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Prep Football: Plano scores 46 unanswered points for comeback win

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Prep Football: Oswego puts away Romeoville to remain undefeated

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Football: Oswego remains unbeaten with win over Romeoville

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Bob Rung's passion for streams, fishing inspired others

Sept. 20, 2016 - 4:53 pm

Ticket presale begins soon for Oswego East vs. Oswego

Sept. 24, 2016 - 1:13 pm

A&E calendar: Music, theater and more in Kendall County

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Channahon, Minooka women injured in Kendall Township crash

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Prep Football: Oswego East breaks in Plainfield South's new turf

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Prep Football: Oswego East defense ensures historic 5-0 start
When two football teams are averaging 46.4 points between them, most would expect to see a high-scoring affair when they meet up.But while F ...
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Sept. 24, 2016 - 10:58 am
Prep Football: Morris football defense keys win over Yorkville
During the first half of Friday night's Northern Illinois Big 12 East opener against Yorkville, the Morris football team's offense didn't do ...
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Sept. 24, 2016 - 7:41 pm

Prep Football: Sandwich dual threat wrecks havoc on Streator
When a quarterback and a running back combine for 478 yards and six touchdowns, they give credit to their offensive line.Blake Davis, Derek ...
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Sept. 24, 2016 - 12:37 am

PHOTOS: Sandwich volleyball defeats Plano 2-1
The Sandwich girls volleyball team traveled to Plano on Thursday night and dispatched the Reapers in Interstate Eight Conference action, 25- ...
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Sept. 23, 2016 - 12:41 pm

PHOTOS: Oswego soccer plays Geneva to scoreless tie
The Oswego boys soccer team played to a 0-0 tie at Geneva on Thursday. Nick Kearns was credited with three saves in the shutout in goal. The ...
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Sept. 23, 2016 - 12:21 pm
How to solve single-tooth loss with an implant
People lose teeth for a number of reasons — injury, periodontal disease and health issues. “Once you lose a tooth the immediate problem i ...
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Mayor Golinski swears in Det. Hunter as police sergeant
Mayor Gary Golinski (center) swore in Det. John Hunter (left) of the Yorkville Police Department as a sergeant at the Sept. 13 Yorkville City Council ...
Sept. 23, 2016 - 5:30 am
Final Downtown Sandwich Cruise Night is next Wednesday
The final Downtown Sandwich Cruise Night in the 2016 series will be on Wednesday, Sept. 28, starting at 5 p.m.
Sept. 23, 2016 - 5:30 am
Taste of Sandwich and Car Show set for next Wednesday
Arrangements were discussed by the Sandwich City Council concerning traffic flow, parking and street closures for the annual Taste of Sandwich and Car ...
Sept. 23, 2016 - 5:30 am
Oswego to flush water mains starting Oct. 3
The village of Oswego’s Public Works Department will be flushing water mains during the two-week period of Oct. 3 to Oct. 14 (weather permitting).
Sept. 22, 2016 - 2:48 pm
County Board approves upgrade to jail, courthouse security system
The Kendall County Board approved a $3 million upgrade to security systems at the Kendall County Courthouse and the Public Safety Center, both in York ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 2:46 pm
Road work underway throughout Oswego
Workers began road construction in various locations in Oswego earlier this week.The following roads ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 2:44 pm
Congregational Church hosts rummage sale this weekend
Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ hosts its fall Rummage and Bake Sale this Friday from 9 a.m to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. unt ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 1:43 pm
Vietnam veteran from Yorkville gets final ride to visit D.C. memorials
With stage 4 terminal kidney cancer, John Lechowicz does not have the luxury of time, but thanks to local and national veterans organizations, he was ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 5:30 am
Plano OKs bid for Hugh Street parking lot project
D Construction of Coal City was awarded a contract by Plano City Council members for the Hugh Street parking lot construction. Their bid of $95,016 wa ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 5:30 am
Kendall County building permits
Sept. 12, Garage, Anna Rafdahl-Piazza, 10 Navajo Court, OswegoSept. 12, Additions, Sliverio and Lour ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 5:30 am

