Joanne Von Alroth

Sexually oriented businesses will have to be careful about where they try to set up shop under a zoning ordinance approved this week. As a result of the law approved...

Village officials are considering the authorization of more liquor licenses in an effort to attract more businesses. After reviewing recommendations made by the Downers Grove Chamber of Commerce and Industry's...

Village officials say they want to use zoning restrictions to increase the distance between residents and adult-oriented businesses. Under a proposed "adult-use" zoning ordinance, any sexually-oriented business would have to...

A new ordinance requiring a locking device on cigarette vending machines should help cut down the ability of young smokers to buy tobacco products, officials said last week. The device...

The village will spend more than $500,000 on major water main and sewer improvements this fall, officials said this week. Village Council members on Monday unanimously approved a bid by...

A recent survey has shown that residents overwhelmingly think Downers Grove is the place to be-and it appears some Swedish academics are inclined to agree. After tallying the results of...

Motorists accustomed to driving down the village's Main Street will have to find an alternate route if they want to cross the Burlington Northern railroad tracks. The village on Friday...

Village officials say they have saved so much money on a new telephone system that will be installed at Village Hall that it will take several years to use up...

The acceptance of massage as therapy has persuaded village officials to stop categorizing massage establishments as "adult-use" venues and to start regulating massage practitioners by licenses and permits. Commissioners on...

A tanker truck carrying chlorine bleach is hit by another truck, spilling the acrid liquid cargo on the street. A local manufacturer loses power, causing a chemical leak at its...