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Eric Schelkopf @EricSReporter

Reporter for Record Newspapers/KendallCountyNow.com, covering Oswego and Plainfield.

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$1.3 million lottery ticket purchased at Oswego BP gas station shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

$1.3 million lottery ticket purchased at Oswego BP gas station

The winning numbers were 1-13-19-27-35. For selling the jackpot-winning ticket, the retailer will receive a bonus of 1% of the prize amount, totaling $13,000.

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Oswego cleans up after storms knock down trees, power lines shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Oswego cleans up after storms knock down trees, power lines

The Oswego Public Works Department has been removing debris from public roads and sidewalks.

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Plans moving ahead to redevelop South Harrison Street in downtown Oswego shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Plans moving ahead to redevelop South Harrison Street in downtown Oswego

The proposal is part of a bigger project to redevelop that portion of Harrison Street. Plans also call for small retail shop spaces, food trucks with a pavilion and recreational area along with a...

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Vinyl returns to downtown Oswego as new record store opens shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Vinyl returns to downtown Oswego as new record store opens

Mike Ramirez recently opened Needle ‘N Groove Records at 17 Jefferson St. in downtown Oswego. The store had a soft opening on June 7.

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Officials break ground on $400M project to bring Lake Michigan water to Oswego, Yorkville and Montgomery shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Officials break ground on $400M project to bring Lake Michigan water to Oswego, Yorkville and...

Officials participated in a groundbreaking ceremony at Oswego East High School on Wednesday for a 30-mile, nearly $400 million Lake Michigan transmission main extension to provide Lake Michigan water...

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Oswego expects special census will show more than 5,000 people added since 2020 shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Oswego expects special census will show more than 5,000 people added since 2020

It is estimated the village of Oswego has grown by 5,553 people, a 16% increase. That would put the village’s population at 40,138.

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Multiple fire districts respond to fire at waste services plant in unincorporated Plainfield shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Multiple fire districts respond to fire at waste services plant in unincorporated Plainfield

The Oswego Fire Protection District was dispatched shortly after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday for a reported explosion at Groot Recycling & Waste Services located in the Arrowhead Industrial Park in unincorpo...

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Kendall County Sheriff’s Office hires more deputies shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Kendall County Sheriff’s Office hires more deputies

Anthony “Tony” Ikis and Champ Evans were sworn in on June 8 by Kendall County Sheriff Dwight Baird.

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Oswego District 308 plans slight increase in student meal rates shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Oswego District 308 plans slight increase in student meal rates

District 308 officials say the increase is necessary to maintain financial stability of the food service program and offset continuing increases of food, labor and operating costs

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Plainfield’s population nears 50,000, according to special census shawlocal.com/the-herald-new…

Plainfield’s population nears 50,000, according to special census

Plainfield had requested a special census be done because of the estimated 10% increase in its population since 2020, the year of the most recent U.S. census.

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Oswegoland Park District needs more volunteer help for PrairieFest shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Oswegoland Park District needs more volunteer help for PrairieFest

PrairieFest is Kendall County’s largest festival, attracting upwards of 75,000 people every year. Oswegoland Park District has been organizing PrairieFest since 1989.

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Oswego police issue 45 seat belt citations, 18 speeding tickets in special enforcement campaign shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Oswego police issue 45 seat belt citations, 18 speeding tickets in special enforcement campaign

The campaign, aimed at aimed at increasing seat belt use and keeping roads safe during one of the busiest travel periods of the year, ran from May 15 to May 26.

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Plainfield debates letting you take your drink with you during special events shawlocal.com/the-herald-new…

Plainfield debates letting you take your drink with you during special events

After talking about the proposal during the June 1 Plainfield Village Board meeting, village trustees voted to table the matter until Monday’s Committee of the Whole workshop for further discussion.

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Oswego Library District planning for its future as it acquires property near downtown Oswego campus shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Oswego Library District planning for its future as it acquires property near downtown Oswego campus

At the May 27 Oswego Library Board meeting, trustees approved the purchase of a four-bedroom house at 55 N. Madison St. for $514,999. The 2,268 square-foot house was built in 1904.

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Oswego District 308 officials: 17 of the district’s schools are rated in poor condition shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Oswego District 308 says 17 of the district’s schools are rated in poor condition

Oswego School District 308 officials said they have identified about $317 million in facility needs over the next 10 years across all the district’s schools.

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Second downtown Plainfield business damaged in January fire won’t reopen shawlocal.com/the-herald-new…

Second downtown Plainfield business damaged in January fire won’t reopen

No one was injured in the Jan. 28 fire and all occupants of the restaurant at 24047 W. Lockport St. and neighboring businesses were safely evacuated.

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Plainfield trustee wants village to rethink policy on flying Pride Month flag shawlocal.com/the-herald-new…

Plainfield trustee wants village to rethink policy on flying Pride Month flag

“A policy of neutrality ensures that all citizens can enter civic spaces without feeling that the institution itself is taking a side on cultural or political topics,” Plainfield village trustee Tom...

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Need to access the Oswego Library? Request the Reading Rover to come on over shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Need to access the Oswego Library? Request the Reading Rover to come on over

The vehicle, which the Oswego Public Library District acquired for about $215,000, will travel to schools, homes and other destinations.

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State grant to help Oswego Fire Protection District replace gear that protects firefighters from carcinogens shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

State grant to help Oswego Fire Protection District replace gear that protects firefighters from...

The grant will allow the district to replace aging extractors at three stations, including one machine that has been in service for more than 20 years.

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Oswego District 308 to hold town hall meeting to discuss proposed $317 million bond referendum shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Oswego District 308 to hold town hall meeting to discuss proposed $317 million bond referendum

District 308 officials said they have identified about $317 million in facility needs over the next 10 years across all the district’s schools.

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