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December 19, 2023
I live in Elgin and get my mail from the Elgin Post Office. However, they have gotten so bad that packages marked for delivery for a Tuesday don’t arrive until
May 16, 2023
The Elgin Community College District 509 Board of Trustees seated two new members alongside two reelected members at the special board meeting on May 1.
December 28, 2021
A look at the most notable deaths of the year in DuPage County and the Fox Valley.
December 15, 2021
About 100 people attended a Tuesday morning visitation and funeral service to say goodbye to a man who led a "life of service" in Elgin. Donald J. Sleeman died Dec. 7 at age 92.
December 7, 2021
Lifelong Elginite and longtime American Legion Post 57 mainstay Don Sleeman died early Tuesday morning at the age of 92. A visitation will be held Monday from 4 to 8 pm at Symonds-Madison Funeral Home in Elgin. Funeral services will be held there Tuesday at 10:30 am.
February 2, 2021
Street renamed for lifelong Elginite devoted to service Don Sleeman looks at a replica of the sign for the street renamed in his honor as his wife Norma, left, and Mayor David Kaptain look toward family and American Legion Post 57 members Monday during a ceremony in Elgin. A portion of Chester Avenue, between Dundee Avenue and Liberty Street near American Legion Post 57, is now Donald J. Sleeman Avenue. Rick West | Staff Photographer Don Sleeman, a Korean War veteran and c...
January 16, 2021
Honorary street names approved for two longtime Elginites Don Sleeman of Elgin bows his head during the invocation during the Elgin Veterans Day ceremony in 2019. The Elgin City Council approved renaming a portion of Chester Avenue in his honor. Rick West | Staff Photographer/November, 2019 COURTESY OF CHRIS HOLLINGSPastor Willie L. Tate of Progressive Baptist Church will see a portion of Ann Street, between Dundee Avenue and Center Street near the church, designated as Pasto...
January 14, 2021
Progressive Baptist Church’s longtime pastor Rev. Willie L. Tate and Korean War veteran Sgt. First Class Donald J. Sleeman, nicknamed “Mr. Elgin Post 57,” are the latest recipients of an Elgin honorary street designation.