Montgomery News

We well remember the month of June 1988 in Oswego. It was the year there was no community celebration in the village.

Oswego and Montgomery home and business owners will see an increase on the wastewater treatment bills they receive every other month from the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District.

It turns out the job of administrator for the Village of Montgomery suits Jeff Zoephel just fine.

There's nothing like an impending storm to mess with the best of plans - especially when an outdoor venue is involved.

And there's so much to do - golf, swimming, bicycling, barbecues - name your fun.

Compiled from articles published in the Ledger-Sentinel, 1980-present; Fox Valley Sentinel, 1974-1980; Oswego Ledger, 1949-1980; Kendall County Record, 1864-present; and historical information provided by the Village of Montgomery.

Acting on the recommendation of Montgomery Police, the village board voted unanimously last week to amend the village code to regulate "junk, pawn shops and gold dealers" operating in the village.

The village of Montgomery is using a community development grant awarded from the state to do a little planning for the future.

Herschel Luckinbill, I've been told, is a force to be reckoned with. And when I asked the Montgomery man about that bold description, he modestly agreed.

Gov. Pat Quinn Thursday announced a total of more than $2.9 million in capital investments for construction projects in Kane County.

The subject of a village manager was a hot button topic in recent village elections, resulting in the election of a new mayor and two new trustees.

The manager of the Deer Run condominium complex in unincorporated Oswego Township this week criticized the Neighborhood Watch program that was started in 2011 with the help of the Kendall County Sheriff's Office.

The long-awaited water main replacement project in Boulder Hill will begin in the next few weeks after officials in the village of Montgomery approved an $8.2 million bond issue Tuesday.

Monday, May 27 Domestic battery Victor Torres, 26, of the 1500 block of Auburn Avenue, Naperville, was arrested at 6:40 a.m. in the 0-99 block of South Bereman Road, Montgomery, and charged with domestic battery after striking an ex-girlfriend with a beer bottle, said the Sheriff's office.

The upshot of Luis Lomeli's testimony Tuesday was the only crimes he committed the night Darrio Hunter died were doing marijuana and cocaine - not robbery and murder.

After six months' of work - paid and volunteer - and a $9,000 investment, volunteers unveiled and redicated an 1897 U.S. Army cannon that fired a 3.25 shell using a breech bag of powder at Riverside Cemetery in Montgomery on Sunday, May 26.

Fox Valley area woman Christina Diamond is collecting food and other item, on behalf of her Naperville based organization "Women in Need" with help from some area firefighters to help Oklahoma tornado victims.

On July 1, 2012, it was uncertain whether 17-year-old Samantha Garcia would wake up from her coma after a car accident near her Montgomery, IL home.

With the Illinois General Assembly scheduled to adjourn May 31, municipal officials are concerned Governor Pat Quinn and state lawmakers will attempt to reduce state reimbursements to municipalities as part of a plan to reduce the state's multi-billion dollar deficit.

Did you take a shower this morning? Flush a toilet? Fill your coffeemaker with safe drinking water? Drive on a paved street to work? Chances are you did all these things-as you do every day-without much thought.