Our Town Our Heroes

There’s one week left to cast your vote for an inspiring military supporter nominated for the Our Town, Our Heroes program! The current standings are as follows: 1st place – Megan McDowell 2nd place –…

We are excited to announce the newest finalists in the Our Town, Our Heroes program in a special round dedicated to military supporters! Eric, Mark and Megan are all supporting the military and their community,…

And the winner of the third round of Our Town, Our Heroes is … Dawn McNamara! Nominated by Heather Kash, Dawn works tirelessly with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to raise funds for childhood cancer research….

Driving the Midwest was truly honored to recognize military heroes last year – people like Rochelle Crump, who serves a vast community of female veterans through National Women Veterans United, and Donald Pannier, who honors…

  We’re one week into voting for this round’s Our Town, Our Heroes finalists, and the tallies are close! Friends, family, colleagues and supporters for our finalists are turning out in droves to cast votes…

We are excited to announce the newest finalists in the Our Town, Our Heroes program! Merri, Dawn and Meghan are all making a difference in their communities, whether it’s rallying a community for a pediatric…

After two weeks of voting, Tara Daniher is the winner of the special teachers round of Our Town, Our Heroes! Receiving more than one third of the votes, the elementary school teacher from Mokena will…

We’re halfway through the two-week voting period for our current Our Town, Our Heroes round honoring Illinois teachers. Finalists and nominators alike have been rallying to cast their votes for the teacher who inspires them…

The Driving the Midwest team is honored to shift the spotlight to Illinois teachers in this round of Our Town, Our Heroes. The four finalists below have impacted the lives of countless students, colleagues, parents…

After two weeks of close voting, we are pleased to name Brian Moody the Our Town, Our Heroes winner! Brian tallied more than 4,000 votes of all the votes cast in this round. Brian’s nominator,…