Heather-Marie Montilla is set to replace long-time Julie Milavec, who recently announced her retirement.

Editor's note: In an earlier version of this story, we reported that the Downers Grove Public Library board did not address the safety issues presented at a board meeting Wednesday night. The board ...

Downers Grove officials have tabled a controversial proposal to change the leadership structure for the village’s politically embattled library. A nonbinding referendum asking whether to replace the ...

Julie Milavec will retire on March 2 after nearly a decade as Director of Downers Grove Public Library.

A west suburban library that became a battleground for national culture wars is on the defensive again. Two years after the Downers Grove library was forced to cancel a planned drag queen bingo over ...

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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill (WLS) -- After being forced to cancel its Drag Bingo event, photos have surfaced of the threatening letter sent to the Downers Grove Public Library earlier this month. The letters ...

A grandparents’ love of reading led their family to install a Little Free Library at Downers Grove’s Patriots Park near Barth Pond as part of the couple’s 90th birthday celebration. Downer Grove’s ...

The Downers Grove Public Library's plan to hold a drag-themed bingo event for teens is being assailed by a suburban congressional candidate and a conservative group with ties to his campaign. "I join ...

“Honestly, if I hadn’t come out yet, I wouldn’t after this — I just wouldn’t do it,” said 17-year-old Violet Mitchell, after the “anti-LGBTQ” behavior of some residents in Downers Grove prompted the ...