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Elgin Community Colleges reported fall enrollment, tabulated on the 10th day of the fall semester, reflects an 11% increase over the previous fall. More than 8,900 students are enrolled for the fall semester, with numbers continuing to increase to more than 9,000 students beyond the 10th day due to later fall start date registrations for 12 and 10-week courses.

Volunteers serve food for needy families every day in the basement of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin. A startlingly multicultural collection of local churches and civic groups use the kitchen to help those in need.

For this years underclassmen play, Geneva High School is putting on the short comedy, "10 Ways to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse!" by Don Zolidas.

The owners of the Red Poppy Bistro have closed the Elgin restaurant and say they plan to move to a neighboring city.

Centro de Información is celebrating 50 years of helping immigrants assimilate into their new surroundings.

Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley explained on her weekly radio show Friday why a large and lengthy police response to a man who was threatening people with a knife did not qualify as a situation for the wider community to be concerned about this week.

South Elgins Pumpkin Patch Festival returns on Saturday, Oct. 1, at SEBA Park.

Studio 10 Singers will host "Stages of Joy," an afternoon of Broadway and rock music, on Sunday at Journey of Hope Church in Elgin.

The Kane County Genealogical Society will host a community open house on Saturday, Oct. 8, in Elburn. The event marks the partnership between the genealogical society and the Town and Country Public Library, as well as the relocation of the society office and library to the Lawrence J. Martin Heritage Center.

Ellas Friends, the support group for the Ella Johnson Library in Hampshire, will hold its annual book sale on Oct. 7-9.