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Downers Grove North High School senior Audrey Dwyer earned two regional awards for her original play "PTO No!" She received a Gold Key Award in the Regional Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and her work has been selected to be performed in the 10-Minute Play Festival at Eureka College in April. "The idea of 'PTO No!' originally began when creating a Mother's Day gift in seventh grade," Dwyer said. "The story is a silly spoof about the power struggles in a school's...
The Wind Ensemble from Downers Grove South High School will share the stage with the Indiana University Concert Band. The performance will take place on Wednesday, February 19 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at South High (1436 Norfolk Street, Downers Grove). This event is free and open to the public. The IU Concert Band, directed by Dr. Jason Nam, is on tour to perform at the College Band Directors' Association North Central Division Conference hosted by DePaul University. The...
The Village of Downers Grove will be an early voting site for the March 17, 2020, General Primary Election. Early voting begins Monday, March 2, 2020, through Saturday, March 14, 2020, in the Committee Room at Village Hall, 801 Burlington Avenue. The hours for early voting will be Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please contact the DuPage County Election Commission at (630)-407-5600 or Megan Miles, Village Clerk, at 493-8875...
Plainfield High School – Central Campus senior Gillian Camacho, Plainfield North High School senior Emily Woods and Plainfield East High School senior James Memishi are among about 15,000 National Merit Scholarship 2019-20 finalists nationwide. The trio is competing for 7,500 National Merit Scholarship awards, worth about $31 million. The awards will be announced this spring. This is the 65th year of the prestigious program, which honors academically talented high school senio...
DuPage County State's Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Downers Grove Chief of Police Shanon Gillette announced today that four males have been charged with Attempt Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking (Class I Felony) for allegedly attempting to steal a vehicle from the garage of a Downers Grove residence. Lamourice Shepherd, 21 (d.o.b. 912311998) and Dywane Hendricks,2l (d.o.b. ll7ll999), both of Chicago, appeared in Bond Court this afternoon where Judge Susan Alvarado set bond at...
Mark Your Calendars, 2020 Census Day is April 1 Did you know that the 2020 Census starts this spring? Census Day will be observed nationwide on April 1, 2020. Responding to the Census is a civic duty and affects the allocation of funding for a community’s public resources, future planning, and voice in government. For the first time, citizens can respond to the census online. Responding by mail will still be an option. To learn more, go to villageoflisle.org. Save the Date – Sustainable Saturday in Lisle is March 21, 202...
Fathers in the community and their daughters (ages three-11) are invited to attend South High's Daddy Daughter Dance on Saturday, March 14 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Large Gym (1436 Norfolk Street, Downers Grove, IL. 60516). Fathers and daughters will enjoy dancing to music by a professional DJ. During the event, South High students from a variety of leadership groups will paint nails, play games and dance the night away. Additionally, students from the South High photography...
The Education Foundation of Downers Grove District 58 is pleased to announce that child cyber crime expert Detective Rich Wistocki will return to District 58 to provide a parent education seminar, called "Cyber Safety for Children," on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. at Herrick Middle School. No RSVP is required to attend this meeting; just show up. This seminar will help parents with important issues such as: -Cyberbullying and protecting your family from cyberbullies -Understand...
In an effort to help build a better way to support local businesses that support Downers Grove North and Downers Grove South High Schools through donations, the District 99 Education Foundation has launched the use of KOHA. KOHA is a local mobile application program that is designed to help connect local businesses with school and nonprofits more frequently. "To date, we've primarily worked with the Downers Grove community and District 58 by starting off with the 13...
Lisa V. McMullan has been confirmed as the suspect in the fatal shooting at the Humidor of Lisle on Jan. 24. The Humidor of Lisle, 1600 Ogden Avenue, had officers dispatched to the scene at approximately 10:13 p.m. for a report of a shooting that was in the process of taking place. At 10:14 p.m., officers secured the scene and provided medical aid to the parties involved that were injured. Out of the people who were injured, three were transported to local hospitals, and one...
The DuPage Care Center is offering the community an opportunity to send Valentine wishes to Center residents. For a $2 donation, community members can send a large Valentine to a Care Center resident to spread cheer and best wishes. The Valentines will be 16-inch by 14-inch hearts with personal greetings written on them. The Care Center has previously offered balloons for purchase, but the change was made due to a worldwide shortage of helium. Last year, the public sent more...
Downers Grove Grade School District 58 is proud to announce that 27 students will advance from the regional to the state level of the PTA Reflections arts recognition and achievement program. Reflections is a national PTA arts recognition and achievement program for students. Through Reflections, District 58 students in preschool through eighth grade are invited to submit works of art in six areas: dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography...
On the morning of December 29, 2019, a Woodridge resident found a lost puppy at Forest Glen Parkway and Woodridge Drive. Madalyn Anderson, community service officer, immediately connected with the puppy and assisted. A Woodridge Police Department Facebook post seeking information about the puppy to help bring him home reached more than 450,000 people. Although the owner was never found, ultimately, the new adoptive family contacted the Woodridge Police Department to provide...
