The Elmhurst Police Department recently reported the following arrests and citations. Persons charged with domestic battery are not named in order to protect the privacy of victims. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that subjects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court […]
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County, C.O.D. launch Anti-Racism Initiative
In partnership with DuPage County, the College of DuPage launched a new initiative to unite the community against racism and provide a platform for meaningful conversations to help audiences reflect, share and act. Together, the College and DuPage County will participate in activities to examine the ways that racism exists […]
County Clerk completes four recounts for 2020 election; Kaczmarek confident of results
DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek’s office recently completed four discovery recounts for the Nov. 3, 2020 General Election and found nothing that would suggest a change in the outcome certified at the conclusion of the election. Petitions for four discovery recounts were requested by candidates Jim Oberweis for U.S. 14th […]
DuPage County Health Department reports 976 COVID-19 related deaths since March, 2020; Latest update reports 164 COVID-19 related deaths in December, following 165 in November
The DuPage County Health Department’s daily COVID-19 update of Jan. 3 reported there have been 60,630 total cases of the coronavirus, including 976 deaths, in DuPage County residents since March. At press time, the DuPage Department of Health report-ed the following number of COVID-19 cases in our readership communities as […]
Mayor to deliver “State Of Our City” address via youTube Live on Jan. 14
Two-term Elmhurst Mayor Steve Morley will deliver his eighth and final “State of Our City” Mayoral Address from event co-sponsor Community Bank of Elmhurst’s second-floor Hammersmith Community Room on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 8 a.m. via the City’s YouTube page at youtube.com/elmhursttv. The Elmhurst Chamber of […]
Unemployment benefits fraud rampant across the state; Elmhurst residents victims as well
By Dee Longfellow FOR THE ELMHURST INDEPENDENT Readers may have noticed there have recently been a rash of incidents known by police as, “Unemployment benefits identity theft.” Record numbers of Illinoisans have filed for unemployment since the COVID-19 pandemic started in March. On the flip side, however, hundreds of thousands […]
Edward F. Lubbering, 94
Edward F. Lubbering, a longtime resident of Elmhurst, passed away peacefully at home on December 27, 2020, at the age of 94. He was the owner of Lubbering Masonry in Elmhurst and was a lover of golf and airplanes, especially WWII planes. Beloved husband of the late Nancy Lubbering, nee […]
Winifred Julia Micks, 96
Winifred Julia Micks, nee Whalen, age 96, was born in Towanda, Kansas, to Vona K., nee Vaughan and William Patrick Whalen. Winifred was raised on a farm west of Anamosa, Iowa; attended Chillicothe Business College in Missouri from 1942-1943; worked for Montgomery Ward in Chicago and the Electro-Motive Division of […]
Top Crime News
Detectives respond to Downers Grove; arrest nets 3 handguns On Dec. 28, David T. Gibson, 27, of Downers Grove, was charged with aggravated battery to a police officer, filing a false police report and three counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon in the 100 block of […]
