Itasca Opinion
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Editorial: DuPage keeps pressure on, even as opioid crisis deepensAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - The opioid crisis has steadily deepened over the years and has only been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. But, in DuPage County in particular, where the coroner fir...
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Behind the Curtain: Our tornado coverage began with a 'Dear God' message and a fire alert tweetJul 06, 2021 6:00 am - My heart sank when I saw the email shortly after midnight on June 21. An hour earlier, a powerful tornado ripped through Naperville, Woodridge and Darien. So I had sent ...
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Editorial: Become an advocate to raise awareness, help prevent child abuseApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - National Child Abuse Prevention Month ends Friday. The work, however, on behalf of abused and neglected children, doesn't stop. Ever. At noon Thursday at the Kane County...
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Editorial: Make sure seniors aren't squeezed out of vaccination accessApr 07, 2021 1:00 am - In a few days, suburbanites 65 and older will lose their nearly-exclusive access to the COVID-19 vaccines, and we're not the only ones concerned about that. On April 12,...
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Endorsements: Hollatz, Steetz, Swacha, Torres for Lake Park High School District 108 boardMar 19, 2021 11:00 pm - The candidates running for Lake Park High School District 108 board share a desire to help guide students through "pandemic fallout" - educational and emotional losses f...
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Endorsements: Pruyn for Itasca village presidentMar 17, 2021 11:00 pm - Thomas Pawlicki openly acknowledges that were it not for a proposal to build a data center at the Itasca Country Club near his house, he likely would not be mounting a c...
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Endorsements: Aiani, Madaras, Powers for Itasca village boardMar 17, 2021 11:00 pm - In the past, Itasca occasionally has had trouble finding enough candidates to fill all the open seats on its village board at election time. This year, the village finds...
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Endorsements: Malloy, Howard and Manno for College of DuPage boardMar 12, 2021 10:00 pm - There are many choices for whom to lead the College of DuPage for the next six years - eight of them - for three seats. The college in recent years has regained its foot...
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Endorsements: Amayun, Lundeen, O'Neill, Shannon for Dist. 10 boardMar 10, 2021 10:00 pm - Five candidates are running for four school board seats in Itasca School District 10 serving Itasca, Nordic Hills and portions of Wood Dale. Three incumbents are seeking...
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Editorial: Our debt to those who set aside forest preservesOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - For the past several months, we have been reminded each day of the terrible toll of the pandemic. If there is even the tiniest glimmer of a silver lining, it sparks from...