Taste of Sandwich and Car Show set for next Wednesday
Arrangements were discussed by the Sandwich City Council concerning traffic flow, parking and street closures for the annual Taste of Sandwich and Car ...
Sept. 23, 2016 - 5:30 am
County Board approves upgrade to jail, courthouse security system
The Kendall County Board approved a $3 million upgrade to security systems at the Kendall County Courthouse and the Public Safety Center, both in York ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 2:46 pm
Plano OKs bid for Hugh Street parking lot project
D Construction of Coal City was awarded a contract by Plano City Council members for the Hugh Street parking lot construction. Their bid of $95,016 wa ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 5:30 am
2016 Kendall County tentative multiplier announced
Kendall County has been issued a tentative property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000, according to Constance Beard, Director of the Illinois D ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 5:30 am
Matt Brolley to seek second term as Montgomery village president
Montgomery Village President Matt Brolley will seek a second term.Brolley said he picked up nominati ...
Sept. 21, 2016 - 5:10 pm
Montgomery petitions available for April 2017 election
Petitions and candidate information packets are now available at the Montgomery Village Hall Clerk’s Office for the April 4, 2017, Consolidated Electi ...
Sept. 21, 2016 - 2:14 pm
New cable television provider inks pact with Kendall County
Residents of the Boulder Hill subdivision and other unincorporated areas in Kendall County will soon be getting another cable provider.
Sept. 21, 2016 - 1:00 pm
Sandwich City Council OKs telecommunications tax hike
The telecommunications tax rate ordinance amendment was passed at Monday night’s Sandwich City Council meeting.
Sept. 16, 2016 - 5:30 am
Rep. Wheeler accepts ‘Friend of Agriculture’ award from Illinois Farm Bureau
The Illinois Farm Bureau has presented its 2016 “Friend of Agriculture” award to State Rep. Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego, in recognition of his voting reco ...
Sept. 15, 2016 - 5:30 am
Illinois' state budget is topic for forum this evening in Aurora
Ralph Martire, executive director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accreditation, will discuss the current status of the state of the Illinois budget ...
Sept. 15, 2016 - 5:30 am

Prep Football: Morris football defense keys win over Yorkville
During the first half of Friday night's Northern Illinois Big 12 East opener against Yorkville, the Morris football team's offense didn't do much as f ...
Sept. 24, 2016 - 7:41 pm
Prep Football: Plano scores 46 unanswered points for comeback win
Manteno took a 21-0 lead on visiting Plano in Friday night's Interstate Eight Conference Large Division clash, but the game was far from over.
Sept. 24, 2016 - 1:52 pm
Ticket presale begins soon for Oswego East vs. Oswego
The crosstown football game between Oswego and Oswego East will take place on Sept. 30 at Oswego East. The sophomore game begins at 4:30 p.m. with the ...
Sept. 24, 2016 - 1:13 pm
Prep Football: Oswego puts away Romeoville to remain undefeated
Romeoville's offense came to life in the second half, but it was too late Friday night as visiting Oswego rolled to a 42-22 victory in the Southwest P ...
Sept. 24, 2016 - 1:11 pm
Prep Football: Oswego East defense ensures historic 5-0 start
When two football teams are averaging 46.4 points between them, most would expect to see a high-scoring affair when they meet up.
Sept. 24, 2016 - 10:58 am
PHOTOS: Oswego East 21, Plainfield North 14
The Oswego East football team remains unbeaten at 5-0 after a 21-14 victory at Plainfield North on Friday night in Southwest Prairie Conference play.
Sept. 24, 2016 - 12:58 am
Football: Oswego remains unbeaten with win over Romeoville
ROMEOVILLE – Romeoville's offense came to life in the second half, but it was too late Friday night as the Spartans dropped a 42-22 Southwest Prairie ...
Sept. 24, 2016 - 12:42 am
Prep Football: Sandwich dual threat wrecks havoc on Streator
When a quarterback and a running back combine for 478 yards and six touchdowns, they give credit to their offensive line.
Sept. 24, 2016 - 12:37 am
Yorkville Middle School runners make big impact at Troy Invite
The Yorkville Middle School cross country team has competed at the Troy Invite in Shorewood every year since the cross country team was founded at the ...
Sept. 24, 2016 - 12:31 am
PHOTOS: Sandwich volleyball defeats Plano 2-1
The Sandwich girls volleyball team traveled to Plano on Thursday night and dispatched the Reapers in Interstate Eight Conference action, 25-19, 17-25, ...
Sept. 23, 2016 - 12:41 pm

