Sure enough, in the nooks and crannies of a corner bedroom of his Elgin home, on 20,000 little slips of white paper-he`s counted them-are 155 years of what Alft calls an American history, records of ...

Former Elgin Mayor E.C. “Mike” Alft Jr., known by many as Elgin’s historian because of the “Days Gone By” column he once wrote for The Courier-News, died Monday at the age of 96. “Fran Alft used to ...

A man who was both a big part of Elgin's history and one of its most well-known chroniclers has died. E.C. "Mike" Alft passed away in his sleep early Monday morning at Jenners Pond Retirement ...

It is with great sadness that the family of Daniel Lester Alft of Wautoma, WI, announces his unexpected passing in Florida on January 19, 2020, at the age of 66. Dan will be lovingly remembered by his ...

"Today we present Wall St. with a check for the $16 billion it will reap from rebating of the Stock Transfer Tax. New York could easily cover the $8.2 billion cut in aid to localities and the rest of ...