Although the general election still looms on the horizon for November 3, 2020, another election approaches—the April 6, 2021, consolidated election for officials in the City of West Chicago, West Chicago Public Library District, West Chicago Elementary School District 33, Community High School District 94, and Benjamin School District 25. Beginning Tuesday, September 22, the […]

We have not even reached the first day of Fall and the temperatures, especially at night, are getting cooler. Knowing my indoor plants do not like to get too cool, I had to bring them inside. They always look so healthy from soaking in the sun’s rays and summer humidity. I bought one yellow mum […]

Today is the 100th Anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, prohibiting any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. The House of Representatives passed the amendment May 21, 1919, followed by the Senate June 14, 1919. The final hurdle for […]

            With the deaths of Don Earley and John Klingberg, West Chicago lost two men who contributed in so many ways to the community.             Don Earley was City Treasurer for 12 years, Ward 3 Alderman for 12 years, organizer of 4 the People, park commission and first president of the park board and was […]