Rick West
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Elgin mayor offers his State of the City via videoJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - Highlighting Elgin's response to a challenging year featuring a pandemic and widespread social unrest, Mayor David Kaptain released his annual State of the City address ...
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Carpentersville man remembered as 'a modern take on the Renaissance man'Jan 18, 2021 12:00 am - Remembered as "a modern take on the Renaissance man," Norman Kopp of Carpentersville died last week from complications to COVID-19. Kopp, 77, spent most of his life work...
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Elgin lays off six employees due to pandemic-related closuresJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - With some facilities still closed 10 months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Elgin has laid off six employees, including five from parks and recreat...
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Honorary street names approved for two longtime ElginitesJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - Two longtime Elginites will be honored with streets in their names after unanimous approval from the city council. Pastor Willie L. Tate of Progressive Baptist Church w...
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Former Elgin woman remembered for love of “simple pleasures in life”Jan 15, 2021 12:00 am - A former Elgin woman who is remembered for her love of the “simple pleasures in life” has died from complications from COVID-19. Lorelei Wenzel, 77, died peacefully in ...
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New Chick-fil-A opening Thursday in ElginJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - Chick-fil-A fans will soon be able to "Eat Mor Chikin" in Elgin. The restaurant is opening its 36th Chicago-area location Thursday at 1110 S. Randall Road, just south of...
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Elgin police set up new transparency websiteJan 13, 2021 5:01 am - A new transparency website that the Elgin Police Department calls a "one-stop shop for information" will debut to the public today. The site, www.cityofelgin.org/epdtran...
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Tax incentives would keep Biggers Mazda in ElginJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - The Elgin City Council's committee of the whole on Wednesday unanimously approved tax incentives to keep Biggers Mazda in Elgin. Under the agreement, which will get a f...
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Improved Elgin Civic Center Plaza slated to open in JuneJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - The newly improved Civic Center Plaza in Elgin is now slated to open to the public June 1 after a change order approved by the city council in December. The reconstructi...
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Elgin's annual MLK prayer breakfast becomes online celebrationJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - For reasons that certainly need no explanation, the city of Elgin's annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. prayer breakfast is moving online this year. Now called the MLK An...