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Elgin will host La Fiesta de Elgin to celebrate Hispanic culture with music, food, art and performances that unite neighbors—city staff and community partners have detailed safety plans in place to ensure the event remains welcoming despite concerns over increased immigration enforcement activities.

Elgin will host a virtual meeting on September 17 at 6 p.m. to explain the DuPage Street Combined Sewer Separation Project—which will install new storm sewers, improve sanitary sewers, replace water mains and lead service lines—while construction starts this month with underground utility work and continues through late 2025 and summer 2026 until completed by the end of July.

Ten-year-old Elijah Powell, a cancer patient from Elgin, received the bedroom of his dreams with help from the Chicago Bears and local partners (Special Spaces, Steinhafels Furniture, and Advocate Children's Hospital) on September 7; the room reflects his favorite hobbies as part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

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