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Todd Wessell

Des Plaines

Editor of the Journal & Topics Newspapers since 1976, publisher since 2003. Graduate of Illinois State Univ. Majored in pol science.

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  • 6 days ago | journal-topics.com | Todd Wessell

    Fisherman's Dude Ranch in he 1960s. Residents and business owners who may be affected by a proposal to redevelop the former Fisherman’s Dude Ranch property on the south side of Golf Road near East River Road learned more about the plan last Tuesday night in Des Plaines City Hall. The purpose of the workshop, hosted by the Des Plaines Planning and Zoning Board, was to allow the public to hear details and view renderings of the large proposal. No action was taken. The planning and zoning b...

  • 1 week ago | journal-topics.com | Todd Wessell

    Oliveti's restaurant site on Ellinwood Street in downtown Des Plaines. The owners of the planned new eatery at the location of the former Oliveti’s restaurant in downtown Des Plaines, say they want to keep the more than century-old brick structure but make substantial improvements to the building’s interior and exterior.

  • 1 week ago | journal-topics.com | Todd Wessell

    An O’Reilly Auto Parts store and parts warehouse will occupy later this year the 30,000 sq. ft. site of the former Hobby Lobby store on Elmhurst Road north of Dempster Street in Mount Prospect. For the last several months interior remodeling of the space has been underway. According to Jason Shallcross, Mount Prospect’s director of Community Development, opening of the store is anticipated by the end of September. Shallcross said the new location will serve as a hub for O’Reilly stores in the a...

  • 2 weeks ago | journal-topics.com | Todd Wessell

    Members of the Maine South and Maine West football teams participated in Saturday's flag placement. (Journal Photo)An estimated 400 people attended the annual placement of small U.S. flags at the gravesites of American military veterans at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines Saturday morning. The turnout was the best ever for the event, according to organizer Kevin O’Connell of the Sons of the American Legion. Each participant was given a handful of miniature flags to place at the gravesites of ...

  • 2 weeks ago | journal-topics.com | Todd Wessell

    6400 Shafer Ct. building with former Rosemont Village Hall at far left. The village of Rosemont last week agreed to purchase a 7-story, 179,000 sq. ft. office building that’s just south of the former village hall at 6400 Shafer Court. According to Mayor Brad Stephens, Bradford Allen, a Chicago-based national commercial real estate firm, recently approached the village about working together to acquire the building. The property has been owned by a financial institution having obtained ownership ...

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4 Jan 24

Jack Klaus, Des Plaines redevepment leader dies. Visit https://t.co/UDLC8kzRBy

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1 Jan 24

I hope the Bears keep QB Justin Fields.