Joanne Von Alroth

Village trustees have denied a Park District request for more than $300,000 in hotel/motel tax funds to build a new band shell in Fishel Park. Commissioners rejected the request in...

The village and the firefighters union will go to arbitration to settle their differences after 16 months of contract talks broke down last week, officials said. Although both village officials...

Village employees can earn cash for being safe on the job under a new program initiated by village officials. Trustees agreed to initiate a safety incentive program designed to avoid...

Village employees will have more freedom to engage in political activities under a new ordinance adopted by trustees this week. Based on a 1991 state statute easing restrictions on the...

The combination of a new 3 percent utility tax, cuts in almost every department and the possibility of more tax increases should help the village dig itself out of a...

Village Council members have agreed to spend $1.5 million this winter to purchase eight buses for the Grove Commuter Shuttle. The commissioners approved a loan of $200,000 from the village`s...

Grade school pupils will reap the benefits of a Drug Abuse Resistance Education program beginning in January, officials said this week. The program, commonly known as D.A.R.E., will be sponsored...

Senior citizens might be able to pay their water bills on a monthly basis rather than quarterly, village officials said last week. Because many seniors are on fixed incomes and...

The village will consider a pay-per-bag system of garbage collection to encourage recycling, officials have announced. Members of the Environmental Improvement Commission said they will study changing the current flat-rate...

Local traffic offenders will still be able to settle their cases in the village instead of having to trek to Wheaton, village officials said. Village Council members this week approved...