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Downers Grove North music teacher gets national recognition

May 11, 2019 at 5:27 a.m.

Downers Grove North High School music teacher Brayer Teague was recently recognized for being one of 10 finalists for the 2016 Music Educator Award. Officials from the Grammy Foundation and...

Baby pygmy hippopotamus Lani eats a salad on May 17, 2014, at the Basel Zoo in Switzerland.

2 Brookfield Zoo newborns to be part of gray wolf recovery project

June 10, 2018 at 3:55 p.m.

Brookfield Zoo on Tuesday announced the recent births of five Mexican gray wolves, two of which have been flown to Arizona to become part of a recovery program of the...

Blues musician Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater plays in Westmont on April 27.

Blues Hall of Fame inductee Eddy Clearwater recalls his days in Westmont

May 11, 2019 at 5:27 a.m.

Blues legend Muddy Waters' connection with Westmont is well known to village residents and others. Not only did he live there, but there is a permanent exhibit honoring him in...

After a Metra train fatally hit a person, a police officer covers the body on the tracks near the Metra station in Bartlett on May 2, 2016.

Investigation continues into deaths of 2 people struck by Metra trains

June 8, 2018 at 9:21 a.m.

Authorities Tuesday were continuing to investigate the deaths of two people who died after they were struck by Metra commuter trains in separate incidents on Monday morning. The first incident...

Investigators search the area along the train tracks after a person was hit by a Metra train in Downers Grove on April 13, 2016.

Pedestrian struck by Metra train; halted BNSF Line moving again

May 11, 2019 at 5:27 a.m.

Trains on Metra's BNSF Line are moving again after an inbound express train struck a pedestrian near Downers Grove's Main Street station Wednesday morning, a spokesman for the rail agency...

Jeff Grant Downers Grove North teacher received the Golden Apple award in a surprise event in front of his A.P. biology class in Downers Grove, Ill. Monday, April 11, 2016. (James C. Svehla/For the baiduhai)

Downers Grove North H.S. teacher wins Golden Apple award

May 11, 2019 at 5:27 a.m.

A Downers Grove North High School teacher who is known for "pushing his students beyond the classroom and textbook to learn about science," was awarded the 2016 Golden Apple Award...

Darien Council OKs budget with tax hikes

May 22, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

Darien aldermen approved their final 2016-17 city budget April 4, a few weeks after voting to establish a gasoline and separate food and beverage tax to make up for a...

Downers Grove studies how best to attract new business

May 11, 2019 at 5:27 a.m.

Retailers want to locate in Downers Grove, but appropriate, easy-to-develop sites are not available, according to a report by AECOM, a group hired by the village to analyze various retail...

Darien OKs new taxes on gas, food and beverages

May 22, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

Darien aldermen voted March 21 to implement a new local gasoline tax and separate food and beverage tax to help fund capital projects. The ordinance implements the city's first gas...

Expansion and renovation at national shrine in Darien

May 22, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

The National Shrine of St. Therese will undergo a large expansion and renovation this spring at the 40-acre Carmelite campus in Darien. The shrine at Interstate 55 and Cass Avenue...

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