Crime & Safety

UPDATE: DG Library Reopens After Police Search Suspicious Package

The package was found to be non-hazardous.

Update: 6 p.m.

Downers Grove police completed their search of the library building and of a suspicious package on the second floor, as of 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The DuPage County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad determined the package was not dangerous, according to the Village of Downers Grove.

The library is now open, a library spokesperson confirmed.

Check back for updates from the police department.

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The Downers Grove Public Library was evacuated Wednesday while police investigate a suspicious package, according to a library spokesperson.

The library is closed until further notice.

Downers Grove police were not immediately able to be reached for comment.

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