just before 10 p.m. April 28 at Advance Engineering Corp., 440 S. McLean Blvd., and an arson investigator determined the fire could not have started on its own, according to police reports. After several interviews Clough admitted to using a lighter to ignite the wrapping on a section of pipe in the building, costing the company $46,000 to reverse the damages, police reports said. Bail was set at $30,000. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149776/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149776/ Tue, 14 May 2013 16:16:13 -0400 Carter W. Myers, 19, of Batavia, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of cannabis (between 2.5 and 10 grams), at 9:51 p.m. Monday in the 600 block of South Batavia Avenue, according to a police report. He was also issued a warning for not having a rear license plate. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139596/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139596/ Mon, 13 May 2013 23:14:57 -0400 Community Unit District 300 board members have moved from one charter school proposal to another, holding a public hearing for the Illinois Online Charter School. The charter would be for Northern Kane Educational Corp., which already runs the Cambridge Lakes Charter School in Pingree Grove and serves District 300 students, but also extend to others in the state. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139645/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139645/ Mon, 13 May 2013 21:31:24 -0400 Bystanders and Elk Grove police officers are credited with saving a man whose box truck caught on fire after a crash at Thorndale Avenue and Lively Boulevard Monday afternoon, fire officials say. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139702/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139702/ Mon, 13 May 2013 17:29:27 -0400 A 49-year-old Huntley man was arrested early Monday in Elgin and charged with his fifth DUI offense. Timothy Bartlett has four previous convctions after DUI arrests in 1986 and 1999 in DuPage County and 1997 and 1998 in Cook County, police said. He faces four to 15 years in prison if convicted. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139722/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139722/ Mon, 13 May 2013 16:37:23 -0400 John Giesing, 74, of the 700 block of Coventry Lane, Crystal Lake, was charged over the weekend with solicitation of a sexual act, after police said he offered to pay a 16-year-old boy to perform a sexual act, according to a police report. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139772/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139772/ Mon, 13 May 2013 14:01:27 -0400 A 32-year-old man was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to cocaine charges after authorities searched his Elgin home last July. Jayson P. Sturdivant, of Elgin, was on probation for a felony drug charge in 2010, pleaded guilty late Friday in exchange for prosecutors dropping the most serious charges that could have landed him in prison up to 30 years. His trial was set for Monday. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179521/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179521/ Sat, 18 May 2013 00:04:05 -0400 Senior Mike Bianchina served as an alternate runner for Geneva when it won its last boys track and field sectional title in 2010.Three years later in the Hoffman Estates Class 3A sectional, Bianchina helped the Vikings to their second title in four years.Despite finishing tied for sixth out of 14 teams at the Upstate Conference tourney last week, Geneva rose to the occasion on Friday night and scored 103 points to top runner-up Schaumburg (88) and St. Charles North (80)."I always thought about it (going out with a sectional title after being part of one as a freshman)," Bianchina said. "This was a great night for the entire team." http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179533/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179533/ Fri, 17 May 2013 23:52:57 -0400 Dundee-Crown 5, Burlington Central 3: Dylan Kissack (2B), Garrett Ryan and Luis Garcia each went 2-for-4 with an RBI as D-C won in nonconference play. Ryan Suwanski threw a 2-hitter with 6 strikeouts and 3 walks for the Chargers (8-17). Josh Lung had a double for Burlington Central (14-10). Ryan Schuring took the loss for the Rockets.Jacobs 8, Carmel 5: Connor Conzelman was 2-for-3 with a double and 4 RBI to lead the Golden Eagles (20-11) to a nonconference win. Aaron Meciej (2-for-3, RBI) and Greg Sidor (2-for-3) also contributed for Jacobs and Nick Ledinsky was the winning pitcher.Lake Zurich 6, Hampshire 3: Tyler Crater had a double and an RBI and Tim Jansen went 2-for-3 for Hampshire (13-15) in this nonconference loss. Kyle Carbone took the loss for the Whip-Purs.Hoffman Estates 12, Streamwood 3: Michael Murawski, Kevin Sojda (RBI) and Anthony Flores each had 2 hits for Streamwood (5-23) in this nonconference loss. Matt Harding was the Sabres' losing pitcher. