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Restoration of Naperville lawns blighted by 2021 tornado finally complete: ‘It just feels a fresh...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoKatie Long-Piper has waited years to see grass growing around her house. Albeit, for mid-January,...
Naperville works to fill in emergency response gaps after lessons learned in 2021 tornado
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhen an EF3 tornado tore through north Naperville in June 2021, the city’s emergency preparedness...
Naperville agreement the last step in funding yard replacement work two years after the 2021 tornado
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoNaperville families who live in the area of Ranchview Drive and 75th Street know to tread carefully,...
Replacement work has started for homeowners whose yards are full of 2021 Naperville tornado debris
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn a typical summer day, Joe Zhou’s children would be running barefoot in their grassy Naperville...
Assault rifle sales ban, Westlake’s Everest climb, downtown construction work among Naperville’s top...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGetting back to normal in Naperville meant 2022 was a time to celebrate major accomplishments, such...
Naperville has a plan should asylum-seekers arrive but officials aren’t seeking them out
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn Sept. 7, 2022, dozens of migrant families were transported from a shelter in Chicago to a hotel...
Tornadoes touching down in new areas; season is starting sooner and lasting longer, experts say
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJohn Sergeant, chief of Emergency Medical Services at the Naperville Fire Department, was 12 years old when he first saw what a tornado could do. At the time, Sergeant had gone to help family ...
Relief group asks Naperville to add $500K to fund replacing debris-embedded lawns left by tornado
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNaperville Tornado Relief is asking the Naperville City Council to contribute up to $500,000 to assist with the environmental cleanup work needed as a result of the June 20, 2021, tornado. The ...
Two days of heavy rainstorms cause DuPage River to overflow its banks in downtown Naperville
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCity workers spent part of Thursday hosing away the muck left on the steps beneath downtown...
State rep secures $1M grant to remove dangerous debris embedded in Naperville yards by 2021 tornado
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDangerous wood, metal and glass shards embedded in the yards of 70 Naperville homes by an EF-3 tornado on June 20, 2021, will be removed and the soil replaced through a grant from the state.