Plus: Elgin unveils Pursuit of Happiness sculpture • East Dundee trustees mull water rate increase
Elgin Courier News Wednesday, October 14, 2026 | | |
| | | | | The South Elgin Village Board unanimously approved a temporary moratorium on allowing any data centers to be built in town for a period of 12 months. | | | | | On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Elgin unveiled a sculpture standing downtown along South Riverside Drive that offers an optimistic take on what the United States of America can be. | | | | | East Dundee trustees all agreed increasing the village’s water rate by 20% next year is too high, but are split over how much the rate should increase. | | | | | Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area. | | | | | We’ve officially entered the voting stage in the Tribune’s 40th annual Holiday Cookie Contest. | | | | | Republican Darren Bailey repeatedly interrupted Gov. JB Pritzker in their only scheduled debate, while the Democrat cast him as a Trump-following extremist. | | | | | In two Top-10 matchups in the final week of the regular season, Loyola hosts Mount Carmel — and Hersey travels to Prospect. | | | |
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