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Oswego wants public input on sale of recreational marijuana

August 22, 2019 at 12:50 p.m.

The Oswego Village Board is looking for resident input as it prepares to discuss whether recreational marijuana should be sold in the village. Illinois lawmakers in July legalized adult use...

Hearing postponed on gravel mining expansion onto farmland in Kane County

August 21, 2019 at 12:56 p.m.

The Kane County Board Development Committee this week postponed for 30 days a public hearing on a proposed expansion of a sand and gravel mining operation onto farmland in Blackberry...

Yorkville Ald. Joel Frieders was honored at a Yorkville City Council meeting in 2017 for his work on suicide prevention. He has expanded his work on the issue this year.

Yorkville alderman expands suicide prevention campaign

August 21, 2019 at 10:29 a.m.

Yorkville Ald. Joel Frieders has expanded a suicide prevention awareness campaign he started several years ago. This year marks his third year of outreach as part of National Suicide Prevention...

West Aurora School District superintendent gets contract extension

August 21, 2019 at 9:37 a.m.

The West Aurora School District board has approved a two-year contract extension with Superintendent Jeff Craig that includes a 2.75 percent pay increase. Craig's contract was set to expire in...

New contract approved for West Aurora teachers

August 20, 2019 at 1:03 p.m.

West Aurora School District will begin the school year Wednesday with a new four-year contract with its teachers. Under terms of the negotiated agreement between the district and the Aurora...

Oswego may lower water rates

August 16, 2019 at 7:32 p.m.

Oswego is looking at the feasibility of reducing residential water rates. At the request of Village President Troy Parlier, village employees recently did an analysis of water rates to determine...

Oswego officials believe downtown project will begin soon

August 16, 2019 at 7:19 p.m.

A developer continues to work to secure financing to turn the former Alexander Lumber yard into a $69 million mixed-use development in downtown Oswego. "While we are frustrated with the...

Kane committee to look at plan for expanded gravel mining in Blackberry Township

August 16, 2019 at 12:56 p.m.

A controversial plan to expand a sand and gravel mining operation onto farmland in Blackberry Township will go to the Kane County Board Development Committee without a recommendation from the...

Twin sisters Harper, left, and Braxton Lyles attend the West Aurora School District Back to School Bash with their mother Iesha Saxon.

Back to School Bash gets West Aurora students ready for classes

August 16, 2019 at 11:35 a.m.

Second-grader Emanuel Gonzalez is excited about going back to school. "I can't wait to see my friends," said Emanuel, 7. Excitement and school supplies were in abundance Thursday at the...

‘God Bless the USA’ removed from Oswego school message board after complaints

August 16, 2019 at 10:48 a.m.

A patriotic message has been removed from an electronic message board outside of Plank Junior High School in Oswego after School District 308 received complaints about it. District officials recently...

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