Joanne Von Alroth

Residents will pay more for garbage, recycling and yard-waste pickup starting in April. Under Elmhurst's five-year contract with BFI Waste Systems, rates can be adjusted based on area landfill rates...

A 36-year-old Hanover Park man, who police believe robbed several stores and restaurants in Cook and DuPage Counties, has been indicted in the robbery of a popular Downers Grove buffet...

Hundreds of residents who have decried plans to replace a local grocery with a townhouse and condominium development will get their chance to address officials next week, city officials said....

Firetrucks in the village will become the first in DuPage County to carry survival equipment for heart attack victims, according to Downers Grove officials. Under a proposal by Downers Grove...

Drivers frustrated by the onset of construction season will have one more reason to moan and groan. Beginning in the middle of this month, Highland Avenue between Butterfield Road and...

Officials plan to tighten Downers Grove's liquor control laws to keep gasoline stations from selling alcohol. No gasoline station holds a liquor license, but officials discovered a loophole in the...

Elmhurst City Council members have agreed to use hotel-motel tax funds to give the local symphony and art museum a financial boost. The Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra and the Elmhurst Art...

The city's decision to move its public works garage means the Park District also will have to find a new maintenance garage. Since 1979, the city has provided the district...

Seven years ago, the Cape Cod Massachusetts Women's Agenda got angry. The flashpoint for their ire was a little-known statistic compiled by the Maryland Men's Anti-Rape Resource Center that showed...

City officials are considering spending $20,000 during the next year to help seniors maintain their homes. Members of the City Council's Public Affairs and Safety Committee have approved a $20,000...