Kimball Street, bridge closed Wednesday for crossing work Kimball Street and the Kimball Street Bridge will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 6, from State Street/Route 31 to Grove Avenue for Metra railroad crossing repair work, according to an announcemebnt from the city of Elgin. The closure will start at 5 a.m., and the work should take about 15 hours to complete, the post said. It also said: Chicago Street bridge will be open for eastbound traffic; Highland Avenue bridge will be open for westbound traffic; National Street bridge will be open for east and westbound traffic; Detour signage will be in place. According to a post on the Gail Borden Public Library Facebook page, library patrons going to the main Elgin branch at 270 N. Grove Ave. from the west will need to cross the river at Chicago Street or National Street downtown, farther south via Route 20 or farther north via Interstate 90. The library is at the northwest corner of Kimball Street and Grove Avenue. Annual on-street leaf collection has started in Elgin On-street leaf collection for Elgin residents living within the city’s four designated areas is underway. In neighborhoods where collections are done, leaves should be raked to the street, along the curb or to the edge of the pavement, according to the city’s website. They also should be ready for pickup by 6 a.m. on the scheduled leaf collection day. Residents should avoid parking on the street on the scheduled collection days because leaf piles blocked by cars will not be picked up, the post said. Trash, branches and other yard waste should not be left in the piles. Leaves can also be placed in yard waste bags for free collection on regular garbage collection days now through Thursday, Dec. 5. The city encourages residents to mulch their leaves because they add nutrients to the soil that promote turf growth. In the event of snow, the collection will stop to allow for snow and ice control operations. For more information, go to elginil.gov/580/On-Street-Pick-Up, call 311 if in the city or 847-931-6001 if outside the city. Donna Vickroy / Daily SouthtownLeftover Halloween candy can be donated to the Dundee Township Shop with a Cop program now through Friday to be used in holiday goodie bags for children. (Donna Vickroy/Naperville Sun) Dundee Township collecting leftover Halloween candy The Dundee Township Shop with a Cop program will accept leftover Halloween candy through Friday, Nov. 8, to be used in holiday goodie bags for children. Candy can be dropped off at the police stations in Carpentersville, East Dundee, Gilberts, Pingree Grove, Sleepy Hollow and West Dundee and at Harper College in Palatine. The Shop with a Cop program is one in which local police officers taken children in need to shop for holiday gifts for themselves and their families in December, according to a social media post. For more information, call 847-551-3481 or email [email protected]. ECC holding events for Native American Heritage Month Elgin Community College will hold free events Thursday, Nov. 7, and Tuesday, Nov. 12, in recognition of Native American Heritage Month. Joseph Standing Bear Schranz, founder of the Midwest SOARRING Foundation (Save Our Ancestors’ Remains and Resources Indigenous Network Group), will present “Fireside Wisdom: Honoring Indigenous Culture” from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 7 in Parking Lot A of the ECC campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, according to a webpage for the event. The event will include flute playing and storytelling by Bill Buchholtz Allison and treats provided by baker Abaigeal Dempsey. To register to attend and for more information, go to www.thegreatlistening.co/events/event-one-wlyza-8lnnx-n8sr8. “Trickster Exhibits & Native Beadworking” will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Jobe Lounge in Building B on the main campus. Attendees will learn how to make traditional beadwork with Potawatomi artist Sam Thompson and experience interactive, traveling exhibitions from Schaumburg’s Trickster Cultural Center. To register to attend and for more information, go to www.thegreatlistening.co/events/event-one-wlyza-8lnnx.