Articles filed under Willowbrook
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Dining events: Donate bottled water to get a free sub at Firehouse Subs
Aug 3, 2021 6:00 AM - To help those in need, Firehouse Subs is holding its H2O For Heroes drive Saturday when a donation of bottled water equals a free sub. Plus, WhirlyBall serves new custom beer flights and three of Scorched Earth Brewing Co.'s brews recently won accolades. -
Naperville Special Olympics Illinois athlete to be honored at Chicago Ducky Derby Aug. 5
Jul 15, 2021 3:43 PM - On Thursday, Aug. 5, 65,000 rubber ducks will splash into the Chicago River off the Columbus Bridge for the 2021 Chicago Ducky Derby to benefit Special Olympics. -
AARP analysis finds 10% of Black older adults in Illinois lack health insuranceJun 23, 2021 4:27 PM - A new analysis from AARP's Public Policy Institute finds that nearly half of older adults in the U.S. purchasing health insurance through the nongroup health insurance market faced unaffordable health coverage in 2019, compared to only 30% of younger adults. As a result, many older adults remained uninsured, including 7.5% of all 50-64 year old Illinoisans.
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Versiti Blood Center of Illinois issues emergency appeal for blood donations; blood types O-negative, O-positive most needed
Jun 14, 2021 4:43 PM - Versiti Blood Center of Illinois is issuing an emergency appeal for blood donations as communities across the state face a potential crisis with blood supplies dropping to critically low levels. All blood types are needed with type O-negative and O-positive blood most in demand. -
Constable: Bored dad takes up figure skating and wins honors
Jun 5, 2021 4:40 PM - Bored and cold sitting in the ice rink to wait for his young daughter to finish her skating lessons, Brian Skeen made an unexpected decision to take lessons, too. Now the 50-year-old Downers Grove dad is an award-winning figure skater, about to skate in a national competition.
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Man gets 19 years for Willowbrook attack
May 3, 2021 6:07 PM - A Chicago man was sentenced Friday to 19 years in prison for beating his former girlfriend -- the mother of their two children -- in a Willowbrook hotel. -
Lake in the Hills' first female police chief takes helm in July
Apr 17, 2021 6:19 PM - Mary Frake didn't set out to make history. But soon she will join the ranks of a handful of women leading suburban police departments.
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Trump appointee obstructed investigation of Sterigenics, new EPA report says
Apr 16, 2021 11:42 PM - A senior political appointee in the Trump administration stifled attempts by Chicago-based environmental regulators to investigate and remedy cancer-causing ethylene oxide releases in the Chicago area, a new government report says.
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Willowbrook man charged with injuring three officers in courtroom
Mar 27, 2021 8:19 PM - A Willowbrook man has been charged with injuring three DuPage County sheriff's deputies after a hearing on a domestic violence case against him Friday morning in a Wheaton courtroom. -
'Adopt' a Willowbrook Wildlife Center animal
Feb 26, 2021 1:20 PM - The Friends of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is sponsoring the Adopt an Animal program on behalf of Willowbrook Wildlife Center.
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