District 99 Fine Arts students earned nearly 100 Chicagoland Area Regional Scholastic Art Awards. Hosted by the Fine Arts Departments at Community High School District 99, 1,038 local student artists representing 135 arts educators submitted 2,188 works of art for adjudication. 638 total works were honored with recognitions. District 99 artists won 94 awards, including 30 Gold Key Awards, 32 Silver Key Awards, and 32 Honorable Mention Awards. District 99 will host the...
While the Morton Arboretum in Lisle has a focus on trees and educating the public about trees and their pivotal role in the ecosystem, there are events that happen on the 1,700-acres in between the trees that also bring the community in. Last weekend, patrons flooded the grounds on two chilly, snow covered days of demonstrations of husky sled-pulling and skijoring where the dogs pull a person on skis. Huskies were on hand to be adopted from Adopt-a-Husky, the presenters of...
The Downers Grove Area District 58 PTA Council welcomes families and community members to the Author Fest Book Signing on Friday, Feb. 21 from 6:15-8 p.m. at the Downers Grove Public Library. This year’s featured authors will arrive at 6:30 p.m. All those present before 8 p.m. may have their books signed. The event will feature four prominent children's authors – Bibi Belford, Jacob Grant, Natalie Rompella and Suzanne Slade. Bring a book to be signed and your camera to take a photo. The book signing will conclude the 202...
Every 92 seconds an American is sexually assaulted. On top of that, one out of every three women are survivors of sexual violence. Those staggering numbers are something Downers Grove South senior student Therese Malinowski wants to put to an end. Because one of Malinowski's friends were sexually assaulted in middle school, she created a sexual assault database in order for Illinois colleges and universities that is named Project Dandelion. "Since my friend was sexually assaul...
Flowing Forth United Methodist Church in Aurora will stage a fourth annual Mardi Gras-style jazz concert on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 25, to open Lent, 40 days leading to Easter. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Flowing Forth UMC meets at Aurora Christian School, 2255 Sullivan Rd. in Aurora. Please enter door 11. The church and school are not affiliated. Rev. Derek Rogers, Flowing Forth pastor, said the event includes a chili supper at 5:30 p.m. followed by a...
At 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the Downers Grove Recreation Center, the 'Mother Son Gym Jam' will be open for those who want to participate. The two-hour event will have many fun and entertaining activities for mothers and sons to enjoy. "We've been doing this event for many years as a long time partnership with the Downers Grove Junior Women's Club," said Director of Community Engagement and Marketing Dawn Hartman. "It's really is just a great time for moms to connect with their...
For those that love to sing, a rehearsal at Eagle Pointe Elementary School was on display for the Spectrum Youth Singers group. This young group of vocalists in Plainfield helps children in grades four through eight to find their voice, grow and have fun while singing choral music in front of audiences and at many different kinds of events. "We are a community children's and youth choir for boys and girls," said Director Oksana Rodak. "We offer quality music education and...
DuPage County Invites Residents to Route 83 Community Workshops Residents are invited to two community workshops to provide input and hear about key recommendations community planners will make regarding the DuPage County Route 83 Corridor Plan. The first meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Wood Dale Park District Cabin Nature Center, 111 S. Wood Dale Road. The second meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Villa Park Library, 305 Ardmore Ave. DuPage County is working to create a...
The Westmont Fire Department recently assembled 100 care packages for the 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry serving overseas in Afghanistan just outside of Kandahar. "Several of our Firefighters and Police Officers have family members who are soldiers and serving in this troop, so we wanted to give back and let them know we are thinking of them," said Westmont Fire Chief Steve Riley. "I am very proud of our department for coming together and making this project successful." The We...
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that the 1976 murder of sixteen-year-old Pamela Maurer has been solved. In his announcement, Berlin named then twenty-three-year-old now deceased Bruce Lindahl, who resided at 1023 Solfisburg, Aurora at the time, as the man responsible for Pam’s murder. Pam’s body was discovered at approximately 7:30 a.m., forty-four years ago today in the snow on the side of College Road in Lisle. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. On the night of January 12, 1976...
Recently, from Dec. 16 through Jan. 2, the Woodridge Police Department partnered with the Illinois Department of Transportation [IDOT] and law enforcement across the state of Illinois for the 2019 holiday “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. In those couple weeks, law enforcement officers showed more attentiveness and zero tolerance for impaired driving, seatbelt violations and other traffic violations. “The Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over is really in conjunction with th...
For the last 21 years consecutively, the Suenos-Latin Jazz Quartet has performed at the Downers Grove Public Library. Stylistic music encompassing Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Flamenco, Fusion and other music is what is performed, and they're led by Steve Hasimoto. Hashimoto, from the age of five, started playing music and said he never felt right if a day went by where he wasn't making different types of music. Originally a trumpet player, Hashimoto then moved on to be a guitar and...