Tall Jason Kollum, on stilts, in the Oswego PrairieFest parade Sunday June 18, shares greetings with children on the sun-filled day.
Oswego Community Service Officers work to provide a rescue for more ducklings in the parking lot of the Oswego BP service station at the corner of U.S. Route 34 and Douglas Road Monday this week.
Troy Parlier, Oswego Village president, Kevin Smith, Open Roads ABATE activities coordinator, and Cliff Oleson, Open Roads ABATE president, with a signed proclamation proclaiming that May is Motorcycle Awareness Month at the April 18 Village of Oswego meeting
To assist in the prevention of identity theft, the Oswego Police Department is again a partner with up with First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO) to offer a free shredding service to the community. The shred event is scheduled for Saturday, April 22, at the Oswego Public Works Facility, 100...
From the mid-19th Century through the first decade of the 20th Century, Oswego was a largely self-contained community with everything from a thriving downtown business district to manufacturers of everything from cigars to windmills. Participants will find out about Oswego’s industrial past when the “Made in Oswego” label appeared on...
The Oswegoland Heritage Association and Oswego’s Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street, at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 18 for “From War Plants to Prairie Plants: Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and the Joliet Arsenal” presented by Midewin Heritage Program Manager and Archaeologist Joe Wheeler. The program host is the heritage...
The Oswego Downtown Association will hold the 6th Annual Chocolate Walk in downtown Oswego from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. Tickets are limited to 350 guests. No refunds. Ticket are available at tinyurl.com/2p95a86k. All guests will receive a canvas tote bag with this year’s logo on it...
January 9, 2023Dear editor; What is the definition of democracy? Newly- elected House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said it best: “House Democrats will always put American values over autocracy, Benevolence over bigotry, the Constitution over the cult, Democracy over demagogues, Economic opportunity over extremism, Freedom over fascism, Governing over...
December 12, 2022Dear editor; Thank you Oswegoland! Nearly 800 Christmas cards for veterans are going to veterans homes in Anna, La Salle, Manteno, Quincy, Hines Blind Center, and to Bickford, Symphony at Tillers, Cedarhurst, Hillside, and Alden Waterford, Jennings Terrace, and Symphony of Orchard Valley in Aurora, Oswego, and Yorkville....
The Oswego Christmas Walk draws an apparent family of five in front of a gigantic snow globe in downtown Oswego Friday, Dec. 5 in the annual event
The Oswego High School girls bowling team started its season by capturing first place at the Plainfield Central Wildcat Invite Friday, Nov. 25. The Panthers’ morning total of 2,650 put the team in third place entering the lunch break and trailing only Minooka and Joliet West in the field of...
Margaret Phillips Young sits outside her home on South Main Street in Oswego in this photo taken approximately in 1890.
The public is invited to join the Oswego Chamber of Commerce, Greater Area Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, Village officials, government representatives, OSCC Board members, staff members, volunteers, supporters, and friends, when Oswegoland Senior & Community Center is host to the ribbon-cutting celebration of its new building at 3525 US Highway...
Linda Nathan of Naperville, center, is among Senior Singers choir of Oswegoland Senior and Community Center in Oswego performing "Tumblin' Tumbleweed" in a concert outdoors Friday, Aug. 19 at the Center. Choristers donned cowboy hats for the performance.
Oswego’s annual PrairieFest will be Thursday through Saturday, June 16-19, at 91 Plank Drive in Oswego. Admission, parking and events are free. Presented by the Oswegoland Park District, PrairieFest provides a Summer celebration over Father’s Day weekend. Free concerts from a mix of national and local bands, along with entertaining...
April 25, 2022Dear editor; Vote yes on the June 28 Referendum to provide funding for OFPD (Oswego Fire Protection District) to keep up with our growing safety needs. In 2002, the only thing in town on Route 34 was farmland and the Home Depot and the population was approximately 15,000....
The Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street, Oswego, is celebrating Black History Month and Women’s History Month with special programs and a special exhibit through March. At 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6, the museum will celebrate both Black History Month and Women’s History Month when Marlene Rivero presents “Elizabeth...
Kendall County Democratic Central Committee Responds to Resignation of Oswego 308 Board of Education president. “We are disheartened to learn the Board of Education president of Oswego School District 308, Dr. Donna Marino, has resigned and we are infuriated by the vitriol and threats of harm made against her and...
Water will, in fact, link the communities of Montgomery, Oswego, and Yorkville. For more than a year, elected officials and staff members from each municipality have researched and reviewed future alternate water source options individually and collectively as a regional team aptly named WaterLink. After months of meetings, presentations, conservation...
Oswego Police Department would like to advise the public to expect increased traffic congestion and delays in Oswego Friday, Dec. 3, due to the 2021 Oswego Christmas Walk activities. Motorists should expect delays in particular when travelling on U.S. Route 34 through the downtown area between 4 p.m. and 9...
