St. Charles kicks off the holiday season
ST. CHARLES – As Friday turned to dusk, Lauren Bowgren and her fiance, Todd Algrim, worked to activate hand warmers to fend off the chill while waiting for the city’s annual Lighting of the Lights ceremony to begin.
“I don’t feel any warmth, though,” Bowgren said.
Although she and Algrim live in Sugar Grove, they grew up in St. Charles and wanted to share the community’s Holiday Homecoming traditions with her 8-year-old son, Nick.
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