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Friends, students and co-workers pulled together on Sunday to sell food plates at the Elgin Fire Station to raise money for supporting Elgin High School coach Matthew Foehner, who was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome earlier this year.
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Dozens of quilts fluttered in the fall breeze in downtown Smithville and throughout town on Saturday for Smithville’s annual Airing of the Quilts. Downtown visitors stopped to admire the colorful quilts throughout the day.
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Local restaurants served up their best soup for the fourth annual Empty Bowl Project in Elgin on Saturday.
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Local hot sauce chefs brought their best recipes to compete at Saturday’s Hot Sauce Hootenanny at Simple Promise Farms, a substance abuse recovery nonprofit that offers therapeutic farming.
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Throughout 2020 and 2021, local businesses worked in new ways and implemented innovative solutions to serve the community. As challenges continued to come our way with the Big Freeze of February 2021, local businesses helped distribute water, foo
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Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Purple Diamonds were unable to have their normal senior dinner, but Sonic made things happen!
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Colorful decorations, informative activities and festive music drew a crowd to downtown Elgin last Thursday evening for a celebration of life and loved ones.
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Share a meal and make an impact on your community. The fourth annual Empty Bowl event will be held on Saturday, November 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the SPJST Lodge at 702 Highway 95 South.
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