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Elk Grove Township Youth Services Include Bringing Back Bicycle Safety Course

Elk Grove Township understands that many of today’s youth are not progressing through the transition between adolescence and adulthood in a safe and stable manner. “Too many of our young people are at-risk due to internet influences, inadequate community and family support, and financial instability,” the township said in a recent press release. Elk Grove Township is committed to addressing […]

Harper College’s High-Tech Health Care Training Center Helps Students Learn Teamwork

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Health care is a team sport. From nursing to imaging, techs to doctors, it’s important that everyone involved in patient care knows how to work together.  That’s why Harper College’s Simulation Hospital became the Center for Interprofessional Simulation and Innovation in 2022 — to help health careers students learn to work as partners on state-of-the-art simulation equipment that prepares them […]

Harper College Welcomes Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright To Campus

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It’s not every day that a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright comes to Harper College, but Beth Henley will be in the audience when the Harper Ensemble Theatre Company presents her award-winning play, “Crimes of the Heart”. Directed by Professor of Theatre Kevin Long, the production of Henley’s 1979 dark comedy runs from March 8-17 in the Drama Lab Theatre, Building L, […]

Understanding Northwest Suburban Judicial Subcircuit Races, What’s Contested


Congressional and state legislative races usually become the focus in primary election races, which is why for some voters, who’s running for local judgeships can become lost in the shuffle.  Appellate court districts are designated into five statewide districts, including the First Appellate District, which is Cook County, but judicial subcircuit districts are less well known.  Candidates running for judge […]

Rotary Club Of River Cities Opens Scholarship Applications

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The Rotary Club of River Cities recently announced the opening of applications for two $1,500 scholarships to award to graduating seniors who are residents of Des Plaines, Mount Prospect or Prospect Heights and pursuing post-secondary education.  The award will be extended for an additional year if the student is enrolled full-time and maintains a “B” average, therefore, the total award […]

Partner In Community: Boyle Earns Shining Star Award For Going Above, Beyond

Claudia Boyle, owner of Van Driel Medical Support Wear, received the Community Partner Shining Star Award from the village of Mount Prospect. The award recognizes a local business that has gone out of its way to be a good corporate citizen and member of the local business community. “I was most excited because my folks received the same award about […]

MP Community Band Presents ‘An Organic Spring’ March 17

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The Mount Prospect Park District presents the concert “An Organic Spring” by the Mount Prospect Community Band on Sunday, March 17 at 3:30 p.m.  The band is in its 48th year of performing for the public in the Northwest suburban area. It also has toured in England, France, and Italy, hosted by its musical exchange partners who then performed for […]

Mount Prospect To Spend $1.7M To Rehab Fire Station 11

Mount Prospect officials anticipate spending $1.73 million to remodel the former Elk Grove Township Rural Fire Protection District fire station that will become Mount Prospect Fire Station 11. Trustees were expected at last night’s (Tuesday) village board meeting to discuss the $1.73 million guaranteed maximum price (GMP) to remodel the facility at 1415 E. Algonquin Rd. The estimated date of […]

Confirm Appointment Of New Park Ridge Park District Exec Director John Shea, Jr.

Park Ridge Park District commissioners Monday appointed John Shea, Jr. the district’s new executive director to replace current director Gayle Mountcastle who is retiring. He is currently executive director of the DeKalb Park District. Park Ridge Park District officials would not disclose Shea’s age. Shea will be paid an annual salary of $165,000 as well as various benefits such as […]

Park Forest Man Who Allegedly Killed Self In Des Plaines Sunday Was 42 Years Old

A 42-year-old white male from Park Forest has been identified as the individual who shot and killed himself during a standoff with Des Plaines police Sunday morning. Police said the man had barricaded himself inside a car at Touhy Avenue and Lee Street at approximately 7:20 a.m. It prompted a large response from Des Plaines and Rosemont public safety officers. […]

