Rick West
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'She never lost her sense of wonder': Longtime schoolteacher, Elgin museum educator Marge Fox diesDec 16, 2022 12:00 am - Friends and family say Marge Fox was an itinerant teacher who never lost her sense of wonder about the world. "Wherever we went, she was teaching," her daughter Brenda F...
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Aurora hero who saved man from oncoming train receives Carnegie medalDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - Amid a standing ovation, the Aurora hero who rescued an unresponsive man from an SUV stuck on railroad tracks seconds before it was hit by a train last year was presente...
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Elgin Salvation Army struggling to get enough gifts, volunteers for kids in needDec 13, 2022 4:30 am - The Salvation Army hopes a flurry of last-minute donations can help make it a merry Christmas for Elgin-area families in need. A Saturday deadline for its annual Hope fo...
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'The best day ever': Washington Elementary students get surprise holiday party, gifts at Elgin schoolDec 13, 2022 12:00 am - Eyes got big and smiles got bigger Tuesday morning as a special potbellied guest walked into the lunchroom a couple of minutes late to a surprise holiday celebration at ...
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Is it good to be bad? You can join the Krampus on a pub crawl through downtown ElginDec 09, 2022 4:20 am - Hey, Elgin, you better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why. Krampus is coming to town. And he's gonna get a few drinks in him. The Kr...
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Elgin to build transitional community for city's homeless populationDec 09, 2022 12:00 am - After years of what Mayor David Kaptain characterized as "kicking the can down the road," the Elgin City Council unanimously approved a plan to build temporary shelters ...
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Elgin mayor lauds community partners during state of city speechDec 06, 2022 12:00 am - Elgin Mayor David Kaptain lauded community partners for the city's economic development during his annual state of the city address to area business leaders on Tuesday. ...
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Dogs that were rescued from South Korean meat farm are ready for adoptionDec 05, 2022 12:00 am - Two dogs rescued from a South Korean meat farm and later taken in by Anderson Humane in South Elgin are ready to find their forever homes. Saturn and Harper were among 3...
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The Mooseheart eagles have landed: They find their new home after their old tree had to come downDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - When word got out that the Fox Valley's favorite celebrity couple could be on the move, fans began to fret. No, not Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy. The Mooseheart ea...
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Her work to fight human trafficking makes her Sherman Hospital's nurse of the yearDec 01, 2022 4:30 am - A woman trying to raise awareness about the issue of human trafficking has been named Advocate Sherman Hospital's 2022 Nurse of the Year. Jerilyn Damiani of Hoffman Esta...