Joanne Von Alroth

Accompanied by jeers from residents, trustees have decided to resurrect a previously dead proposal to build two auto dealerships at Ogden Avenue and Oakwood Drive. Trustees split 3-3 on whether...

Downers Grove and Darien will pay about $900,000 to build a water pressure adjusting station that will serve portions of both municipalities, officials said Monday. The pressure adjusting station will...

The village will hire a landscape architect to help a special committee study whether the village will need to expand its ballfields. Trustees agreed last week to retain Carl Goetz,...

A plan to hire a tourism director and restructure the village's Visitors Advisory Board could jump-start Downers Grove's tourism industry, a study contends. In a report drawn up this month...

Police said at least eight merchants in the area have reported counterfeit bills being passed at their establishments in the last six weeks. The bills, mostly for $20-and, in one...

Village officials say they are cautiously optimistic that a recent appellate court decision might allow Bartlett to prove that placing a balefill near the village is environmentally harmful. The First...

Restaurant patrons who bring their own bottle of wine to eateries with no liquor license should stay away from the village. In an effort to clarify the village's liquor code,...

Pedestrians along the north side of Ogden Avenue will have to continue battling traffic and weeds between Oakwood and Pasquinelli Drives until the village can come up with a safe,...

Village trustees have tabled a controversial plan to build a car dealership near a residential development until attorneys from both sides can agree on land improvements. Despite strong opposition from...

Despite cries of protest from some residents who said their safety is threatened, village trustees have approved an 11-year-old plan to close part of Spaulding Road and move it south....