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Oakton receives grant to fund nanotechnology education May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Oakton Community College has received a $374,279 grant from the National Science Foundation to educate college and high school students in the emerging field of nanotechnology.
Oakton board seats new officers May 21, 2013 12:00 AM
The Oakton Community College board of trustees seated new members and officers for 2013-14 earlier this month. Joan W. DiLeonardi, of Des Plaines, who was re-elected for a six-year term in April, was named the new chair, replacing Jody Wadhwa of Northbrook.
Goranson aims to get it going at Oakton May 20, 2013 12:00 AM
A familiar name in local softball circles is taking over the reins of the Oakton College softball program. Jim Goranson, the only father who has had two daughters serve as honorary captains for the Daily Herald Cook County all-area softball team, will direct the Des Plaines junior college team.
Big Ten announces 2014 conference football schedule May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
The 2014 Big Ten conference football schedule features a whole slate of games in September, with the conference schedule kicking off with Penn State traveling to Rutgers on Sept. 13. The game will be the Scarlet Knights first Big Ten conference game. Illinois opens conference play at Nebraska on Sept. 27, and Northwestern travels to Penn State the same day.
Northwestern sees record number of applicants May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Officials at Northwestern University in Evanston say they received a record number of applicants for fall admission, with nearly 33,000 students applying. The surge in applicants meant that only about 14 percent of the students were admitted.
Prazuch, St. Viator stroll by Notre Dame in ESCC finale May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Matt Prazuch likes to take a walk. So much so that he took 5 of them Wednesday. And his last one was the best of all. It came with two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the 12th to drive in the eventual game-winning running as St. Viator outlasted host Notre Dame 13-8 in Niles.
Life not the same for Hoffman mother as GiGi's Playhouse expands May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
Kukec's People featuresNancy Gianni, who started Hoffman Estates-based Gigi's Playhouse, a facility for children with Down Syndrome. Her daughter, now 10, was the inspiration for what now has turned into a national chain of playhouses that help both children and adults with Down's.
Northwestern giving Napoleon’s brother’s letter to France May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
The university announced Friday it will hand over next week to the Consul General of France in Chicago the letter dated April 27, 1792, and signed by Joseph Bonaparte.
Northwestern-area bar shuts doors to Illini May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
The University of Illinois' plans to have coaches and others court fans at a bar near Northwestern's campus have been called off after Wildcats fans objected. The stop was to be part of the Fighting Illini Caravan promotional tour around the state.
State IHSA bass fishing championship postponedMay 1, 2013 12:00 AM
The Illinois High School Association has announced that the 2013 IHSA Bass Fishing State Final Tournament, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 3-4 at Carlyle Lake in Carlyle, has been postponed due to potentially dangerous water levels and will be rescheduled to unfold in Carlyle later this spring.
Fox Valley police reportsApr 24, 2013 12:00 AM
Daniel Ontiveros, 49, of Elgin, was charged Tuesday with armed robbery after the clerk of a gas station in the 1500 block of Big Timber Road, Elgin, was robbed at knife point at about 4 a.m. April 14, according to a police report. A police officer identified Ontiveros via surveillance video.
Evanston’s Links Capital sells Oregon Golf Club Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Links Capital Advisors, Inc., of Evanston, recently sold the Oregon Golf Club, 250 S. Daysville Road in Oregon, Ill., for $425,000. A local investor purchased Oregon Golf Club, a private 9-hole course on 92 acres along the Rock River. The club was founded in 1926 by members and features a 6,195 square foot, two-floor clubhouse with dining and banquet capacity of 120 guests.
‘Anything Goes’ for touring Evanston actor Apr 19, 2013 12:00 AM
Evanston actor Dennis Kelly already has plans to celebrate his 70th birthday this July in Toronto. That’s because Kelly is part of the North American tour of Cole Porter’s 1934 musical comedy “Anything Goes,” which docks into Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre for a two-week engagement starting Tuesday, April 23.
Early childhood resource center opening at Oakton Apr 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Oakton Community College will open an Early Childhood Resource Center Library at its Des Plaines campus, 1600 E. Golf Road, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 17.
Des Plaines mayor-elect young, not inexperiencedApr 12, 2013 12:00 AM
At 26, Des Plaines Mayor-elect Matt Bogusz already has earned many distinctions — among them youngest mayor in the Northwest suburbs, and perhaps the youngest city leader in recent Illinois history. “What he lacks in institutional knowledge, he makes up for in enthusiasm and really a go-getter attitude,” Northwest Municipal Conference Executive Director Mark Fowler said.
New local Holocaust film premiers at Oakton Apr 12, 2013 12:00 AM
"Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home," a one-hour documentary by Ethan Bensiger, premiers 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oakton Community College's Skokie campus.
Film premiere features Chicago area Holocaust survivors Apr 11, 2013 12:00 AM
In the late 1930s, a group of young German Jews avoided Nazi persecution by immigrating to Chicago, where they created a supportive community. Eventually, they established a Jewish retirement home on the city’s north side, where many of the area’s last Holocaust survivors live today. Delve into their stories during a free screening and panel discussion open to the public, starting at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 16, at Oakton Community College, Skokie.
Two incumbents in lead for Oakton board Apr 10, 2013 12:00 AM
With 333 of 341 precincts counted, unofficial vote totals showed incumbents Ann Tennes and Joan DiLeonardi won re-election to the Oakton Community College board Tuesday, receiving 22,475 and 20,889 votes, respectively.
Des Plaines council to consider water rate hikeMar 29, 2013 12:00 AM
The Des Plaines city council Monday night will consider giving final approval to a 6.9 percent increase to the city's overall water and sewer rate to pass on a 15 percent increase in the cost of purchasing water from Chicago in 2013.
Oakton College hopefuls talk health care, retraining Mar 28, 2013 12:00 AM
Cutting teaching hours for part-time faculty, absorbing the cost of employee pensions, retraining today's workforce for an evolving job market, and improving graduation rates are among the top concerns for five candidates running for three, six-year term seats on the Oakton Community College board. The candidates are incumbents Joan DiLeonardi, Ann Tennes, and Eric Staley, and newcomers Kyle Frank and Neil Meccia.