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The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County voted to remove the Graue Mill dam.

Referendum draft proposes bringing Forest Preserve District back under DuPage County Board control

April 18, 2024 at 3:22 p.m.

In 2002, the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County was granted self-autonomy in an attempt to free the board of conflicting interests that come with serving the wider county government....

A groundbreaking event was held Monday, April 8, for the DuPage County Crisis Recovery Center, which will look similar to this rendering when construction of the Wheaton building is complete. (DuPage County Health Department)

Groundbreaking on crisis recovery center marks next step in DuPage County’s goal of providing mental health help

April 9, 2024 at 3:17 p.m.

DuPage County broke ground Monday on a 33,000-square-foot Crisis Recovery Center, which will provide immediate treatment for people experiencing serious mental health or drug addiction situations.

The house at First and Elm Streets in Hinsdale, which the village had designated a historic landmark, being demolished March 4, 2020.

Hinsdale approves amendments aimed at protecting historic buildings across the village

April 5, 2024 at 4:51 p.m.

Last year, the Village of Hinsdale marked its sesquicentennial birthday, bringing additional attention to an already historically conscious Chicago suburb looking to preserve a facade of its past. Tuesday night...

DuPage County approves five-year strategic plan emphasizing economy and community

April 1, 2024 at 11:08 p.m.

Over the 12 months, members of the DuPage County Board met to plot out a strategic plan meant to guide legislation to the end of the decade. The Strategic Planning...

Nineteen of the twenty American teachers selected as 2023-2024 Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching Research Recipients

Two suburban Chicago educators look to translate their time researching abroad to their classrooms at home

March 26, 2024 at 10:06 a.m.

Back in January, Dawn Oler, a Family & Consumer Science teacher at Hinsdale Central and Laura Stamp, a science teacher at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School in Oak Park, crossed continents...

Waubonsie Valley's Tyreek Coleman drives past Hinsdale South's Brendan Savage during a Jack Tosh Holiday Classic game at York High School in Elmhurst on Dec. 26, 2022.

Hinsdale South Basketball coach fired two months after contentious reinstatement

March 25, 2024 at 9:54 p.m.

Michael Belcaster, head coach of Hinsdale South High School’s boys varsity basketball team, was quietly let go at the end of the season. The news broke Wednesday morning after the...

DuPage County allocates another $2.1M for food and infrastructure aid to local pantries

March 19, 2024 at 1:42 p.m.

For the second time in two months, the DuPage County Board unanimously approved monetary aid to local food pantries, allocating nearly $2.1 million toward direct relief and infrastructure assistance. In...

Sign outside Hinsdale South High School in Darien. (Kimberly Fornek)

Hinsdale South principal refutes claims of ‘steering’ and district proposes new AP courses at school board meeting

March 12, 2024 at 5:31 p.m.

As Hinsdale Township High School District 86 looks towards the 2024-25 school year, the administration took a look at the 33 courses offered between Hinsdale South and Central that failed...

A section of the DuPage River Trail. File photo.

DuPage County adopts plan solidifying ownership and operation of nearly 60 miles of its trail network

March 6, 2024 at 12:38 p.m.

DuPage County’s Board has officially adopted a plan outlining how more than 59 of its 105 mile trail system should be operated and maintained in the future, as well as...

A First Student bus waits outside Hinsdale South High School in Darien. File photo.

Hinsdale D86 board postpones streamlining registration fees for incoming students

February 27, 2024 at 3:32 p.m.

The Hinsdale Township High School District 86 Board of Education decided to push back their decision to approve a single “comprehensive” registration fee for students during their regular action meeting,...

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