Recent heavy rains caused flooding in areas of DuPage County and the Health Department is cautioning residents to try to avoid flood water because it may be contaminated. Executive Director Karen Ayala says, “It’s important to protect yourself and your family because floodwater may look harmless, but could be a […]

Elmhurst residents should brace for loud noise from release at Kent and Hawthorn Streets. Nicor Gas is in the process of modernizing the system that delivers natural gas safely and reliably to its customers. The project requires the replacement of a 20″ natural gas main on Madison Street between Hawthorne Avenue […]

Elmhurst Hospital is beginning a renovation and expansion project that will increase the size of its Emergency Department (ED) from 31 to 39 rooms. The new rooms will be built in what is currently the Centralized Admissions Area, a unit adjacent to the ED. Construction will start in August and […]

‘We’re 40 years behind everyone else,’ executive says By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent On Monday, July 10, Kay McKeen, executive director of SCARCE, or School & Community Assistance for Recycling & Composting Education, a program funded by DuPage County, gave a presentation to the Public Works & Buildings […]

Through its “Subaru Loves to Care” initiative, Grand Subaru, 125 W. Grand Ave., Bensenville, recently donated 80 blankets, 10 craft kits and numerous care cards to Elmhurst Hospital’s Nancy W. Knowles Cancer Center. This is the second year of the program, in which Subaru is partnered with the Leukemia & […]

Guaranteed admission, dual enrollment agreements to ease transitions for transfer students To help smooth the path for students interested in transferring from Triton College to Elmhurst College, the president from each institution recently signed agreements that will guarantee admission to Elmhurst for qualifying Triton community college students; and that will […]

When Bellwood resident Doris Courts, 78, was diagnosed with prediabetes several years ago, she was determined to do all she could to avoid full-blown diabetes. She had seen too many of her family members and acquaintances with the disease suffer serious complications. As a result of this, Doris decided to […]

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK A new Illinois law means traditional landline phones will eventually be a thing of the past. However, AT&T says it will not happen in the near future. Illinois’ new telecom law allows AT&T to stop supporting infrastructure for old landline phones. Those are the lines that don’t […]

By Jane Charmelo Kate Drury likely didn’t think she’d wake up one day and find that her then-8-year-old son Charlie had seemingly become a different person; nor would she have known it was the beginning of a long journey that would end up in Springfield with a law partially named […]

Local resident incorporates her true passions into supporting persons with disabilities Beyond Barriers, an all-inclusive dance/movement class for children or adults with disabilities, is the brainchild of Elmhurst resident Jen Dolson. “I’ve always wanted to incorporate my passion for dance and love of teaching special education,” she told the Independent […]