Public Safety
Elmhurst police arrested a 68-year-old Van Auken Street man on a disorderly conduct charge after he was caught destroying a fence with a hammer, the latest in a series of arrests dating to 2023. The arrest was among five incidents in the latest police reports, including a drug paraphernalia citation, a domestic battery arrest, driveway vandalism and a stolen car chase.
Public Safety
A Villa Park woman was pulled from her burning home in the 400 block of North Bierman Avenue on Oct. 4 and transferred to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition after she reportedly went deeper into the house to retrieve her dog, which did not survive. Elmhurst and Oak Brook Terrace firefighters were among the mutual-aid crews that responded.
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Two westbound I-290 ramps to I-294 remain closed through the Labor Day weekend as the Illinois Tollway projects 8.5 million vehicles on its system between Friday, Sept. 4, and Tuesday, Sept. 8.
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Elmhurst police are investigating after a three-car group, including a ski-masked person who covered a license plate, fled the Thorntons at 476 N. York St. when an officer arrived on Wednesday, Sept. 2.
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The DuPage County Health Department confirmed the county's first human West Nile virus case of 2026 in an adult resident, raising its protection index to "moderate" as mosquito season peaks across the Chicago suburbs.
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