Oswego News

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.

A study evaluating operations at the Little White School Museum at 72 Polk Street in downtown Oswego is now underway.

Summer is in full swing with many great events to support animal rescue in the Chicago-area.

U.S. Senator Mark Kirk is under fire by Latino legislators after he sided with his most conservative colleagues in votes on immigration reform.

OSWEGO, Ill. Some Oswego residents said they would have had no idea there was a possible tornado heading toward them on Wednesday if they weren't listening to the radio, because a warning siren on the north side of town didn't go off.

Kane County animal control authorities report today that a kitten that survived a 300-mile journey inside a semitrailer's air cleaner from Wisconsin has been adopted by an Oswego family.

Jonathan Kent , left, comforts his son Clark on the family farm - a scene shot in Oswego.

Lindsay Marie Moore and Christopher Steven Ammenhauser, both of Oswego, Ill., will be united in marriage Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Oswego.

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.

One of the few major pieces of legislation to make it through the General Assembly's spring session that ended Friday was a bill allowing concealed carry of firearms in public.

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.

People are looking for places in Oswego to hold receptions, Roy White, an Oswegoland Park District Board member, told his board colleagues during a recent meeting.

Metra officials Friday recommended that the commuter rail agency consider extending service to Yorkville in Kendall County, rather than halting at slightly closer-to-Chicago Oswego, an issue that has been discussed for more than a decade.

These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, the report includes when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the charges.

Rachel Lansky of Wyanet, formerly of Oswego, and Daniel Nelson of Wyanet are announcing their engagement and approaching marriage.

At a Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday night, Aurora University leaders announced plans to break ground on the John C. Dunham STEM Partnership school in August.

Oswego School District Board members were presented with a mini budget workshop at last week's board meeting by Assistant Superintendent Dr.

Gov. Pat Quinn on Friday signed legislation Friday establishing a one year moratorium on the creation of new virtual charter schools in Illinois- including one proposed in this area.

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.

Oswego distance runner Caleb Beck added an exclamation point to the end of his high school career with a pair of state medals last Saturday at the Class 3A track and field finals.