Eric Peterson
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Fire station upgrades foreseen in Schaumburg’s $453 million, 5-year capital planDec 19, 2025 2:10 pm - Upgrades to two fire stations are the likeliest building improvements to follow the complete replacement of Schaumburg’s village hall and police station in the village’s revised $453 million, five-year capital plan.
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Man charged in connection to recent Streamwood bomb threatDec 17, 2025 5:39 pm - A Hoffman Estates man was arrested and charged Tuesday in connection with an unfounded bomb threat at a Streamwood Walmart on Dec. 1.
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Schaumburg to celebrate village’s 70th anniversary throughout 2026Dec 17, 2025 11:35 am - Though the village of Schaumburg’s 70th birthday will be on March 7, celebrations of this milestone are planned throughout the entirety of 2026.
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Inspiration behind Ashley’s Law again seeking legal changes to retain access to medical marijuanaDec 13, 2025 11:00 am - The 19-year-old Schaumburg woman who inspired Illinois’ Ashley’s Law in 2018 to have access to her medical marijuana patches while in school is again seeking legal changes to allow them to be delivered across state lines.
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Health club, retail tenant proposed for former Dominick’s in Buffalo Grove’s Chase PlazaDec 12, 2025 5:10 pm - A developer is proposing dividing a former Dominick’s building in Buffalo Grove into two tenant spaces for both a health club and a general retail use.
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District 54’s longest-serving board member ever to step down in JanuaryDec 12, 2025 3:49 pm - Barbara Hengels, the longest-ever member of the Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 board of education, announced Thursday she would step down Jan. 7 after 28½ years.
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Bell Works in Hoffman Estates to see massive expansion and welcome first residents in 2026Dec 12, 2025 1:38 pm - Construction of 164 high-end townhouses and redevelopment of the commercial west side of Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates are expected to be done and ready for occupancy in late summer 2026.
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District 211 board censures member for sharing closed-session discussion of fired teachersDec 12, 2025 1:32 pm - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board of education members censured their colleague Pete Dombrowski Thursday for sharing information about closed-session discussion that led to the firings of two Hoffman Estates High School teachers last month.
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Schaumburg zoning board recommends new housing plan for Loeber Farm near Rolling MeadowsDec 11, 2025 10:41 am - Over the voiced concerns of neighbors in Rolling Meadows, Schaumburg’s zoning board Wednesday recommended approval of the latest proposal for the residential development of the 33-acre Loeber Farm property off of Meacham Road.
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‘Cyber Santa’ gifts kids at Saint Alexius Women & Children’s Hospital in Hoffman EstatesDec 10, 2025 4:59 pm - A “Cyber Santa” event Wednesday brightened the holidays for 16 kids finding themselves under the care of Ascension Saint Alexius Women and Children’s Hospital in Hoffman Estates this season.