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Valley View to Hold Public Meeting on Virtual Charter School Proposal
Education company K12 Inc. wants to partner with a non-profit to bring an online charter school to districts including Plainfield, Oswego and Valley View.

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Education company K12 Inc. wants to partner with a non-profit to bring an online charter school to districts including Plainfield, Oswego and Valley View.

Another driver struck the back of the bus as it stopped before the tracks, according to officials.
Retail theft, car theft and a woman charged with kidnapping in the Bolingbrook police blotter of March 7-9.
Knights of Columbus Bishop Kaffer Council #10944 will host their annual free throw competition at the Romeoville Recreation Center tonight.
A Bolingbrook sex offender was charged with being too close to a "prohibited zone," according to police.
The popular black yoga bottoms are sheerer than ever before, making them see-through. The company says about 17 percent of their entire stock of pants needs to be recalled.
Find out how much tax money the village of Bolingbrook, Bolingbrook Park District and Fountaindale Public Library will need to pay back to Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital.
A Chicago parent of three students calls the virtual charter school "the best decision we’ve ever made" and urges parents to support the proposed Illinois Virtual Charter School in the Fox River Valley.
Wheaton North High School teacher Edwin Klemm is charged with 11 counts of criminal sexual assault of a student, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Three pedestrians have died after being struck by BNSF Metra trains this month in Hinsdale, Westmont and Downers Grove. Most recently, a male pedestrian was hit by a train near downtown Downers Grove on Tuesday morning.
Fountaindale Public Library held a grand opening for its new, multimedia creative space March 16.
A thief recently stole jewelry and tech equipment from a Bolingbrook home, according to Bolingbrook police.
Ben Moore, Kenny Williams and Prentiss Nixon all received all-state basketball recognition in the past week.
Three members of the Bolingbrook Police Department met with faculty and staff at a Valley View elementary school Tuesday to discuss school safety.
Check out two weekends of Easter egg hunts, from the Bolingbrook Park District, DuPage Township and City of Hope Covenant Church.
A DuPage County judge on Monday upheld the decision of the Oak Brook Police Department to fire Stephen Peterson in 2011.
A man was struck and killed by a train in Downers Grove Tuesday, fewer than 24 hours after a man was killed in Hinsdale after stepping in front of a BNSF train.
Annual KidsMatter Student Job Fair will attract 40 employers Tuesday night at North Central College.
A train was stopped in Downers Grove Tuesday morning because of an accident involving a pedestrian, just hours after a man was fatally struck by a train in Hinsdale.
A 50-year-old Bolingbrook man has been charged with five counts of possession of child pornography, according to the Will County State's Attorney.