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Farewell to Virginia Campbell, 101 years young
When I met Virginia Campbell, she had just turned 100 years old. In fact, that was the reason I wanted to talk with her.
Better than Stephanopoulous w/Valerie Jarrett: Berkowitz w/...
Better than Stephanopoulous w/Valerie Jarrett: Berkowitz w/ Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Andrzejewski-Cable and Streaming The "Public Affairs," show featuring Adam Andrzejewski, Candidate in the 2010 Republican Primary for Governor , is airing tonight , Nov.2 on cable in Aurora and surrounding areas at 7:30 pm on ACTV-10. The program ...
Put aluminum toward Oswego girls's trip
We keep in touch with friends we don't have time to see on a weekly basis. Birthday greetings are electronic, but at least someone knows you are thinking of them.
OEA Chief: Time to fix school funding
Dan Hoefler, president of the Oswego Education Association, addressed Oswego School District Board members Monday night about state finances after the board approved a two-year contract for the OEA's 945 members.
Sewage backs up into Oswego basements
A contractor for the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District was working this week to clean the basements of ten Oswego duplexes following a raw sewage back-up. Jeff Humm, engineering supervisor for Fox Metro, said the sewage backed up into basements of duplexes in the 500 block of Sudbury Circle due to a power failure at a nearby sanitary lift ...
Southwest Trading Co. trades spaces
Southwest Trading Co. is right at home in the historic Wright House at 217 S. Third Street in Geneva.
Some Oswego Residents Inundated With Sewage
Share + Oct 30, 2009 8:49 pm US/Central Reporting Mike Parker OSWEGO, Ill. It stinks.
School district has big growth potential
No one knows when it may happen, but they are predicting what the Oswego School District will look like when the district is built out or developed to capacity.
Waubonsee offering help for job-seekers
A few weeks ago one of our readers stopped in our office and suggested we needed to do more to publicize all of the programs that Waubonsee Community College offers those that are unemployed.
All they need now is a Dalmatian
What we like best about the new Oswego Fire Protection District Station No. 1 at 3511 Woolley Road is the stone and red brick facade, the bright red doors over the equipment bays and the replica bell tower.
Family rescued from burning townhome
Oswego Police officers rescued five members of a family who were stranded on the second story balcony of their burning townhome Monday night.
The first H1N1 flu vaccine clinic in Kendall County will be held next Thursday, Oct.
Condo developers seek pact with Oswego
Developers of a proposed condominium and business development planned for downtown Oswego told a village board committee last week they will prepare and submit to the village for further review an outline of a proposed development agreement for the project.
Cozy bookshop sets up right in Oswego
Old Towne Books and Tea in Oswego is up and running. Well, maybe not the "tea" part, but Catherine Leah Guillemette wants the community to know that the village of Oswego has a bookstore.
Has your tax assessment changed?
It's that time of the year-the annual property tax cycle has begun. In this issue of the Ledger-Sentinel you'll find a special section listing updated assessments for 19,924 properties in Oswego Township.
Landscape facility denies dumping allegations
Don Hamman Farms denies allegations of open dumping, conducting a waste storage operation without permits and other claims made by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, according to court documents filed this month.
It was a day with temperatures and weather conditions more suited for football. But Oswego's Nate Behrens made sure golf stood out Monday.
Naperville Man's Death Related To H1N1
A second Naperville resident has died of causes related to the novel H1N1 flu virus, the Will County Health Department announced Wednesday.
New Oswego fire station open house
Firefighters here are eager to show off their new station on Wooley Road south of Oswego High School.
Previous victims testify to attacks by Dugan
Two women testified today to being abducted and terrified by a young Brian Dugan in 1983 and 1985 before he was arrested for the murders of 27-year old Donna Schnorr and 7-year old Melissa Ackerman.