Here’s what’s going on at District 205 schools… By Chris Fox For The Elmhurst Independent The Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205 Board held a meeting on Nov. 14 at the District 205 Center, 162 S. York St. All seven commissioners attended the meeting, which lasted about 4 hours, 30 […]

At the Monday, Nov. 13 meeting of the Elmhurst Park Board, members of the Elmhurst Garden Club presented a check to the District for $3,000 raised during the recent Garden Walk and Faire. Pictured are (from left) Kevin Graf, Carolyn Ubriaco, Tim Sheehan, Vince Spaeth, Elmhurst Garden Club President Donna […]

CAC attorney claims there could be a lawsuit against City By Dan McLeister For The Elmhurst Independent At a meeting of the Zoning and Planning Commission (ZPC) this month, Fremont residents still objected to a revised plan to add space proposed by Elmhurst Extended Care (EEC), a nursing home facility. […]

Elmhurst Police closed down a portion of Butterfield Road in Elmhurst on Wednesday afternoon to conduct an accident investigation.  A road worker was struck by a vehicle and had to be transported to Elmhurst Hospital.  Butterfield Road was being repaved at the location of  the accident. No further information was available.

Long-time Jaycee “Rooster,” Rotarian, served on founding Board of ECAF Duncan E. Skogsberg, of Oswego, passed away at the age of 68 on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Symphony at the Tillers in Oswego. He was born on March 4, 1949 in Chicago, the son of Arthur M. and Corinne […]

WANTED: Halloween Candy for CA$H Reward On Thursday, Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Elmhurst Dentistry for Kids will be collecting all unwanted wrapped candy and paying $1 per pound (up to 10 pounds) to donors. And where does all this candy end up? The office will work […]

State’s Attorney praises Elmhurst police for work on case By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent On the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 28, the Independent learned that an incident of apparent road rage took place, resulting in a man being shot in the face by another driver. Police were called […]

PAUL DELGUIDICE PHOTO Elmhurst Independent Going bananas at Boo-tiful Saturday Top Banana Bill Fergus went trick-or-treating at various downtown businesses with ‘Minion’ Mabel, age 2, ‘Sky’ Ashley, age 5, and the ‘Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man’ Dylan, age 8. It was all part of Elmhurst City Centre’s annual “Boo-tiful Saturday” Halloween celebration […]

Update: Persons of interest held in custody at Elmhurst Police headquarters for Saturday shooting Elmhurst police continue their investigation of a shooting which occurred on October 28, 2017 at 2:13 p.m.  The incident was initially reported to police as a possible car crash in the area of York & Diversey […]

Recent storms equate to 50- to 100-year event The City of Elmhurst experienced a significant rain event on Saturday, Oct. 14. Precipitation totals indicate parts of Elmhurst received more than seven inches of rain in a 24-hour period, which equates to between a 50- and 100-year rain event. All stormwater […]