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After 20 Illinois children lost their lives to accidental drowning in 2023, llinois DCFS reminds parents and caregivers to supervise children around water this summer - West Chicago Voice Newspaper

After 20 Illinois children lost their lives to accidental drowning in 2023, llinois DCFS reminds parents and caregivers to supervise children around water

Summer is here, and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is reminding parents and caregivers of the importance of always supervising children when they are in or near water to avoid the tragedy of accidental drowning deaths. In 2023, 20 Illinois children lost their lives to accidental drowning: eight in pools, four…

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Snow Means Sledding (and Tubing!)

Snow has finally covered the landscape in a blanket of white. With more in the forecast, the DuPage County Forest Preserve might get enough snow to operate the Blackwell Tubing Hill. To get alerted when it’s open, text the word TUBING to 866-743-7332. A text alert will only get sent on days that the tubing…

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Main Park Apartments Gets New Playground

Last December, over ten families were displaced after a structure fire tore through a multi-level building at the Main Park Apartments in West Chicago. Ten days before the Christmas holidays, firefighters responded to a blaze in the 800 block of Burr Oaks Drive. The investigation determined that the fire originated from a malfunctioning exhaust fan…

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