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Suburban Republican files bill to ban ethylene oxide emissions
Jul 30, 2019 5:19 PM - A suburban state senator filed legislation Tuesday that would ban emissions of a known cancer-causing gas in Illinois by 2022. It also, he hopes, would decrease the likelihood that a Willowbrook company would ever emit the chemical again. -
Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook to stay closed until at least September
Jul 25, 2019 2:28 PM - A court decision on whether a suburban medical supply sterilization company linked to increased cancer rates will be allowed to reopen will be delayed five weeks. A DuPage County judge ruled Wednesday that four area municipalities could be added as a party to a legal proceeding on the matter. The Sterigenics plant in suburban Willowbrook will remain closed until at least Sept. 6. -
Six families achieve the American dream with DuPage Habitat
Jul 26, 2019 10:06 AM - This July, DuPage Habitat for Humanity is looking back at the families who celebrated home dedications in the past fiscal year. -
Suburban Republicans object to Sterigenics settlement
Jul 18, 2019 7:17 PM - A group of suburban Republican lawmakers is calling on state and local officials to reverse course on a consent order that would allow a sterilization company linked to increased cancer rates to reopen its Willowbrook plant. -
Sterigenics poised to reopen plant once it adds emission equipment
Jul 17, 2019 6:53 PM - The operator of a closed Willowbrook plant where medical instruments were sterilized with a cancer-causing chemical has reached an agreement with the stat that will allow the plant to reopen. -
Furry friends to visit Sensory Garden Playground's Play Day July 20
Jul 16, 2019 11:05 AM - Sensory Garden Playground's Play Days are back for another summer filled with free play for all, and their July date will have a few furry guests.The free July Play Day will take place Saturday, July 20. -
National Kidney Foundation of Illinois to host 34th annual Gift of Life Gala Oct. 24
Jul 12, 2019 6:06 PM - The National Kidney Foundation of Illinois is planning its 34th annual "Gift of Life Gala" Oct. 24 at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson and his son Chicago police officer Daniel Johnson will receive the Gift of Life Award and philanthropists Joan and Paul Rubschlager will be honored with the Harold & Molly Schwartz Founders Award. -
Crash closes Route 83 near Willowbrook and Burr Ridge
Jul 12, 2019 3:20 PM - Route 83 in the unincorporated area near Willowbrook and Burr Ridge is closed to all traffic between Bluff Road and Archer Avenue while DuPage County sheriff's deputies handle a traffic crash with at least one injury. -
College of DuPage's Travel and Tourism Program prepares students for careers in a thriving industry
Jul 8, 2019 6:57 PM - During a time when online travel services have become increasingly popular, industry experts and educators believe that the human-interaction component of working with advisors has benefits that online companies simply cannot offer. -
College of DuPage COACH program graduates first cohort
Jul 5, 2019 6:35 PM - After Joan Mancini's daughter Julie completed the Vocational Skills courses at College of DuPage, she was unsure what Julie's next step would be. Longer-term college programs for developmentally disabled adults in DuPage County were expensive and Julie had exhausted all of her options at the Glen Ellyn college.
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