As of 11 a.m. on Monday, July 20, there were 10,308 total cases among DuPage County residents, including 495 deaths. Since Sunday, there were 123 new cases and one death of a male in his 70s with COVID-19 reported. Number of cases by town At press time, the DuPage Department […]
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DiCianni criticized for robocall before County Board meeting; Steps down as chair of Health and Human Services Committee
By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent With a DuPage County Board meeting looming in his future on Tuesday, July 14, County Board member Pete DiCianni (District 2), already under fire for comments he made and behavior exhibited at a “Back the Blue” rally in Elmhurst two weeks ago, decided […]
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Villa Park Historical Museum opens for the season
CHRIS FOX PHOTO The Villa Park Historical Museum opened for the 2020 season on July 7. The museum usually opens for the year in early April, but this year’s opening was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum is located at 220 S. Villa Ave., just south of the […]
Proud parents
JANE CHARMELO PHOTO Anthony Collins, 18, (second from left) and Alyssa York, 19, (center) each received a $1,500 scholarship from the Lombard Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association, in a ceremony held Tuesday, July 7, at the Lombard Village Hall. According to Scholarship Committee Chair Jeannie Logan, recipients are children of […]
Lombard/Villa Park obituaries—July 16
DIANE RITA ANDERSON Diane Rita Anderson, nee Schweihs, age 70, of Macks Creek, Missouri, passed away on Friday July 3, 2020 at her home. She was born July 18, 1949, in Chicago. Wife of the late Bruce Anderson. Loving daughter of the late Jerome and Dolores Schweihs. Dear sister of […]
Former probation officer sentenced to 30 months for violating probation
On Wednesday, July 8, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced that a former DuPage County Probation Officer had been sentenced to 30 months in the Illinois Department of Corrections for having inappropriate sexual contact with a female probationer after it was discovered he violated his probation by falsifying documents […]
Top Crime News
Victim alleges three masked men attacked him from behind Assault was reported on July 3, when a victim in the 100 block of W. Church told police at around 4:38 p.m. that while walking with a friend, three unknown masked men attacked him from behind. The victim has no information […]
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 […]
Richard A. Koester, 74
Richard A. Koester, of Lombard, formerly of Elmhurst, passed away July 9, 2020 at the age of 74. He was a member of Medinah Shriners, Lombard Masonic Lodge 1098 and the Midwest Street Rod Club. Beloved husband of 54 years to Bonnie (nee Handing); beloved father of Candi (Kyle) Loomis […]