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Mekial Singleton learned at a young age that if she wanted to accomplish her dreams, from entertaining arena football fans to one day tackling terrorism, she had to toughen up and work ha...

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From the Village of Downers Grove website: The Downers Grove Police Department holds this annual memorial service during National Law Enforcement Week to remember fallen officers, ...

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Do you know about the DuPage County Derby Dames? They're a flat track roller derby league composed of women from our very own western suburbs. You can meet all of the players on the ...

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The News: A day after North Carolina passed a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman in that state, President Barack Obama has become the first sitti...

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The Downers Grove South girls track & field team took home a West Suburban Gold conference championship Friday.  It was the eighth straight conference championship for the team. ...

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Downers Grove is among the top places to live in the western suburbs, according to the latest edition of Western Suburban Living Magazine. Population, home values, education, public...

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Here's a rundown of some of the DG Patch articles from last week: •A number of downtown parking spaces will be converted to 15-minute only spaces by the end of May, weather per...

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Last week we mentioned Darien Patch's fundraiser for Hunter Himes, the eighth-grader who was hit by a car while riding his bike in February. This weekend, we learned of another fundraisie...