The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s newest preserve will be open to the public on select weekends in July.

U.S. Reps. Judy Biggert, R-13th District, of Hinsdale and Bill Foster, D-14th District, of Geneva and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., will speak at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at Fermi National Laboratory in Batavia.

The DuPage County 4-H Foundation will host a garden party luncheon and silent auction at noon Friday, Aug. 1, at Klein Creek Golf Club, 1N333 Pleasant Hill Road, Winfield.

Business and government leaders from across DuPage County gathered at an Oak Brook hotel Thursday to discuss the future of the county’s economy.

The DuPage County Board has approved a contract for employees of the county coroner’s office, which officials said will standardize procedures and practices at the facility.

Law enforcement officials from DuPage County, the Illinois State Police and the Naperville Police Department will discuss recent successes in seizing vehicles from drivers who violate the state’s driving under the influence laws.

Experience the history of one of the country’s first holidays the old-fashioned way during Celebrating the Fourth at the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County's Kline Creek Farm in unincorporated DuPage County near Winfield on July 5 and 6.

A Westmont political consultant convicted of falsifying a candidate’s nominating petitions was sentenced Friday to probation and public service.

To honor its many volunteers, the DuPage Senior Citizens Council is having its eighth annual Volunteer Celebration on Saturday at Danada House in Wheaton.

The board of directors of the DuPage Area Occupational Education System has appointed Alf Logan as interim director.

If you have ever watched “American Idol” or “America’s Got Talent” and thought, “I can do that!” then the DuPage County Fair talent competition might be the place for you.

An alleged drunken driver who was involved in a fatal car crash last week on Interstate 55 near Route 83 remains in jail in lieu of $1 million bail.

A former bookkeeper at a Darien school district pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing about $100,000 from the district.

Wheaton Academy and the Forest Trails subdivision are no longer on lockdown after West Chicago police took a knife-wielding man into custody Thursday.

As recently as December, many feared the DuPage Historical Museum would be the latest victim in a series of county budget cuts. But an agreement between the county and the Wheaton Park District ensures the museum will remain open for at least the next five years.