Renee Trappe

Assistant Managing Editor/Local News
  • Phone(847) 427-4468
  • Emailrtrappe@dailyherald.com

Renee Trappe is assistant manager editor/local news for the Daily Herald, which she joined in 1985 as the newspaper's first Roselle reporter.

Over the years, she has built a career focused almost exclusively on local news: She has been an assistant city editor for Northwest suburban Cook County; Assistant DuPage Editor in the paper's former Carol Stream office; Weekend Editor and finally City Editor, before assuming the assistant managing editor/local news title in 1998.

A native of Des Plaines, she attended Iowa State University before graduating in 1978 from Southern Illinois University with a degree in journalism. Prior to joining the Daily Herald, she reported for the Journal and Topics Newspapers, based in Des Plaines; the Chronicle newspapers in St. Charles and the former Daily Journal in Wheaton.

As a writer and editor, she has won awards from the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association, the Illinois Press Association, Associated Press and Associated Press Managing Editors, and was the 2004 recipient of the Stuart R. Paddock Jr. Manager Award of Excellence from Paddock Publications.

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Milwaukee Avenue levy gates now closed

Apr 18 2013 | 1:29 pm - The levy gates on Milwaukee Avenue were to have been closed at 1 p.m. in Prospect Heights, city officials said, meaning the major thoroughfare is closed to traffic between the Palatine Road overpass and Camp McDonald Road until further notice. Mayor...

Caring in action: Organization wants more understanding, resources

Mar 22 2013 | 11:39 am - Mike Baker of Schaumburg is one of the passionate parents involved in the Schaumburg Autism Society, what he calls "a simple parent support group." Their aim: To help each other as parents understand their autistic children, and push hard for...

Founders of Heart Of A Marine Foundation help veterans

Jan 25 2013 | 4:22 pm - In the nearly nine years since Lance Corporal Phillip Frank of Elk Grove Village was killed in Iraq, his parents have remade their lives in service to active military, veterans and their families. The Heart of a Marine Foundation, which assists...

Subscribers get to see Elgin Symphony Orchestra rehearse

Oct 05 2012 | 11:57 pm - Members of the Daily Herald's Subscriber Total Access program had a rare opportunity to enjoy the final rehearsal of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra's "Night of Enchantment" concert, in performance Saturday and Sunday at the Hemmens Auditorium. "This...

Buffalo Grove teen represents family in Germany

Jul 04 2011 | 6:11 pm - It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for 15-year-old Max Klaber of Buffalo Grove, who represented his entire family at a ceremony in Germany that honored the memory of his great-grandparents, victims of the Holocaust.

River Trails Lady Chiefs go an undefeated 49-0

Mar 14 2011 | 5:14 pm - The Lady Chiefs, the River Trails Middle School girls volleyball team, have done the remarkable: They won 49 out of 49 games to take the Mid-Suburban Middle school crown.

Des Plaines police release sketch of driver

Nov 12 2010 | 8:25 pm - Des Plaines police released a composite sketch Friday of the semi-tractor driver thought to be involved in the death of Choice Taylor, the 17-year-old struck and killed Nov. 5 near Algonquin Road and Third Avenue.

Korean War vet from Palatine is finally home

Mar 24 2010 | 11:03 pm - Stanley Paul Arendt figured he'd be home by Thanksgiving, Christmas at the latest. It was 1950, and Arendt was a 22-year-old American infantryman in Korea. He had already survived almost impossible odds in combat, including one battle that killed...

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