Des Plaines Business
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Cook County mailing tax bills Sept. 1, after two-month delayAug 18, 2026 12:52 pm - After a two-month delay, Cook County’s 1.8 million second installment property tax bills for Tax Year 2025 are expected to be mailed Sept. 1, county officials announced Tuesday.
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Suburban students return to new facilities and campus upgrades this fallAug 17, 2026 6:52 am - As students across the suburbs return to classrooms this month, they will be greeted with new facilities, additions and campus improvements in several school districts where summer construction projects have wrapped up and new ones are beginning.
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Why hundreds of communities are scrambling to find road saltAug 15, 2026 9:31 am - Winter is still months away. But communities already are scrambling to store up road salt for the snowy season ahead. That lately has been a challenge for municipalities that count on buying salt through the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, only to be left out in the cold.
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The Biz Week That Was: Bears uncertainty, data center moratoriums, and new Amazon store are among the highlightsAug 14, 2026 11:36 am - Chicago Bears have had ‘minimal’ talks with Illinois legislators as stadium focus remains on Hammond The Chicago Bears have had “minimal” discussions with Illinois l...
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Once Upon a Bagel among new eateries planned on Higgins Road in RosemontAug 12, 2026 8:32 am - Once Upon a Bagel will open a 1,800-square-foot shop in Rosemont’s village-owned strip building at 9500-9520 W. Higgins Road, taking over a former Starbucks corner location and joining other new eateries in the developing restaurant row.
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Effort to reconsider Flock contract in Park Ridge comes up shortAug 12, 2026 7:12 am - In July, Park Ridge aldermen approved a yearlong, $24,000 contract with Flock Safety for eight license-plate reading cameras. Now an alderman who was absent for the July vote said he’d like to revisit the agreement.
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Gasoline-powered cars parked in EV spots in Mundelein now can be ticketed, towedAug 11, 2026 5:22 pm - Gasoline-fueled cars parked in spots reserved for electric vehicles in village-owned lots in Mundelein could be ticketed or towed under new rules.
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Illinois becomes first state in Great Lakes region to designate industrial plastic pellets as pollutionAug 11, 2026 9:20 am - Illinois is requiring polluters to begin reporting spills of industrial plastic pellets known as nurdles, a growing source of contamination in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds. Companies that manufacture, use or transport nurdles also must develop plans to limit them in storm runoff, making the state the first in either watershed to officially designate bits of wasted plastic as pollution.
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After backlash, Rosemont mall reverses pay-to-park policyAug 10, 2026 5:56 pm - Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont on Monday announced a reversal of a controversial paid parking policy following backlash from shoppers, businesses and the village’s mayor.
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‘This is going to be fun’: Firms hired to restore historic Des Plaines buildingAug 05, 2026 3:02 pm - The exterior and interior restorations of a historic building in downtown Des Plaines will begin soon.