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Jean Kaczmarek A Carol Stream business owner is urging DuPage County Board members to pay their bills. Brenda Baird-Watterson, CEO of Truly Engaging, attended a county board meeting this week to say that her company had to wait months to receive roughly $200,000 for the printing and mailing services it provided during the recent spring…
Jacqueline Sanderson, an assistant entomologist with the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, checks for ticks after dragging a trail in Hoffman Estates. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com The sun is shining, birds are singing, and the ticks are back. Yes, suburbanites, it’s tick season. And this year may just be one of the “tickier” ones, experts suggest. Last…
Police from towns along the stretch of Route 59 from Will to Lake counties, including here in South Barrington, will be conducting stepped up enforcement of traffic laws Friday as part of a multijurisdictional initiative. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com If you can’t drive 55, you probably want to stay off 59 today. Police departments across the…
Pre-trial release was denied a Chicago woman accused of leading police on a chase from Bloomingdale to Lombard after an alleged retail theft Friday by her passenger. The chase also caused a three-way crash that sent one person to the hospital. Saturday in Wheaton, Judge Michael Burton granted state’s motion to detain Autumn Provine, 21,…
IDOT crews are digging into a major rehab of Route 53 between Lake-Cook Road and Route 62 in northwest Cook County. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com Nearly 129,000 cars and trucks drive on Route 53 near Kirchoff Road on average each day, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. That’s why a major redo of Route 53…
Nonprofit Full Circle Communities plans an affordable housing development along Taft Avenue in Glen Ellyn. The village is responsible for the demolition of the property to help make way for the project. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com A nonprofit affordable housing developer will add nearly four dozen units to the suburban supply with a new Glen Ellyn apartment…
Attorney Cierra Norris, who has nearly 500,000 followers on TikTok, took to the social media app this week to address her jailing by a DuPage County judge for missing a court date. TikTok screenshot A TikTok-famous attorney thrown in the DuPage County jail last week for missing the start of a trial is addressing her…
The name of the late U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde has been removed from the DuPage County courthouse in Wheaton. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com The courthouse in DuPage County no longer bears the name of one of the better-known politicians from the county. DuPage has removed the name of the late U.S. Rep. Henry J. Hyde from…
McGuireWoods Consulting will continue to be DuPage County’s federal lobbyist. Daily Herald file photo DuPage County Board members have agreed to pay a lobbying firm up to $96,000 to represent county interests before Congress and federal executive branch agencies for another year. The county will retain McGuireWoods Consulting for $8,000 a month. The firm has…
