🌱 Oak View Tower Collapse Fears Force Evacuation + Veterans Day

Good morning, Oak Park and River Forest! And a special Veterans Day hello to readers who served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Thank you for your service.

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First, today's weather: Windy with rain, then colder. High: 56 Low: 40.

Here are the top stories today in Oak Park-River Forest:

1. Residents of Oak View Tower are still “scrambling” to find housing after their apartment complex was deemed unsafe. The Wednesday evacuation was required after the village said the building is an “imminent danger of failure or collapse.” (ABC7)

2. Heather Mack’s lawyers waived her right to a detention hearing yesterday. The Oak Park native was deported from Indonesia last week and arrested at O’Hare. She will be held in custody while federal changes are pending, including conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and obstruction of justice. (Paid source: Tribune)

3. Oak Park police are investigating a weekend shooting on South Maple Street. A witness saw two drivers on Lexington Street shooting at each other from their vehicles late Sunday. No injuries were reported. (Wednesday Journal)

4. A new law will regulate short-term rentals like Airbnb and VRBO in Oak Park. Anyone engaging in short-term rentals will pay a fee and be subject to inspection. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)

5. Following resident complaints about cut-through traffic in River Forest, the village will conduct a traffic study in “the area bounded by North Avenue, Harlem Avenue, Greenfield Street and Lathrop Avenue.” Concerns include speed, stop signs and an overwhelming amount of truck traffic. (Wednesday Journal)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Oak Park will honor veterans and their families at the Nineteenth Century Club. (11 a.m.)
• Oak Park Public Library hosts a virtual event: “Mollie’s War: Letters of a World War II WAC in Europe.” (2 p.m.)
• Early Oscar contender “Belfast” opens at Lake Theatre. (7 p.m.)
• Oak Park Conservatory hosts a virtual lecture on growing mushrooms. (7 p.m.)

Oak Park-River Forest Patch Notebook

• On this Veterans Day, the Oak Park River Forest Museum remembers Johannes Siegfried Anderson, a Scoville Avenue resident who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1918 after his service in World War I. (OPRF Museum)
• The SURGE group at Triton College is collecting items like toothpaste, body wash and more for “Blessing Bags” to distribute to the homeless. (Triton)
• More than 2,500 students are scheduled to participate in the health department’s COVID-19 vaccine clinics this week. (D97)
• Tickets are selling fast for the Fenwick quarter-final football game, set for Saturday at Nazareth Academy. (Fenwick)
• Tomorrow is the final day to sign up for this month’s River Forest Supper Club. (One Off Hospitality)

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