🌱 Patch AM: Stopped Freight Train Blocks 4 Railroad Crossings In Elgin; Traffic Delays Expected: Officials

Good day Elgin! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Stopped freight train snarls Elgin traffic at all four crossings
• How an Elgin-linked ruling just reshaped Illinois genetic privacy lawsuits
• How did Elgin’s job market really fare this past September?

Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Areas of low clouds and fog, with a high of 45 and low of 30 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, afternoon mist, temps: high: 45, low: 38.
• Thursday: Low clouds and spotty drizzle, with a high of 50 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Stopped Freight Train Blocks 4 Railroad Crossings In Elgin; Traffic Delays Expected: Officials (patch.com) — Drivers in Elgin are being warned about significant delays as a stopped freight train with mechanical issues is blocking all four city railroad crossings. Officials say only the Route 20 and Interstate 90 crossings remain open for getting across town, and motorists are urged to seek alternate routes while the situation is resolved.
   

• IL genetic privacy law can't fuel class actions vs life insurers (legalnewsline.com) — An Illinois appeals panel, in a case originating in Kane County and reported from Elgin, has ruled that the state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act doesn’t cover life insurers’ use of family medical history for underwriting. That interpretation likely shuts down a wave of class actions targeting major insurers, while confirming lawmakers long intended the law to apply only to health insurance, not life insurance practices.
   

• Payroll Jobs Up, Stable in Majority of Metro Areas in September (myradiolink.com) — Elgin’s metro unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 4.3% in September, while total nonfarm jobs dipped by about 1,700 compared with last year. The statewide report shows mixed results across Illinois metros, with Chicago and Springfield adding jobs but areas like Peoria, Kankakee, and Elgin seeing modest employment declines amid broader economic uncertainty.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Elgin

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Wednesday December 24

• Happy Christmas Eve! ~ Building Closed
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Thursday December 25

• Merry Christmas! ~ Building Closed
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Friday December 26

• Dinosaur Explorer Exhibit
  Main Library -
  9:00 am

Monday December 29

• Great Big Bubble Show
  Main Library - Meadows Community Rooms ABC
  2:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Dinosaur Explorer Exhibit
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  9:00 am
• Happy Noon Year Party
  Main Library - Meadows Community Rooms ABC
  11:30 am
• Jurassic Park
  Main Library - Meadows Community Rooms AB
  2:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Happy New Year's Eve! ~ Building Closed
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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 23

• Frosty's Smile
  Pinot's Palette , 100 W Higgins Rd Suite H-80 , South Barrington
  3:00 pm
• Historic Committee - Regular Meeting CANCELLED
  Hanover Park, IL Calendar , 2121 W. Lake Street Room 212 , Hanover Park
  6:00 pm
• Holiday Movies trivia at Pub 72
  Pub 72 , 38 E Higgins Rd , Gilberts
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Library Closed
  Kaneville Public Library , 2S101 Harter Road , Kaneville

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Elgin Community College Tops Statewide Feed the Need Campus Food Drive —Elgin Community College Read on Patch

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Elgin. Apply here.
• Burlington Coat Factory Corporation posted a job opening for Customer Service Lead - Part-Time in Elgin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Elgin here.

🗞 Nearby News

St. Charles

• St. Charles North's Haley Burgdorf is the Kane County Chronicle girls volleyball Player of the Year (shawlocal.com)
• St. Charles father, daughter inducted into NIU's Engineering Hall of Fame together (shawlocal.com)
• Ken Shepro gets to work as Kane County's local historian: ‘Kane County is just an unusual county' (chicagotribune.com)

Algonquin

• Man, 72, Jailed On Possession Of Child Porn Charges In McHenry County: Prosecutors (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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