Here’s what’s happening at District 205 By Chris Fox For The Elmhurst Independent The Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205 Board held a regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at the District 205 Center, 162 S. York St. All seven board members attended the meeting. There were no public comments. […]
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Holiday concert at Willowbrook
CHRIS FOX PHOTO Last week’s holiday concert at Willowbrook High School featured a performance by the school’s CenterStage show choir. Several members of the show choir are pictured during their rendition of “Think,” written by Aretha Franklin and Ted White. The Dec. 5 concert also included Willowbrook’s rock band and […]
Let there be lights!
CHRIS FOX PHOTO Thousands of people gathered in Lombard’s Lilacia Park on Saturday, Dec. 7, for the annual holiday lighting celebration. Darkness filled the park before the lighting at 5:30 p.m. Lombard Village President Keith Giagnorio joined Lombard Park District Board President Sarah Richardt and Santa Claus to welcome visitors […]
Lombard/Villa Park obituaries—December 12
VIRGINIA DAICHENDT Virginia Daichendt (nee Oehlerking), age 91, of Lombard, passed away peacefully on December 5, 2019. Funeral Services were held Monday, December 9, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 410 Cross St., Wheaton. Interment was at Mount Emblem Cemetery in Elmhurst. Virginia was born in Mount Prospect, to Louis and […]
Holiday spirit
CHRIS FOX PHOTO Continuing its Thanksgiving tradition, Villa Park Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2801 welcomed recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes for the holiday. Approximately 35 recruits arrived at the post at about 9:20 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning. The Medinah Motor Corps—a parade unit of the Medinah Shrine […]
Jingle Bell Jubilee this Saturday, Dec. 7
DREW ALBRECHT PHOTO Make room on your schedule for Lombard’s community-wide holiday event, the 14th annual Jingle Bell Jubilee, which this Saturday, Dec. 7. Jingle Bell Jubilee features a plethora of holiday-related activities for the entire family in downtown Lombard, at Lilacia Park, at Lombard Bible Church (where the Glenbard […]
Lombard/Villa Park obituaries—December 5
DORIS N. BURMEISTER Doris N. Burmeister nee Strohm, passed away on Nov. 22, 2019 at the age of 91. She was born Aug. 29, 1928, in Fort Scott, Kansas. A 60-year resident of Villa Park, recently of Lexington Square of Lombard. Beloved wife of the late Harold I. for 66 […]
Survey results presented to Park Board; Voters not supportive of spending $105 million on six projects
By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent At the Nov. 25 meeting of the Elmhurst Park District Board of Park Commissioners, the Board heard results of a voter survey conducted by aQity Research & Insights regarding the District’s Vision 2020 large-scale projects. The survey was designed to gauge voter […]
Police Reports
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 […]
Kris K. Hammerle, 52
Kris K. Hammerle, of Elmhurst, passed away recently at the age of 52. Member, WSAD; loving mother of Jordan (Gary) Jessen, Dennis, Alexandra and Cody Sieber; proud grandmother of Shaun Hammerle and Mason Sieber; cherished daughter of Kay and Sally, nee Zuetel; dear sister of Timothy Hammerle. Funeral services were […]
