Oswego News

It was a case that made national headlines, but unfolded in our own backyards. And it began in 1972 when a 16-year-old named Brian Dugan moved to Aurora's East Side.

A school district is in trouble if its costs rise more than its income rises. But West Aurora and Oswego schools are in a crisis that will likely give them less money than they got last year.

Cheryl Johnson and her staff at the Kendall County Health Department are to be commended for their ongoing effort to provide the H1N1 flu vaccine to county residents in a professional and orderly manner.

When it comes to limiting hours for the sale of packaged alcoholic beverages in Montgomery, the village is truly in a difficult spot.

Oswego residents should see village leaf vacuums in their neighborhoods more frequently as a result of action taken this past week by the village board.

Miguel Rodriguez, 30, of the 400 block of East Main Street, Yorkville, was taken to Provena Mercy Medical Center in Aurora after a two-car collision at 10:10 a.m. Thursday near Indian Trail and Penn Avenue, Aurora police said.

As we reported last week, several months of negotiations ended when the Oswego School District Board voted unanimously to approve a new basic contract with the Oswego Education Association , the union that represents the district's 945 teachers, department chairpersons, learning resource center directors, and certified nurses.

Montgomery Village Board member Denny Lee wants to limit the hours village merchants can sell packaged liquor on Friday and Saturday nights.

Despite a nearly 10 percent rise in population in Kendall County, the total number of crimes increased only slightly between 2007 and 2008, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Police.

Next Wednesday, Nov. 11 at exactly 11 a.m. people will gather in Oswego, Montgomery and across our country to remember and honor our nation's veterans.

An Aurora woman facing homicide and drunk driving charges in a fatal 2007 crash in Oswego in which five teenagers died appeared in court for the first time in nearly two years last Friday.

The search for a new chief financial officer for the Village of Oswego is well underway.

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/ 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 ...

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.

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.

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. is right at home in the historic Wright House at 217 S. Third Street in Geneva.

Share + Oct 30, 2009 8:49 pm US/Central Reporting Mike Parker OSWEGO, Ill. It stinks.

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.