Downers Grove

Eugene Polley dies at 96; inventor of wireless TV remote control

2012-05-23 00:00:00

Eugene Polley, inventor of the first wireless channel changer, a precursor to the remote control that surfers use to navigate the 500-plus channels offered by modern television, has died. He was 96. Polley died of natural causes Sunday at a hospital in...

Most travelers going ahead with plans despite alert issued after Osama bin Laden's death

2011-05-03 00:00:00

TRAVEL LOG

2004-10-03 00:00:00

Amtrak's tour firm closes Amtrak last week promised to make good on about 3,500 pending vacation packages after ending its agreement with its tour operator. Private Label Travel of Downers Grove, Ill., which organized more than 30,000 tours per year for...

Like a Boss: Employees call the shots in FOX series “Does Someone Have to Go?”

2013-05-21 16:32:19

Top vote-getters sworn in despite legal glitch

2013-05-21 13:10:00

Mary Ellen Young, Danielle Dittus and Paula Bowling took oaths of office for the DuPage County Regional Board of School Trustees Monday, but that doesn't mean all of them will be allowed to serve. Though the three received the most votes, the Illinois...

Spring Sports teams perform well

2013-05-20 12:59:22

From mid-May through early June, state spring sports are winding down in Illinois and every day brings that win-or-go-home excitement. Here is a wrapup on how some of the area teams have fared in recent weeks. BOYS TRACK Sandburg and Lockport are...

SWEP expanding Tulsa heat exchanger manufacturing presence

2013-05-17 07:44:02

Only a small corner of SWEP's new 45,000-square-foot factory is being used. Most of that space is taken up by a 10-foot-tall furnace that workers fire up to heat copper and steel channel plates. The pressed parts are then stacked and turned into heat...

DuPage County regional school board election still undecided

2013-05-10 18:04:00

A DuPage County election remains undecided more than a month after voters went to the polls, and observers say the courts might provide the only resolution. Mary Ellen Young and Danielle Dittus received notice Wednesday that they won seats on the DuPage...

BRIEF: Post acquiring some Hearthside Food assets

2013-05-09 07:44:01

Cereal maker Post Holdings is acquiring the cereal, granola and snacks business of Hearthside Food Solutions. Brentwood-based Post, which makes Grape-Nuts, Pebbles, Post Raisin Bran and other cereals, said it will acquire both Hearthside's branded and...

Susannah Collins off Comcast SportsNet Chicago after 'sex' flub highlights raunchy videos

2013-05-03 04:42:00

Comcast SportsNet Chicago reporter Susannah Collins, part of the broadcast team covering the Chicago Blackhawks, is no longer with the network as of Thursday night, after two days of internet attention over a flubbed sentence on live television led to...

Firefighter pension case goes to state's Supreme Court

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Downers Grove officials opted to appeal a recent court ruling awarding disability payments to a former firefighter whose knee injury forced him off the job four years ago. The village's Fire Department Pension Board decided to file an appeal with the...

2 oldest to be replaced by 2 youngest on council

2013-05-01 05:03:00

The Downers Grove Village Council is primed for a new look next month as two of its veteran members prepare to depart. Commissioners Marilyn Schnell and William Waldack will bid farewell when their terms expire at the May 7 council meeting. Waldack,...

DuPage County officials bring 5-gallon drums of cleaning supplies to an apartment building on Austin Street. All seven first-floor units flooded during the storm

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Jared Owen (far right) of Illinois Emergency Management Agency and other local officials speak to a Downers Grove resident about damage to homes on Grand Avenue.

2013-04-30 00:00:00

A trash can is filled with campaign signs outside the polling place at the American Legion Post 80 in Downers Grove in DuPage County.

2012-11-06 00:00:00