Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

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Robert Held, the man who was pushed to the ground by ICE agent Adam Saracco in December 2025 at a gas station in Brookfield, has filed a lawsuit against the village of Broadview to prevent it from enforcing a designated protest zone outside the federal detention facility in that community. Held, an attorney and board member of the Chicago Council of Lawyers, filed the federal complaint Tuesday, Sept.

Charles Thomas Francis Lenartson, 92, of Brookfield, died peacefully on Sunday, July 26, 2026, at the home of his daughter, Ann Jeannette Lenartson, surrounded by his family, Mary LaNita Lenartson (Hosso), Charles Patrick Lenartson, Faydette (Hamilton) Lenartson, and Katherine Anne Hosso. Born on Nov.

The Riverside Brookfield High School football team’s offense enjoyed plenty of success in the season opener but only one touchdown. On Friday, the Bulldogs scored six on their first six possessions in a 41-34 victory at Hinsdale South. RBHS (1-1) lost its opener to Sandburg 28-6. “It was definitely good to see them bounce back after Week 1 and show what we’re able to do the rest of the way,” RBHS coach Sam Styler said.

As they begin their fourth varsity girls tennis seasons, Riverside Brookfield High School senior sisters Paige and Brooke Zavorski again will make big contributions in their own ways. The twins often practice with each other, but probably won’t play as a doubles team. “I don’t know. (Paige) is just better at singles,” Brooke said.

Senior defender Max Kaplan is among several returning Riverside Brookfield High School boys soccer players who learned plenty from the 2025 season. The Bulldogs suffered two one-goal regulation losses and three others decided on penalty kicks in finishing 5-13-2 overall and 0-4-2 in the Upstate Eight Conference East Division. “We were competitive in a lot of games. I think that once we went down, we found ourselves in a hole mentally and we struggled to get back as a team,” Kaplan said.

Riverside’s ongoing project to bring a floodwall to Groveland Avenue is getting a massive boost in federal funding. Village Manager Jessica Frances on Aug. 20 announced the village will be receiving an additional $5 million in funding from the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the project due to an increase in the maximum amount of funding it can give.

For her recent birthday, Alex Jacobucci, of Brookfield, received quite a useful gift. She just recently earned three gold medals at Level 5 as one of four Riverside Brookfield age group gymnasts who competed at the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics, Aug. 4-7, in Des Moines, Iowa. “My aunt gave me a new medal display hanger so I plan to hang (the medals) in my bedroom. When I look at them, I am still shocked that these achievements are mine,” Jacobucci said.

Members of the Olmsted Society of Riverside took to the Scout Cabin this past weekend to memorialize one of their own. From 9 a.m. to noon, volunteers dug holes, removed weeds and shoveled wood chips in memory of Tom Guardi, a member of the group for more than two decades and an active board member. Guardi, 78, died July 13 from pancreatic cancer. Cindy Kellogg, one of the co-chairs of the Olmsted Society’s landscape committee, described Guardi as a quietly devoted member of the group.

While summer’s end is still on the horizon, it’s never too soon to start looking ahead. Riverside officials are doing just that as they consider the village’s capital improvement plan for 2027 ahead of the start of the official budget process for the year. The capital plan has a total cost of about $11.2 million across all of the village’s funds, with about $7.5 million in the water and sewer fund, $1.78 million in the motor fuel tax fund and $1.5 million in street improvements.