The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) at 1486 Miner Street will be closing on Friday, June 21, 2013. FEMA Mobile Disaster Recovery Teams will continue working making personal... Read on...
Vehicle stickers for 2013-2014 are now on sale at City Hall, 1420 Miner Street, as well as at various currency exchanges. All owners that have vehicles registered in Des Plaines or have vehicles stored in the City are... Read more...
Des Plaines Police Explorer Post #142 and the Des Plaines Car Wash, 513 S. River Road, invite you to have your car washed between the hours of 1- 5 PM, Sunday, June 23, 2013. All proceeds from the Car Wash will be... Read more...
A little bit country. A little bit rock & roll. And tons of community fun will be on the menu when Des Plaines Summer Fling returns for its third festive year on Friday-Sunday, July 19-21, in the near-northwest suburb... Read more...
The Des Plaines Police Department hosted a ceremony for graduates of the Police Department’s twelve week Citizen Police Academy on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Des Plaines City Hall, 1420 Miner Street. Graduates attended... Read more...
Beginning Tuesday, June 11, 2013, seventeen Maine West High School students will be attending class at Des Plaines City Hall, followed by a two-hour work session in individual City Departments. It’s all part of the annual... Read more...
Twenty-five North Elementary School Third Graders from Ms. Regina Gursky’s Class visited Des Plaines Mayor Matthew J. Bogusz’ City Hall Office this week as an end- of- the- year fieldtrip. While visiting, the students had... Read more...
The Des Plaines July 4th Parade will kick off at 10 AM, Thursday, July 4, 2013, from Oakton and Center Street with the theme: “Great Inventions that changed America!”
Thanks to the dedication and efforts of Carol Shannon... Read more...
Local officials recently visited Cumberland Elementary School in Des Plaines as part of the Junior Achievement (JA) in a Day Program. JA in a Day classes hosted at Cumberland School focused on “building a community.” The... Read more...
The Des Plaines Fire Department, enforcing the ban on sky lanterns, encourages the public to be aware of the following information from the Office of the State Fire Marshal:
On May 14, 2013, the Office of the State... Read more...
Members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Recovery Team continue to register those Des Plaines residents whose dwellings were damaged during the April floods. The Federal Emergency Management Agency... Read more...
Hundreds attended the Des Plaines Memorial Day Ceremony at 11:30 AM, Monday, May 27, 2013, at Lake Park Veterans Memorial Pavilion, Lee Street and Touhy Avenue. The event was coordinated by Des Plaines Veterans, under the... Read on...
Illinois residents who are not United States citizens may be eligible for federal disaster assistance for damage from the severe storms and flooding between April 16 and May 5.Only one member of a household needs to be... Read more...
If you choose not to register with FEMA, you disqualify yourself from receiving federal disaster assistance.
Don’t listen to rumors about eligibility for FEMA assistance. Instead, get informed.
Illinois residents who... Read on...
May 21, 2013DR-4116-IL NR-011Media Contact: 571-408-1835News Release Ineligible? FEMA May Just Need More Information
CHICAGO – If you’ve registered for federal disaster assistance and received a letter saying... Read more...
The Des Plaines Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency received notification from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Recovery Center Coordination Team, in cooperation with the State of... Read more...
At the beginning of the May 20, 2013 City Council Meeting Des Plaines Mayor Matthew J. Bogusz presented a Proclamation declaring Wednesday, May 22, 2013, as James Hajost Day in honor of retiring Chippewa Middle School... Read more...
May 19, 2013What to Expect During a FEMA Home Inspection
CHICAGO -- Inspectors from FEMA have begun meeting with disaster applicants in McHenry, Lake, DeKalb, Kane, DuPage, Cook, LaSalle, Kendall, Will, Grundy and... Read on...
The City of Des Plaines Public Works and Engineering Department announces the onset of the Streetscape and Roadway Improvements Project, part of the City’s 2013 Capital Improvement Program, in the area of US Route 14 (Miner... Read more...