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179543/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179543/ Fri, 17 May 2013 23:35:51 -0400 Dundee-Crown 1, Grayslake North 0: Lauren Girard was 2-for-3 with a double and Lauren Mercado scored the game's only run in the first inning as the Chargers won this Fox Valley Conference crossover. Amanda Eissler pitched a 4-hitter with 3 strikeouts and 1 walk for Dundee-Crown (4-20).Hampshire 4, Woodstock North 3: Jordan Hook's 12th-inning double scored Sara Finn with the winning run as the Whip-Purs prevailed in this FVC crossover. Brittany Sujet was 3-for-4 with a double and Finn went 3-for-6 with 3 stolen bases for the Whip-Purs (11-18). Jennifer Hurst pitched all 12 innings for Hampshire, striking out 6.Bartlett 5, Lake Park 2: Freshman Danielle Kirby got her first varsity start and made it a winning one as Bartlett finished the Upstate Eight Valley season with a win. Kirby allowed just 4 hits and had 2 strikeouts and 1 walk. Kayla Haberstich and Sydney Johnson each had home runs for the Hawks (24-8, 15-4). Alyssa Nowak added a double.St. Francis 3, St. Edward 0: After losing to St. Francis 12-0 on May 1, St. Edward came back and played the Spartans tough but couldn't push any runs across in this Suburban Christian Blue loss. Allison Stratman was 2-for-3 for the Green Wave (13-13, 6-8). Lindsay Zdroik (8-7) took the loss.Huntley 11, Johnsburg 1: Tamara Funke and Michelle Caputi each had doubles for Huntley (20-10) in its FVC crossover win. Haley Spannraft was the winning pitcher.St. Charles East 12, Larkin 1: Alex Buhrow (2-for-2) had a home run for Larkin (3-24, 2-15) in the Upstate Eight River. Sarah Hansen took the loss for the Royals. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179545/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179545/ Fri, 17 May 2013 23:13:09 -0400 The Burlington Central boys track team accomplished its goals Friday night at the Class 2A Sterling sectional. The Rockets qualified three relay teams and two individuals for next weekend's state finals in Charleston. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179568/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179568/ Fri, 17 May 2013 22:29:58 -0400 You could sense the relief on the faces of St. Edward forward Allison Kruk and midfielder Corey Lepoudre when a Willows Academy player knocked a ball out of play late in the second half, a ball both looked at each other to get, but neither could. Kruk had been hit in the jaw by a ball earlier in the match and Lepoudre came off for her asthma at one point. And at the end of the Class 1A Westminster Christian sectional final, you could see the Green Wave were out of steam. Which is why there was good reason that Green Wave coach Tim Brieger asked his team in practice earlier this week to set the tone early against the Eagles. Gaining a measure of revenge over the team that beat them in the 2011 state third-place game, St. Edward beat Willows Academy 2-1 Friday to win the sectional title, the Green Wave's second sectional crown in the last three years. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179583/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179583/ Fri, 17 May 2013 22:05:36 -0400 The Jacobs 3,200-meter relay team made quite a statement Friday at the Class 3A state girls track and field finals in Charleston. The quartet of Molly Barnes, Tori Tamburrino, Sam Baran and Lauren VanVlierbergen won its heat and clocked the fastest time of all 3A teams at 9:16.19. The Golden Eagles will take a shot at school history in today's finals. No Jacobs girls individual or relay team has won a track state title. LaShawna Canty came the closest taking second in the high jump in 1998 and 1999. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179610/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179610/ Fri, 17 May 2013 21:12:07 -0400 It was Senior Day for the Barrington softball team Friday and the Fillies played their final game of the season at the Fields of Dreams. Or did they? "We hope we have one more game here," said Fillies' senior third baseman Loren Krzysko. If the Fillies do, it will mean they're playing in their own Class 4A supersectional on June 3. But there's a long road ahead before that and Barrington, ranked No. 2 in the Daily Herald Top 20 as well as the Class 4A Illinois Coaches Association poll, tuned up for the postseason with a 3-2 win over Burlington Central, the No. 6 team in the Daily Herald Top 20 and No. 3 in the ICA Class 3A poll. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179629/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/sports/705179629/ Fri, 17 May 2013 20:06:47 -0400 There was no comeback this time for the Burlington Central girls soccer team. Sycamore scored with 18:33 remaining in the match Friday and the Rockets were unable to find the equalizer as the Spartans upset the top-seeded Rockets, 1-0, in the championship match of the Class 2A Sycamore regional. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/entlife/705179942/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/entlife/705179942/ Thu, 16 May 2013 19:10:13 -0400 Whether you're on a plane or taking a road trip this summer, don't be surprised to see the person traveling next to you buried in a book. Within the next few weeks children and adults, alike, will be participating in summer reading programs at their local libraries. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179696/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179696/ Fri, 17 May 2013 22:56:38 -0400 Two people have been arrested and charged with delivering a fatal dose of heroin to a 24-year-old South Elgin woman in April, according to court records. Andrea R. Nielsen, 23, of South Elgin, and Nicholas C. Allen, 21, of Batavia, were charged with the drug induced homicide death of Abby L. Nordmeyer. Both face between six and 30 years in prison. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179650/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179650/ Fri, 17 May 2013 20:08:15 -0400 Rhett Lundy, a 14-year-old freshman at South Elgin High School, died in his sleep Wednesday. Autopsy results showed he had an enlarged heart. The school held an assembly Friday to honor his memory.