Electors at the Thornton Township annual meeting Tuesday, April 9, approved the financial reports for the 2024 fiscal year and set the date for the next annual meeting. A number of electors also urged the township administration to make the financial reports more accessible in the future. The area of[Read More…]
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4.17.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
HOMEWOOD LIBRARY BOARD — Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in the library, 17917 Dixie Highway. Find the agenda here. AQUA ZUMBA WITH GIGI — Have fun, get exercise from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. at the HF Racquet & Fitness Club, 2920 183rd St. in Homewood. TINY TOTS YOGA — Serendipity Yoga and Wellness Studio,[Read More…]
Flossmoor trustees agree to buy land for storm water detention basin
Flossmoor trustees voted on Monday, April 15, to purchase the land and tennis courts there from the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District that will be used to create a storm water detention basin as part of a project designed to reduce flooding downtown and in the Heather Hill neighborhood. The village will[Read More…]
Crowd at PSC watches astronomical dance
With necks craned and special glasses in place, a crowd of area residents and students watched the eclipse Monday, April 8, from the Scholars Garden at Prairie State College. Dawn Sterning, PSC library services manager, said the event included an opportunity to make a pinhole projector. Plus, a livestream video[Read More…]
Obituary: Don ‘Coach’ Laketa, Aug. 5, 1932 – April 11, 2024
Don “Coach” Laketa, 91, of Homewood, died April 11. Loving father of Jan (Dave Shepherd) Laketa, Donna (Pete) Catan (deceased), Kay (Bill) Oppe, Parker (Brigitte) Laketa, and Sue (Mark) Jostes. Loving grandfather to Morgan Laketa, Quinn Shepherd, Sam (Alexia) Catan, Hope (Jonathan) Portney, Lauren Oppe, Kevin (Destiny) Oppe, Jacob Oppe,[Read More…]
4.16.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
D233 BOARD — Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in the Viking Room, South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor. Find the agenda here. The board will consider hiring The Alma Group to conduct the search for the district’s next superintendent following the announcement that Superintendent Scott Wakeley plans to retire in 2025, a[Read More…]
H-F senior Nelson Speaks aiming for repeat as state champs
Nelson Speaks is more confident this spring, both in himself and in his team. The Homewood-Flossmoor senior has good reason to be. The Vikings boys track squad is the returning team state champion. Individually, Speaks last season placed in Charleston in the 400-meter dash (fifth) and with the 1,600-meter relay[Read More…]
Flossmoor metal musician believes music can change the world
Edward Spigner, a 34-year-old Flossmoor resident with the stage name of “Ded” Ed, formed the metal band Thutch in 2021. What started as a personal music project in the mid-2010s eventually became something bigger — a five-piece band full of colorful stage personas that has performed throughout Chicagoland, the Great Lakes Region[Read More…]
The Weeks | April 14: Flossmoor detention basin, youth baseball opens, call for Feast of the Goat Queen vendors, H-F superintendent to retire
THE WEEK > Meetings Monday, April 15 Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Find the agenda here. Attend remotely here or call 312-626-6799. Use ID 826 1597 6110, passcode 60422. Contact the board at [email protected]. Highlights: Trustees will consider adopting the 2024-2025 budget and an ordinance requesting[Read More…]
Volunteers gather to give Flossmoor a spring cleaning
Two groups tackled different areas of Flossmoor on April 6 to clean up the detritus of winter and to prepare for spring. Volunteers organized by Stephanie Wright, the village’s community engagement coordinator, descended on village-owned property just east of the Meijer store on Vollmer Road. The terrain was soggy from[Read More…]