Joanne Von Alroth

An investment group hopes to build a $17 million townhouse/condominium development on the site of a downtown Elmhurst grocery, officials said this week. The development, proposed by west suburban investors...

Residents are happier with the way Elmhurst operates than they were two years ago, a new survey shows. Conducted by the city every two years, the survey yields results that...

Members of the City Council's Public Works and Buildings Committee will recommend an Oak Brook architectural firm to design the new public works garage, officials said late Wednesday. After reviewing...

The city will look into acquiring a former Commonwealth Edison garage to augment its planned public works center, officials said Monday night. The 25,000-square-foot garage, which sits on 3.5 acres...

In-line skaters are no longer welcome in the Elmhurst's commercial districts, officials said. City Council members this week voted unanimously to prohibit in-line skaters from the central business district and...

Police Thursday were seeking a man who robbed a gas station and injured a clerk this week. The 25-year-old clerk told police that the man walked into Jean's Mobil, 234...

They are not anywhere near California's Silicon Valley. They do not live in the shadow of Bill Gates' Microsoft empire in Washington state. But students at Elmhurst College are as...

In 1836, Conrad Fischer owned a 1,000-acre farm near what is now Illinois Highway 83. Elmhurst City Council members this week unanimously agreed to recognize Fischer, one of the area's...

A special tax on a town-home development in north Elmhurst would help residents spruce up their neighborhood, town-home owners told the Elmhurst City Council Monday night. Residents of the Virginia...

Residents tired of speeders zooming through their neighborhood said this week they would like to pay a police officer overtime to enforce the speed limits on their street. Leonard Atkins,...