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Today's riddle: What did the fish say when she hit a wall? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. 'Right thing to do' or 'feel-good' PR? Suburbs split on whether ICE bans on municipal property actually work. (chicagotribune.com) — Elgin residents should know their city passed a resolution last fall barring federal immigration enforcement from using city-owned property, while pledging to document any violations and report them to state authorities. The piece compares Elgin's approach with nearby suburbs, explores whether such bans are mostly symbolic, and explains why experts say the state has more legal leverage than local governments.
2. COD's Youth Academy sets summer enrollment record (dailyherald.com) — Local families may be interested that College of DuPage's Youth Academy just set a summer enrollment record and included hands-on manufacturing camps that brought students into Elgin. Middle schoolers toured the Elgin Sweeper plant, seeing local manufacturing careers up close and learning from industry professionals connected to this long-established Elgin employer.
3. Regional talent pipeline: Students advance from ECC to NIU engineering degrees while gaining industry experience (dailyherald.com) — A South Elgin resident's journey from Elgin Community College to an engineering degree at NIU shows how local students can land well-paying technical careers with Elgin-based firms like Assurance Technologies. The story highlights paid, hands-on roles, tuition support, and flexible schedules that make four-year engineering degrees more affordable and accessible for Elgin-area residents considering manufacturing and engineering paths.
4. A city on guard: What the raids left behind after Operation Midway Blitz (chicagotribune.com) — Elgin residents along Mulberry Lane are still living with the emotional and economic fallout from last year's Operation Midway Blitz, relying on balcony lookouts, Facebook alerts, and volunteer grocery deliveries to feel safe leaving home. The story follows Elgin families and local volunteers who continue monitoring for ICE activity, showing how neighborhood life, from cookouts to kids playing outside, has been reshaped by ongoing fear and cautious resilience.
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