Westmont
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Festivals June 10-16: Blues & Brews Fest, Libertyville Days, cruise nights & moreJun 08, 2022 6:00 am - Friday “Grads & Grease” Carnival: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, June 10-12, in the Highwood Metra Station Parking Lot, 317 Green Bay Road, Highwood. “Grea...
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'Every year is a bad tick year': Why tick populations are on the rise in the suburbsJun 08, 2022 5:30 am - If it feels like 2022 is shaping up to be a bad year for ticks in the suburbs, you're right. Tick experts say “a perfect storm of conditions” — climate change possibly a...
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Jewel-Osco and Del Monte go bananas, set recordJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - Westmont can now claim the title for hosting the "World's Largest Fruit Display." On Wednesday, North American officials with global fruit-and-vegetable distributor Fres...
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DuPage County clerk boosts pay for election judgesJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - Election judges will receive a significant pay raise for working primary polling places in DuPage County. Judges will see their base pay increase from $130 to $250 - or ...
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Downers Grove gymnastics coach faces child porn, sexual abuse chargesJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - This article has been updated to include a statement from the gymnastics business where Wyatt Kopka worked, and more information about the charges he faces. An inst...
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The Class of 70 turns 70, and they have much to celebrateJun 07, 2022 11:00 pm - Two years ago, our 50-year class reunion was canceled due to COVID. But lockdowns and social distancing can't keep the Wenatchee High School Class of 1970 from celebrati...
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Kinetic Dance Company raises $19,705 for Relay for Life of BolingbrookJun 07, 2022 11:00 pm - The Kinetic Dance Company in Bolingbrook joined with the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life of Bolingbrook on June 4 to support and honor the many whose lives have...
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GOP rivals for DuPage County Board chair trade barbs in high-stakes primaryJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - The Republican candidates for DuPage County's top executive post have cast themselves as law-and-order conservatives, but that's where the similarities end. Pete DiCiann...
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'They can know they were respected': Unclaimed remains given dignified final resting placesJun 06, 2022 5:30 am - It's not like somebody didn't care about what to do with 85-year-old Everet Lloyd Knabb when he died in 2000. His ashes are in a metal urn, inscribed with his birth year...
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Wheaton Drama puts on final weekend of 'Peter and the Starcatcher'Jun 05, 2022 11:00 pm - Wheaton Drama is wrapping up its production of "Peter and the Starcatcher" this weekend. It provides a humorous and fantastical back story for the beloved character of ...