Todd Wessell is an editor, publisher, and travel editor for DES PLAINES JOURNAL, INC. His work primarily focuses on local news and events in Des Plaines, Illinois. Todd's articles cover a range of topics, including community issues, local government, crime, and human interest stories.
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Todd Wessell's coverage is primarily focused on local news, with a significant emphasis on crime, real estate, and government & politics in the Des Plaines area of Illinois. If you have insights related to local crime incidents, developments in the real estate industry within this region, or political updates at a grassroots level, your pitches are likely to resonate well with him.
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By: Todd Wessell
Thousands of people will descend on Des Plaines Dec. 11 and 12 for the annual Our Lady of Guadalupe ceremony at Maryville Academy.
By: Todd Wessell
Des Plaines aldermen Monday will discuss adding language to the city website that will highlight an agreement with a private company that removes nuisance animals from homes and other property.
By: Todd Wessell
Kim Jones Maine Township Republicans and Democrats Tuesday night each picked slates of candidates to run in the April 1 election with the Democrats fielding a contender for the top job of supervisor and the GOP not doing so. Park Ridge resident Kim Jones, a longtime township trustee, was picked to replace current Supervisor Karen Dimond on the ticket. No […]
Former Rosemont Village Hall, 9501 W. Devon Ave. Approval of a contract to demolish the former Rosemont Village Hall building, 9501 W. Devon Ave., is expected at Monday’s village board meeting. Village trustees will be asked to approve spending $1,312,200 to raze the eight-story building that has served as Rosemont’s seat of government for about the last 40 years. Rosemont […]
By: Todd Wessell
Jessica Mastalski An attempt by Des Plaines City Clerk Jessica Matalski to have the name of one of her two opponents barred from the April 1 city election ballot failed last Saturday when the three-member Des Plaines Electoral Board voted unanimously to reject that plea. Mastalski argued that one of her opponent’s, Margaret Chlebek nor her lawyer, were in attendance […]
By: Todd Wessell
Rosemont Village Hall By around the first of January 2026, Rosemont’s new village hall next to the Rosemont Theater will become the home of the Donald E. Stephens Rosemont History Museum. Mayor Brad Stephens last week met with planners to decide when the move will occur, its new relocation and what will be on display for the public to view. […]
By: Todd Wessell
OFF THE RECORD column Grasping a placard with his right hand, U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-8th) was in a fighting mood yesterday (Tuesday) morning. He and about 20 other Democratic and Republican members of the U.S. House Oversight Committee were grilling Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in the nation’s capital about the never-ending, frustrating problems of failed mail delivery and management. […]
By: Todd Wessell
Des Plaines last Thursday bought this downtown building for $1.89 million which served as the headquarters of Des Plaines National Bank many years ago. The city of Des Plaines is now the owner of the iconic downtown former bank building at Lee and Ellinwood streets. On Thursday, Dec. 12 representatives of the city and property owner George Brousis closed […]
OFF THE RECORD Column Des Plaines 1st ward candidate Margaret Chlebek (center) and Jessica Mastalski (right) with Chlebek attorney Bob Porada. Sometimes the tricky process of collecting enough signatures to allow the names of candidates for local office to appear on election ballots ends in a big, loud thud. For decades, some candidates looking for ways to keep their competitors […]
Restaurants in Des Plaines and Rosemont recently closed leaving employees without jobs, spaces they occupied empty, no customers and probably the imminent removal of equipment and furnishings. The large sign in front of the Des Plaines Arby’s eatery at 1401 Lee St. shouts “Permanently Closed”. A similar paper sign is taped to the front door. The shuttering of the local […]
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