In Their Own Words: 8 Inspiring Reasons Our Neighbors Give Back
For the past two months, we've been bringing you stories of hope and heart from across the Chicago area through a partnership with Gra
View ArticleIt Will Be Golden At Happy Dog Barkery, Downtown Downers Grove
It will be "Golden" around Happy Dog Barkery in Downtown Downers Grove Friday evening (June 13th). The rescue group As Good As Gold will be gracing our storefront from 6 to 8 p.m. Volunteers would love...
View ArticleJob Central: Flexco, US Bank, DuPage Medical Group, Jo-Ann Fabric
Need a job? Patch is here to help.We’ve rounded up a list of local job ads to aid you in your search. If you’re the one doing the hiring write about the position in the comments below. Listings were...
View ArticlePost Your Garage Sale for Free on Patch
It's time to clear out the junk you decided to get rid of while spring cleaning—and make some dough in the process.Post your garage sale for free on Patch by entering it in the form above. Later this...
View ArticleDowners Grove Man Brings 'Calvin and Hobbes' to Life in Short Film
A Downers Grove man has taken his love of "Calvin and Hobbes" to the big screen.Taylor Jacobs, an aspiring film and television producer, recently completed "Reaching Autumn," a live-action short film...
View ArticleDon't Kill the Body Fat Messenger
In this video I revisit the idea that things like body fat, pain and even illness can be indicators of emotional stresses we have not dealt with. Our emotional indicators serve us well. Much like pai
View ArticleThrow Your Back into It!
Not many people like doing housework. For most, it’s a real pain in the aaah … what’s the word? Sacroiliac. But it’s not just the disruption it causes to your longed-for life of leisure; it really can...
View ArticleAdd the Punchline to Our Zombie Cartoon
Are you blessed with insight and good humor? Or just bored today? Share your wit with your neighbors by entering Patch's comic caption challenge. Just add your dialogue for today's comic in the comment...
View ArticleDowners Grove South Teacher Earns State Award
Downers Grove South teacher Patrick Fardy will be honored this week with an Exemplary Teacher Recognition Award from the Illinois State Board of Education.Fardy, a career and technical education...
View ArticleRadogno, Sandack, Durkin to Host 2013 Children’s Safety Expo
Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) is teaming up with State Representatives Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) and Ron Sandack (R-Downers Grove) this month to host a free Children’s Safety...
View ArticleFive New Coaches Named for Hinsdale South Athletics
Hinsdale South athletics has named five new varsity head coaches so far for the 2013-2013 school year, the Doings Burr Ridge repor
View ArticlePlainfield Woman Drives Car into Wooded Grove
Originally posted October 11, 2011 at 09:36 amUpdated June 11, 2013A Plainfield woman faced multiple charges after she drove her car into a wooded area near the intersection of Lemont Road and Timber...
View ArticleDarien Mom Describes Police Activity Near Death Investigation
Ellen Marquez wondered why her son was so frantic.He called her and demanded to know where she was. Was she home? No? Then stay away, he said.Marquez's son and his cousin had just come back to the Tara...
View ArticleAutopsies Being Conducted on Darien Bodies; More Info Confirmed
The DuPage County Coroner is conducting autopsies today on the four bodies discovered in an unincorporated Darien/Downers Grov
View Article4 Dead Near Darien in Apparent Murder-Suicide: Police
This story has been updated with the identities of the deceased.--A man shot three
View ArticleSevere Storms Are Headed This Way; Tornadoes, Damaging Winds Possible
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for the DuPage County area. The
View ArticleStantis cartoons the Madigan/Daley/Quinn race
DYNASTY DENIAL A Madigan who's not that Madigan, a Daley who's not that Daley and a Quinn who's... To Chicago Tribune cartoonist Scott Stantis, the race for the Democratic nomination for governor looks...
View ArticleScorecard for the 2014 race for governor
JUNE 12LISA SPEAKSBill Daley made headlines Tuesday by announcing formation of his exploratory committee, but it's generally accepted that he won't stay in the rac
View Article10,000 pounds of household hazardous waste collected
Illinois residents filled their vehicles with 10,000 pounds of aerosols, flammable liquids, antifreeze, paint and other household hazardous waste and brought the products to a special collection held...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police Confirm Murder-Suicide Deaths, Family Names
5:30 p.m. UPDATE: Authorities confirmed this Wednesday afternoon that the four bodies discovered in an unincorporated Downers
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