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Elgin Courier News

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

New U-46 elementary school plan wins Elgin commission’s endorsement

Elgin Planning and Zoning commissioners sign off on District U-46’s plan to build a new elementary school on the D.C. Cook property.

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Elgin, Indiana students had loaded gun, bags of pot in college dorm room, police say

College students from Elgin, Indiana were charged by Naperville police with having loaded handgun, bags of cannabis in college dorm.

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Email to Fox River group raises questions about future of Elgin-area dam removal

Email to Fox River group raises questions about whether the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has put the project on hold.

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Elgin News Digest: Randall Oaks Zoo groundhog doesn’t see his shadow; St. Edward students do Elgin-area community service work

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

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Millions raised fuel fierce fights for 5 open Illinois congressional seats ahead of March primary

The five heavily blue congressional districts that span from Algonquin through parts of Chicago and down to Danville have nearly four dozen Democrats competing to replace three retiring members of Congress and two who are running for the U.S. Senate.

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U. of I. Republicans club faces backlash for post supporting ICE: ‘Only traitors help invaders’

The Illini Republicans club at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is facing backlash after posting an illustration on social media of a masked gunman holding a weapon to a kneeling man’s head — alongside the caption, “Only traitors help invaders.”

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