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West Aurora School District gets some pushback from teachers, staff on state COVID-19 vaccine mandate

September 27, 2021 at 9:56 a.m.

West Aurora School District 129 has gotten some pushback from teachers and staff on Illinois' COVID-19 vaccine mandate for school personnel. "I think this mandate thing is all wrong," Jean...

Air Force Starlifter group to perform concert in Oswego Friday evening

September 23, 2021 at 3:07 p.m.

A World War II veteran as well as a long-time Fox Valley veterans advocate who passed away this summer will be honored Friday night as part of a performance by...

Enrollment numbers keep going down in West Aurora School District

September 23, 2021 at 7:56 a.m.

Enrollment numbers have declined for the fifth year in a row in West Aurora School District 129, district officials said. Assistant Superintendent of Operations Angie Smith discussed the latest enrollment...

District 308 students back for in-person learning a day after bus driver shortage forces remote classes

September 22, 2021 at 11:25 a.m.

In-person classes resumed as usual in Oswego-based School District 308 on Wednesday, a day after a bus driver shortage forced middle school and high school students in the district to...

Chimney swifts get ready to roost in a chimney in West Dundee on Sept. 11.

For Fox Valley bird lovers, watching chimney swifts in action like seeing ‘a miniature tornado’

September 21, 2021 at 10:44 a.m.

With their twittering call barely audible through the factory noise, a flock of chimney swifts arrived just as the sun was ready to set as a couple of dozen people...

A school bus in Chicago in August. Due to a school bus driver shortage, Oswego-based School District 308 had to go to remote learning Tuesday for junior high and high school students.

Bus driver shortage forces Oswego-based District 308 into remote learning for middle, high school students

September 21, 2021 at 5:24 p.m.

In Oswego-based School District 308, in-person classes were not held Tuesday for high school and junior high school students due to a "large number of bus driver absences." Elementary classes...

Linnea Windel, president and CEO of VNA Health Care.

With COVID-19 vaccine in spotlight, health official worries about Aurora-area kids getting their routine vaccinations

September 15, 2021 at 10:15 a.m.

While getting people vaccinated against COVID-19 is in the spotlight right now, concerns have been raised about Aurora-area children getting their routine vaccines and physicals. "It's rather concerning when we...

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, center, reflects on the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a remembrance event in the city Saturday on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Aurora comes together to remember lives lost on the ‘horrific morning’ of 9/11

September 11, 2021 at 2:14 p.m.

Aurora came together Saturday to remember the 2,977 lives lost during the terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, and honor six of the city's firefighters who...

Volunteer Karen Breunig works in the Souvenir Gazebo at the Sandwich Fair, which runs through Sunday. "It's been fabulous to be back at the fair," she said, after the event had to be canceled last year due to the pandemic.

After being canceled in 2020 due to pandemic, fans say return of Sandwich Fair is ‘fabulous’

September 11, 2021 at 1:54 p.m.

The 133rd edition of the Sandwich Fair - a tradition for generations - is in full swing after being canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Sandwich Fair,...

Oswego looks at new development ordinance as village keeps growing

September 7, 2021 at 4:55 p.m.

As Oswego continues to grow, village officials are working to create a new development ordinance and wants the public to get involved in the process. According to recently released U.S....

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