Brookfield

Brookfield Zoo is undertaking a massive project that includes expanding its habitats for primates and building a conservation center with a learning space for visitors, according to officials.

A new mental wellness space is opening in suburban Brookfield for area high school students to focus on their emotional health.

A new wellness space aims to “break the stigma” of mental illnesses, creating a space for local teenagers to get help, relax and recharge, NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

Leo arrived at Brookfield’s grounds in 2018 and “quickly won over the hearts of his caretakers and zoo patrons,” the zoo said in a Tweet.

Police in west suburban Brookfield are slowly releasing new details about a stabbing that occurred in the community on Monday, prompting a massive search and causing area schools to lock down.

Multiple schools in west suburban Brookfield were placed on lockdown Monday afternoon as police searched the community for a woman believed to have stabbed another person, authorities said.

Multiple schools in west suburban Brookfield were placed on lockdown Monday afternoon as police searched the community for a woman believed to have stabbed another person, authorities said.