Suburban News

Last year’s staff of “Menagerie,” Lyons Township High School’s student literary magazine, has received a REALM First Class Award from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) for its 2025 publication

The Glen Ellyn Park District has been awarded a $600,000 Open Space Land Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)

Montini Catholic High School will eight individuals into the school’s Alumni Hall of Fame on April 18

A 7,781-square-foot single-family residence, built in 2010, has changed hands.

The new single-family residence located at 4601 Wilson Avenue in Downers Grove was sold on Jan. 23, for $1.61 million, or $465 per square foot.

Willowbrook sophomore Angie Manlapaz, who won the first girls wrestling regional championship in school history, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Bryan Bolton has been named the next principal of Whittier School

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where DuPage County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

Charges have been filed against two individuals accused of stealing merchandise from an Oak Brook and an Elmhurst retail business in two unrelated incidents


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