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Elmhurst election results

DuPage County Board election results as of Nov. 7, 2024 County Board Member District 1: Cindy Cronin Cahill received 55.71% of the vote over Maria Sinkule’s 44.29% County Board Member District 2: Andrew Honig received 52.70% of the vote and Laura Hois received 47.30% 45th State Representative race: Marti Deuter […]

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Elmhurst Park District referendum passes

In local elections, the Elmhurst Park District referendum passed with 14, 764 yes votes to 11,002 no votes as of Nov. 7. The vote approves replacing the Wagner Community Center; building a community bandshell at Wilder Park; adding permanent, heated restrooms at three parks and along the Prairie Path; and […]

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Friday, Nov. 8 Access Sports annual spaghetti dinner. From 5-8 p.m. being held at the Elmhurst Knights of Columbus, 537 S. York, this is Access Sports biggest fundraiser of the year, which brings the entire community (athletes and their families, sponsors, donors, youth volunteers, coaches, community leaders and our board) […]

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Elmhurst elementary, middle school students achieve record-high math and ELA proficiency scores; York High School sees a 15 percent drop in chronic absenteeism

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has released the latest State Report Cards, showcasing notable progress for District 205 students. Students in grades 3-8 have achieved the highest proficiency levels in Math and English Language Arts (ELA) since the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) was introduced in 2018. In […]

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Elmhurst 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 […]

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York football team lends support

   John Noldan (center, wearing cap), executive vice president of mortgage lending at Elmhurst’s Rate (formerly Guaranteed Rate), is joined by business development manager Andrew Winton (sitting on curb) and York High School varsity football teammates after a successful day of assembling more than 400 care packages for deployed military […]

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Elmhurst University confirms 2 students tested positive for tuberculosis

On Thursday, Oct. 31, Elmhurst University and President Troy VanAken confirmed that two students tested positive for tuberculosis. The two students were placed in isolation and are under medical supervision. The university assured students and staff in a campus-wide statement that it is working closely with the DuPage County Health […]

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Under my father’s fedora

By Dee Longfellow EDITOR More memories of days gone by … As I retire, it’s been fun to recall the most memorable times over the past 22 years, even if some were sad. I was walking down the hallway of my childhood home in 1967 when something stopped me dead […]