Downers Grove News Archives

Signs for college painters on area lawns aren't just for show. Customers post them after a job well done - and more and more are showing up around town.

No one has mastered the look of spelling bee despair better than 10-year-old Veronica Penny.

The DuPage County Board approved a pay schedule Tuesday night that will maintain the salaries of 12 of the board's 18 members at their current level for the next four years.

A Naperville motorcyclist and his passenger were injured Monday when they were side-swiped by a car along Route 56 just north of Galena Boulevard in Sugar Grove, according to reports.

An Oak Park man who was convicted in February of sexually abusing a teenage female family member is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in DuPage County Circuit Court.

In a pencil-sketched portrait of Marine Cpl. Joseph Stevenson III, he is wearing his favorite cowboy hat and his swim team T-shirt. It's the way his parents like to remember him.

Authorities on Friday were investigating the death of a Downers Grove man killed Friday when he was trapped underneath a Westmont garage that collapsed.

A man was killed when a garage collapsed on him Friday morning in west suburban Westmont.

At 10:57 a.m., the Westmont Fire and Police departments responded to a report of a man caught underneath a garage that collapsed behind 317 S. Lincoln St. When crews arrived, they found a man dead inside the collapsed garage, according to a release from Westmont police.

The man has been identified as Downers Grove resident Dino Turco, 46.

The DuPage County Coroner's office remained on the scene as of 1 p.m., according to a spokeswoman.

School's almost out, which means it's time to plan summertime family getaways, and there's a Downers Grove hotel special designed to help.

A motorist was airlifted to a hospital after his car slid under a tractor-trailer and was dragged about 200 feet Tuesday morning in southwest suburban Plainfield.

Rick Siegfried, of Downers Grove, helps Joena Meier, of Jacksonville, out of an AT-6, a World War II era training aircraft, Saturday afternoon during the Illinois Pilots Association Fly-in at Jacksonville ... via Journal-Courier.net

“Anytime something like this happens, disappointment is what you feel”

The son of DuPage County's top prosecutor and two other men have been arrested for allegedly possessing marijuana and a smoking pipe over the weekend in Naperville. via Wheaton Sun

“I understand when people roll their eyes and say they just don't have time.”

Brenda Bromfield of west suburban Woodridge has become such a skilled shopper, she can come up with a coupon or a bulk bargain buy on nearly everything. via Courier-News

“If it comes down to saving a tree or saving the home, (we'll save the home)”

"What happened was just this. The wind began to switch - the house to pitch, and suddenly the hinges started to unhitch." So maybe Downers Grove isn't the Land of Oz, but the historic Blodgett House pulled a ... via Downers Grove Sun

Motorists using manual and automatic lanes, which also accept I-PASS, slow as they approach a toll plaza on I-355 Thursday, Dec. via WLS

“We're really trying to discourage kids from doing stuff like this by making the consequence harsh”

A Downers Grove South High School student was arrested May 9 in connection with a threatening message left at the school, according to the Downers Grove Police Department. via Naperville Sun

Five suburban men were charged this week with soliciting sex through an ad St. Charles police posted at Craigslist.com. The undercover operation began April 24 after police said they received local complaints ... via Daily Herald

“I just felt strong enough about it that I felt it was my duty.”

Rita Keenan stood outside of the Illinois Tollway headquarters for nearly three hours last month holding a sign saying, "This is wrong." Keenan didn't owe the tollway any money. via Naperville Sun

“A variety of external market pressures, including volatile commodity prices, continue to affect the industry”

Food and household products manufacturer Sara Lee Corp. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit doubled as higher sales prices and the weaker dollar's effect on international sales helped offset volatile ... via San Jose Mercury News

“We need to education the public on what to put into the Internet in order to find us”

When GraceAnn Simoni started her interior redesign and home staging business in 2001, her Web site was the only calling card she had on the Internet. via Daily Herald

Comtex DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., May 03, 2008 ----Sara Lee Corp. announces the following Webcast: When: May 6, 2008 @ 10:00 AM Eastern Where: http://www.investorcalendar.com/ClientPage.asp?ID=128244 How: Live over ... via Fox News

“As a significant advertiser, United Online is the ideal partner to help FTD realize greater efficiencies in media spending and customer acquisition.”

The international retail floral and gift company FTD Group, Inc. said on Wednesday it will be bought by Internet service provider United Online, Inc. via Midwest Business