Elgin News Digest: Service for former councilwoman, longtime volunteer set for Saturday; South Elgin HS alum nominated for college TV award
Saturday service for former councilwoman, longtime volunteer. A memorial service for longtime Elgin volunteer Marlene Shales, a two-term Elgin City Council member in the 1980s, wi ...
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New pastor to be installed Feb. 15 at Elgin’s Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin is inviting the community to the ordination to the ministry of Word and Sacrament to Andrea Delaney at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. Bishop Yehiel Curry ...
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Elgin to begin removing so-called tent city for homeless next week after recent fires
ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- The city of Elgin is planning to begin removing a so-called tent city for the homeless next week. The move comes in response to safety concerns after recent fires there. Kira ...
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Mother’s poverty provides impetus for couple’s clothes closet at Elgin church: ‘If someone is in need, just help’
A friend asked if her church, First Congregational in downtown Elgin, had a clothing closet. While it had lots of initiatives to help those in need — soup kettle meals, a food pantry ...
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Memorial service to honor life, contributions of longtime Elginite Marlene Shales
A memorial service will be held Jan. 25 for longtime Elginite Marlene Shales, who died Nov. 24 at the age of 93. A former nurse and Elgin City Council member, Shales moved to the city when she was ...