ForestParkReview.com Vol. 109, No. 33
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F O R E S T PA R K
REVIEW
Special section inside PAGE 11 Summer/Fall 2026
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AUGUST 19, 2026
Is police chief’s retirement related to ICE incident?
Forest Park plans monthly Altenheim discussions
Ken Gross says he wasn’t forced out of his post By JESSICA MORDACQ
Village planner suggests commissioners decide if they want R1 or R2 housing on the property
Staff Reporter
In April, Forest Park Police Department Lieutenant Dan Miller was put on paid administrative leave — which he’s still on — after pulling a gun on a driver while off-duty in North Riverside. And last month, the police department assisted an ICE officer in fleeing a 16-year-old who was recording him. In the months since, Forest Park residents have complained about how police handled both situations. And on Aug. 10, Police Chief Ken Gross told the village he would retire at the end of September — though he said his retirement is not directly related to recent events. “My retirement is due to a culmination of things,” Gross told the Review. “There are a lot of layers to that cake, and the icing is not the reason I left. It was time for me to go.” Gross was eligible to retire and access his pension at age 50 after 20 years See RETIREMENT on page 8
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
PROVIDED
An unidentified ICE agent prowls village hall recently, prompting a response from village government.
The years-long discussion about what the village should put on the 11-acre portion of the Altenheim property it owns continued at the last Forest Park council meeting — and will be readdressed monthly at meetings. At the Aug. 10 council meeting, in what Village Administrator Rachell Entler declared the first of similar monthly discussions, the village’s new planner, Pete Losue of Teska Associates, presented next steps for the redevelopment of the village-owned property next to the Altenheim senior housing. Losue said that before the village markets See ALTENHEIM on page 10
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A look back in time: Police blotter from the past
Tom Holmes: Kim & Anthony’s search for a home
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