Katlyn Smith

3 days ago | dailyherald.com | Katlyn Smith

Meghan Toliver, day program assistant manager for the Western DuPage Special Recreation Association, speaks with Maura Johnson of Naperville on Tuesday as she paints Passion Flowers. The Roselle Park District will display the floral sculptures. Brian Hill/[email protected] The artists gathered around a long table to paint in cheery colors and make art for art’s sake.

4 days ago | dailyherald.com | Katlyn Smith

Construction continues on the expansion of the CyrusOne data center in Aurora. Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams, April 2025 The developer of a potential data center in Naperville will reimburse the city for the costs of a study about its electricity demands. Naperville’s electric utility has decided to contract with ICF Resources to conduct a “network interconnection study” related to the possibility of a data center being built along the I-88 corridor.

1 week ago | dailyherald.com | Katlyn Smith

The rickety Cenacle Bridge runs across the West Branch of the DuPage River. Katlyn Smith/[email protected], 2024 The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has been awarded a $1.06 million grant to help replace a deteriorating bridge near Warrenville. The bridge over the West Branch of the DuPage River used to lead to a religious retreat house run by the Cenacle Sisters near Warrenville.

1 week ago | dailyherald.com | Katlyn Smith

“Overall, the course will be much more walkable,” says the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s director of golf, Ed Stevenson, of planned improvements for Maple Meadows. John Dietz/[email protected], 2020 Maple Meadows golf course in Wood Dale is poised for a major upgrade. The DuPage County forest preserve board is set to vote next week on a cf\ontract with Wadsworth Golf Construction to move forward with a planned renovation of the district-owned course.

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Katlyn Smith

DuPage County Board members passed a resolution Tuesday authorizing the creation of a land bank as part of a push to expand affordable housing. The county has a “de facto” land bank through its “clean and lien” neighborhood revitalization program. “We have inventoried land that we’ve received through our ‘clean and lien’ program, either through foreclosures or through gifts from property owners who simply don’t want to take care of their property anymore.