The University of Illinois Extension has created a Web site to help develop personal risk-management plans.

Police are searching for a man who robbed a Glen Ellyn bank at about 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14.

Canadian National Railway announced Friday that it is asking a federal regulatory board to make a decision before the end of the year on its plan to buy the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway.

Maybe it’s the rock ‘n’ roll that keeps them young. But a Wheaton band, that will play at 9 p.m. Saturday at Curly’s, 499 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Glen Ellyn, is bridging the generation gap and giving a few middle-aged musicians another shot at the easy-going feel of the garage band.

The DuPage County Board approved its environmental responsibility and conservation policy Tuesday, which seeks to reduce the impact the county government has on the environment.

The DuPage County Convalescent Center has scheduled a week of activities and events to celebrate its 120th anniversary.

College of DuPage has a timeline set for its president search, and officials hope to have a new leader in place by the start of 2009.

Despite the struggling economy, DuPage County’s budget projections appear to be on target for the first seven months of the fiscal year, finance officials announced at Tuesday’s County Board meeting.

It will take a few weeks before the DuPage County Coroner’s Office completes its investigation into the death of a 30-year old man who witnesses say walked onto the train tracks of an eastbound Metra commuter train at 7:30 a.m. in Lisle and was killed.

In the past seven months, Wheaton has seen a considerable upswing in thefts from motor vehicles — more than double the total break-ins at the same point last year.

The DuPage County Board Tuesday approved the re-appointment of five members of the Board of Health.

The DuPage Convalescent Center Foundation’s 5K Run/Family Walk will be held Saturday, Sept. 20, to benefit the residents of the DuPage Convalescent Center.

Glen Ellyn’s Economic Development Corp. launched a new Web site this week to showcase the village’s economic opportunities.

Two Indiana men were arrested Saturday, Aug. 9 morning after allegedly stealing a car and speeding through Wheaton and Glen Ellyn in a police chase.

This year’s recipient of the DuPage Convalescent Center Foundation Regis McGinnis Scholarship is Lauren Langhammer of Carol Stream.