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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


The Sherman Plaza parking garage is city owned. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) asked city staff on Monday to reexamine ways to limit unsafe activity on the upper level of the garage.

Alderman asks city to reexamine parking garage issues

January 10, 2017

Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) asked city staff to gather more information on how to make the upper level of city-owned parking garages less dangerous at a City Council meeting on Monday. Fiske requested that...

Yellowbrick CEO Dr. Jesse Viner purchased this mansion at 2233 Sherman Ave. in early July with the intention of operating a residential care facility on the premises.

Mental health program regroups after city halts plan for treatment center

August 23, 2016

The city rejected plans for an addiction and mental health treatment program to open a residential care home for college students near Northwestern’s campus after the program’s staff failed to obtain...

A man jogs against a red light down Sherman Avenue toward downtown Evanston. The 1st Ward encompasses much of the city’s downtown area, and is nestled just to the south and west of Northwestern University.

Change on the horizon: 1st Ward residents aim to reconcile development, character

February 15, 2016

Fifty years ago, when former Mayor Jay Lytle moved to Evanston, the downtown area resembled a ghost town. Empty department stores lined the streets, foreclosed signs stuck out of the ground and Lytle said...

Off-campus revelry brings headaches to aldermen, residents

September 24, 2013

Every year, Evanston aldermen face the all-too-familiar ritual of handling dozens of residents' complaints about rambunctious Northwestern students swarming off-campus neighborhoods during Wildcat Welcome. Except...

Mark Waymack

Feinberg professor says he wrote anonymous resignation letter singling out student conduct

June 11, 2013

Feinberg Prof. Mark Waymack said Tuesday night he authored the anonymous resignation letter read at this week's City Council meeting. Waymack, an adjunct associate professor in the medical school's...

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