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Maine Township High School District 207 is a school district based in Park Ridge, Illinois.. Composed of all of Park Ridge and most of Des Plaines, as well as portions of Glenview, Harwood Heights, Morton Grove, Niles, Norridge, Rosemont, and Norwood Park Township, the 36-square-mile (93 km 2) district lies approximately 14 miles Northwest of downtown Chicago. [6]
Cumberland station is one of two commuter railroad stations on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line in the city of Des Plaines, Illinois. It is officially located at 475 East Northwest Highway , and lies 18.2 miles (29.3 km) from Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Cumberland is in zone 3.
Des Plaines Methodist Camp Ground is a historic Methodist church camp at 1250 Campground Road in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA.. The annual camp meeting was established in 1860 by a group of Methodist ministers and businessmen, including the future war hero and Illinois Governor John L. Beveridge, on the scenic land of Squire Socrates Rand along the Des Plaines River.
Joseph R. Kozenczak (20 March 1940 – 13 May 2015) [1] was the former Chief of Police of Des Plaines, Illinois where he worked for 27 years. After his retirement from police in 1989, he worked as a regional security director in the United States and Canada for TNT Express, Vice President of Investigations for John Reid and Associates, Criminal Justice Specialist for the State of Illinois, and ...
The Brandon Road Lock and Dam is a lock and dam complex along the Des Plaines River in Joliet, Illinois.The complex was built from 1927 to 1933 in conjunction with the construction of the Illinois Waterway, which allowed for barge travel between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River.
Laura M. Murphy is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate representing the 28th district since October 2015. The 28th district includes all or parts of Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Bloomingdale, Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Park Ridge, Roselle and Schaumburg.
The Des Plaines River Valley Bridge is a post-tensioned concrete girder toll bridge in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois. It carries Interstate 355 (I-355) over the Des Plaines River , the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal , the Illinois and Michigan Canal , several railroad lines, Bluff Road, New Avenue and a forest preserve.
Matthew Bogusz (born November 14, 1986) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Des Plaines, Illinois from 2013 to 2021. In 2009, Bogusz, was elected a City of Des Plaines Alderman of the 3rd ward. [2] While an alderman, Bogusz was variously chairman of the Des Plaines Finance and Administration Committee.