It’s both disgusting and annoying when pet owners do not clean up after their pets in public parks. The Poo Free Parks Program (a little alliteration for ya) makes it very easy for pet owners to clean up after their pets do their business. Having cleanup supplies handy will hopefully be just the push lazy pet owners need.
The St. Charles Scarecrow Festival is this weekend, beginning today! The festival runs today, Friday (9AM – 9PM), Saturday (9AM – 9PM), and Sunday (9AM – 6PM), and features a carnival, great food, scarecrow displays, crafts, and live entertainment. The Scarecrow Festival is now in its 25th year and is a wildly-successful event. The festival…
DuPage County Health Department initiated a program supplying RxBOX medication collection boxes to a network of local police stations throughout DuPage County. The program has already collected more than five TONS of unused medications…
The DuPage workNet Career Center offers various employment, career, and workforce development services to the job seekers and businesses of DuPage County.
Sesquicentennial Park in Warrenville is a fun little park that is rarely crowded. The park is located just south of Butterfield Road on Main Street (west of Batavia Road and east of Route 59. The center of the park features a picnic area with 4 picnic tables, and has a roof for shade and to…
Now here’s something that doesn’t happen everyday! Whoa! Welcome to Wheaton! Naked Wheaton man Tased by police Wheaton police had to use a Taser gun on a man who was allegedly running through the … Naked Wheaton man Tased by police … St. Downers Grove, IL. Read more on Suburban Life Publications
Deciding whether to buy or rent a home may seem like a difficult decision to make. There are many considerations, especially in the crazy real estate market we’re in now. It used to be that home ownership was something to aspire to. One DuPage County homeowner we spoke with, after losing nearly $75k on the…
Food pantries in DuPage County serve thousands of area families every year; there are nearly fifty pantries serving the county. If you are looking for food assistance or wanting to make a donation to a local pantry, the list below is a great starting-point. Whenever possible, we have linked the food pantry named to their…
Heroin use in DuPage and other nearby counties has increased at an explosive pace in the past five years. The (Tribune) chart to the left indicates an alarming growth trend; heroin is increasingly more available in the Chicago area. Because it is cheap and readily available, teen heroin use is also on the rise. Here…
The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County will be hosting a number of events in the last weeks of November. If you haven’t attended any of their events in the past, they are usually a great time and suitable for the entire family (and most are free of charge too). Get out and enjoy the mild late-fall weather we’ve been having!