Murphy Holds Senate Bill To Dissolve Elk Grove Fire District

Will Only Move To Legislatively End District If March 19 Referendum Fails

State Sen. Laura Murphy (D-28th), who filed a bill in the Illinois Senate to legislatively dissolve the Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District (EGRFPD), said Thursday that the bill is on hold pending the results of a referendum question on the March 19 ballot.  “Hopefully, by the morning of the 20th, the voters will have chosen to do the right […]

Mount Prospect Weighs Options On Bright Signs In Residential Areas

Mount Prospect trustees, as well as some community members, discussed possible solutions when it comes to bright, electronic signs in residential areas. The discussion came as the village board approved an ordinance Tuesday (March 5) that requires businesses to turn their signs off around 5 p.m. during the winter and 7 p.m. during the summer based on daylight, and only […]

Police Promotions Highlight Mount Prospect Village Board Meeting

March 5 was a time for police department recognition during the regular Mount Prospect Village Board meeting. Not only was Detective Alexa Kiess presented the Veterans of Foreign Wars Public Servant Recognition Award for her work in the veterans community, but three major promotions involving leadership roles within the department took place. Bart Tweedie was promoted to deputy chief, Christopher […]

23 Restaurants In Line To Open In Des Plaines

The recent announcement that the parent company of Outback Steakhouse has closed approximately 40 of its restaurants nationwide will have no effect on plans to open an Outback in Des Plaines this summer. Des Plaines Community Development Director Jeff Rogers said last Friday that construction is progressing on the new local Outback which is one of six restaurants that will […]

An ‘Unsung Hero’ Among Us: President Of Junior Women’s Club Earns Shining Star Award

Jill Johnson, president of the Mount Prospect Junior Women’s Club, received the Shining Stars Unsung Hero Award from the village of Mount Prospect. This award recognizes a person in the community with a rather thankless, but necessary, job who is good at what he/she does and the community couldn’t get along without that person. He/she goes beyond expectations in volunteer […]

Complaints Continue To Mount Over Pet Food Plant

While nearby residents and businesses continue to complain about odors and noise from a Mount Prospect-based pet food plant, attorneys for the village and business need more time to exchange documents before a resolution can come to fruition. During a brief status hearing Feb. 28 over Zoom, Riccardo DiMonte, attorney for Prestige Feed Products, told Judge Clare Quish that he […]

New Location Set For Annual Blanket Event

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An annual event honoring a late Mount Prospect child will continue tomorrow (Thursday), but at a different location. The ninth annual Lions Park Knots of Love, a blanket-making party inspired by and honoring late Lions Park student Lauren Graver while benefiting pediatric patients at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge, will return from 4 to 8 p.m. at Lions Park […]

Des Plaines Likely To Name Matt Matzl New Fire Chief

M   Matt Matzl, deputy fire chief for the city of Des Plaines, will most likely be named the new fire chief replacing Dan Anderson who plans to retire in May. Matzl is one of the department’s two deputy fire chiefs. The other is Sam Foster. Matzl has been employed with the Des Plaines department since 2001 and has risen […]

Eddy Sworn-In To Fill Dist. 59 Board Vacancy

Elk Grove Township Elementary School Dist. 59 Board of Education members welcomed a new board member, Nicole Eddy of Arlington Heights, on Monday, March 4 to replace Mardel Schumacher who stepped down in January after 35 years on the school board.  Eddy will serve out the remainder of Schumacher’s term which expires in April 2025.  School board member TR Johnson […]

Mount Prospect Police Charge Man After Vehicle Burglary Investigation

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Mount Prospect police this week announced vehicle and burglary charges against a Chicago man. Marco C. Smith, 23, of 4219 W. Adams, on Feb. 23 was charged with one count each of attempted possession of a motor vehicle, burglary, and criminal trespass to vehicle, police said. All charges stemmed from an incident on Nov. 6, 2023, at the 7-Eleven gas […]


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