Participants will get a behind-the-scenes look at fire operations, emergency medical services, rescue techniques, equipment demonstrations and more.

The festival will be held May 2-3 at Hudson Crossing Park. This is the 20th year of the village’s annual festival.

This will be the second roundabout on Wolfs Crossing. In 2023, the four-way intersection at Wolfs Crossing and Harvey Road was replaced with Oswego’s first roundabout.

The single-family house located at 238 Willowwood Drive in Oswego was sold on March 16, for $525,000, or $178 per square foot.

The single-family residence located at 548 Arbor Lane in Oswego was sold on March 16, for $535,000, or $180 per square foot.

The Yorkville Police Department responded to an attempted burglary incident in the 1900 block of South Bridge Street.

The new building at Adams and Jackson streets features 104 studio, one and two-bedroom apartments. A two-level parking garage with 123 spaces also is part of the project.

An investigation is underway into the cause of the fire. The Oswego Fire Protection District was dispatched to the scene at approximately 3:13 a.m. on Tuesday.

Radios not only provided entertainment in that pre-internet era, but also were literally instant windows to the world’s news.

Last year, village trustees unanimously approved plans for a 12,500-square-foot grocery store at the site. Benderson Development Company LLC. is building the store along with another building.

The department conducted the campaign from March 13-23. The Oswego Police Department joined forces with state and local law enforcement and highway safety partners.

Museum coordinator Joe Noce will present a free program on “The Lost Village of Troy, and Other Hidden Towns in Kendall County and Illinois,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

The reason for the decrease in funding is because the district has been moved from Tier 1 to Tier 2 when it comes to evidence based funding. Under the system, the funds flow first to the school districts that need them the most.

The Quad County Urban League champions equal opportunities for all disadvantaged persons and people of color, including African Americans, women and disabled persons.

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The majority of Oswego District 308 School Board members on Monday voted to approve a resolution transferring the property at 61 Franklin St. to the village of Oswego.

A large crowd gathered to protest the Trump administration at the No Kings demonstration along U.S. Route 34 in Oswego on Saturday, March 28, 2026.

Billy Bricks Pizza and Moo Joe’s ice cream plan to open in a vacant building at 5 S. Madison St., next door to Freddie’s Off the Chain restaurant and across Jefferson Street from the Oswego Public Library.

The Oswego School District 308 board unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the immediate dismissal of first-year teacher James Vassalla.

The Collaborative PE Program is designed to provide meaningful physical education experiences for students with a wide range of abilities.

The new outreach vehicle is expected to be on the go by this summer. The vehicle, which the library district recently acquired for about $215,000, will travel to schools, homes and other destinations.

Nearly 50% of Meals on Wheels clients screen at high nutritional risk due to the compounded effects of chronic illness, medication use, food insecurity, and social isolation, according to the Illinois Department on Aging.

Originally, the HomeGoods store was to locate in the former Lowe’s Garden Center in the Prairie Market shopping center along U.S. Route 34. However, those plans fell through.

Jesus Almaraz-Rodriguez, 49, was taken into custody by the Kendall County Cooperative Police Assistance Team.

The Parksmith Run development is being planned on land that at one time had housed the popular Oswego Drag Raceway, which operated from 1955 to 1979.

Most Illinois schools haven’t seen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at their doors, but officials say the federal crackdown is still impacting their classrooms

The city of Yorkville has two more large data center projects being proposed. Up for votes on Tuesday is the 540-acre Project Steel and the Meyer data center.

The single-family home located at 82 Ashlawn Avenue in Oswego was sold on March 6, for $410,000, or $253 per square foot.

One of the first lessons we learn, or should learn, as young adults is that the only thing that remains constant in life is change.

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A resident’s lawsuit filed against the city of Yorkville to halt the 1,037 acre Project Cardinal data center is heading closer to a settlement. The final agreement between the attorneys is subject to approval by City Council.

The single-family house located at 616 Briarwood Lane in Oswego was sold on March 6, for $372,000, or $221 per square foot.

The Cook County Clerk’s office and multiple police departments are warning residents of a scam circulating that falsely claims a court order requiring payment for traffic violations.

A single-family home located at 725 Bohannon Circle in Oswego changed owners on March 6.

Unofficial final numbers show voters in Yorkville school district rejected the $275 million bond proposal by a two-to-one margin.

With votes still being tallied, it’s looking like residents are saying no to the $275 million bond referendum from Yorkville School District 115 for new and expanded facilities.

Kendall Area Transit Dial-a-ride transportation is available from 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

A 4,179-square-foot single-family house, built in 2005, has changed hands.

Oswego District 308 School Board members will vote on the intergovernmental sale agreement at its March 23 meeting. The village will not directly pay the school district the $2.1 million sale price for the property.

With early voting already underway, residents are heading to the polls to cast their decision on the $275 million Yorkville School District 115 referendum. Here's what voters need to know.

Heading into the March 17 primary election, here’s what you need to know about some polling location changes this year in Kendall County.

The property, located at 61 Franklin St. near the intersection of Washington Street and U.S. Route 71 in Oswego, is in a tax increment financing district.

Oswego’s Little White School Museum is collecting written and taped accounts from current and former residents for its biographical collection as part of the Share Your Stories Program.

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Ryan Dodd, 44, of Aurora, was arrested on Jan. 29 after Ashley A. Stewart, 41, was found stabbed to death in her home on Valentine Way in Oswego on Jan. 27.

Wednesday was the last day for early voting at Oswego Village Hall and Monday is the last day of early voting at the Yorkville county building.

Instead of Venue 1012 hosting concerts all summer, plans are to hold one full-day event event at the amphitheater on Sept. 19. The free movie Movies Under The Stars series will be back.

Kendall County Sheriff’s Sergeant Tom Hagerty has served with the Sheriff’s Office since April 2008 and currently supervises in the Operations Division.

Officials said the district’s goal is to ensure that students who need additional academic support will continue to receive it.

To remind motorists of the dangers of impaired driving and to help keep the streets safe, area police departments are teaming up with the Illinois State Police and Illinois Department of Transportation for a traffic safety campaign running March 13 through March 23.