by Barry Dredze [For Trustee Spande's complete summary of the Winfield Police Evaluation in Executive Session click here] After being escorted out of Village Hall following his expulsion from the regular Village Board meeting on Thursday night, May 17, Trustee Erik Spande said he was “snowed under[...]
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May 18th, 2012 - 10:18 am § in Local News, Winfield Village Board
Trustee Expelled, Censured After Leaking Police Plan’s Closed Sessions
by Barry Dredze Village Trustees voted unanimously to censure Trustee Erik Spande immediately following Spande’s expulsion from the regular Village Board meeting on Thursday, May 17. Trustee Spande independently acted upon calls to release details from closed executive sessions of the Village Boar[...]
May 7th, 2012 - 10:35 am § in Local News, Winfield Village Board
Builders Seek Permits For Two Projects
by Barry Dredze Springtime finds Village officials, staff and commissioners considering two major development proposals on either side of town. About 50 residents packed the board room at Village Hall to face developers in a public hearing for a residential subdivision on the Matson property on Coun[...]
March 23rd, 2012 - 2:10 pm § in Local News, Winfield Village Board
Trustees Repeal Video Gaming Ban; Village To Present Budget Hearing In April; St. John Submits Application To Serve As Summer Homeless Shelter
by Barry Dredze [UPDATE] Correction: While the Village Administration & Finance Committee recommended unanimously that the 2009 video gaming ban be forwarded to the Committee of the Whole for further evaluation, Village staff had made no recommendation either to lift or maintain prohibition of v[...]
March 21st, 2012 - 8:05 am § in Local News
Districting Referendum Fails
With one of the highest voter turnouts in the Tuesday, March 20 Illinois primary elections in DuPage County, Winfield voters rejected a change to the current at-large representation on the Village Board of Trustees by a significant margin. Winfield voters rejected political districting by a margin o[...]
March 9th, 2012 - 7:34 am § in Local Events, Local News
Township Hosts Open House
from a Winfield Township press release Due to the positive response we received from the previous open houses during “Local Government Week”, we will again be hosting our Open House on Saturday, March 10, 2012 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Winfield Township Road District Office located at 30W5[...]
Wildhawks Advance To Blackhawk Cup Championship
St. Francis senior Preston Preusser scored a hat trick as West Chicago junior Kyle Nielson notched an 8-0 shutout against AWFG Renegades Sunday night, sending the Wildhawks to the United Center on Friday, March 23 to meet Glenbard for a chance to hoist the Blackhawk Cup.[...]