Sandwich Sportsman Club supports Fruit of the Room Project
The Sandwich Sportsman Club presented a check for $300 to the Tri-County Kiwanis Club to go towards their Fruit of the Room Project. This project prov ...
Sept. 25, 2016 - 5:30 am
Sandwich VFW helps Open Door
Each year the Sandwich VFW and its auxiliary cooks and serves a meal for Open Door clients and their families. Bill Goodin, VFW Quartermaster, present ...
Sept. 24, 2016 - 5:30 am
Bibles at Trinity
Trinity Church United Methodist pastor Mike Stoner recently presented bibles to third-grade students. Sunday School is available for children in grade ...
Sept. 24, 2016 - 5:30 am
How to solve single-tooth loss with an implant
People lose teeth for a number of reasons — injury, periodontal disease and health issues. “Once ...
Sept. 23, 2016 - 1:05 pm
United Church of Sandwich hosts rummage sale
The United Church of Sandwich is having a fall rummage and bake sale on Friday, Oct. 14, and Saturday, Oct. 15, at the south end of the church – 512 E ...
Sept. 23, 2016 - 5:30 am
Widows Connection support group will be meeting Oct. 6
Widows Connection, a Christian support group that seeks to encourage and provide practical, emotional and spiritual support for women who have lost a ...
Sept. 23, 2016 - 5:30 am
United Church of Sandwich sets annual Brat Fest
The United Church of Sandwich will hold its fourth annual United Brat Fest on Tuesday, Oct. 11. The drive-thru will be open from 5 to 7 p.m. The cost ...
Sept. 23, 2016 - 5:30 am
ALR plans September meeting
The American Legion Riders from Sandwich Post 181 will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Sandwich VFW (713 S. Main St. in Sandwich). Upc ...
Sept. 23, 2016 - 5:30 am
IVT fundraiser to benefit Mimi Bryan Memorial Scholarship
Residents are invited to enjoy some great barbecue and support the arts in the Sandwich area.Eat at ...
Sept. 23, 2016 - 5:30 am
Sandwich Lions Club’s next scrap metal drive is Oct. 1
The Sandwich Lions Club will conduct their fall scrap metal collection from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 1, in the city parking lot across from Ci ...
Sept. 23, 2016 - 5:30 am

Down the Garden Path: What’s the scoop on spring and summer bulbs?
Let’s start with a few confusing sentences this week. You plant spring-flowering bulbs in the fall and summer-flowering bulbs in the spring. You divid ...
Sept. 24, 2016 - 5:30 am
Matt Brolley: Events provide chance to learn about Montgomery's history
I’ve always found history fascinating, and especially enjoy learning about people and events in Montgomery’s early days. Since our village was founded ...
Sept. 21, 2016 - 1:46 pm
Reflections: Location – the real estate key for thousands of years
The Illinois Archaeological Survey celebrates Archaeological Awareness Month each September all across the state.
Sept. 21, 2016 - 11:00 am
Down the Garden Path: Everyone is thinking it, no one is saying it
Seems like summer took so long to get here and with weather that was enjoyable, but now those unspoken words have begun to enter our everyday lives. T ...
Sept. 17, 2016 - 5:30 am
Waubonsee Voices: Simulation part of the future of health care education
Since the beginning of the early 1900s, educating health care professionals in institutions of higher education rather than hospital-based diploma and ...
Sept. 16, 2016 - 6:18 pm
Yesteryear: September in Oswego-area history
Compiled by Roger Matile and John Etheredge from articles published in the Ledger-Sentinel, 1980-2015; Fox Valley Sentinel, 1974-1980; Oswego Ledger, ...
Sept. 15, 2016 - 5:30 am
Reflections: Chicago's World's Fair did much to promote model railroading
Well, we’ve made it to the Ides of September, so we’ve got that going for us.The kids are back in sc ...
Sept. 14, 2016 - 11:30 am
Yesteryear
Compiled by Jeff Farren from the files of the Kendall County Record.September 2011• Arizona Sheriff ...
Sept. 13, 2016 - 4:55 pm
Down the Garden Path: First cool weather of the season
Recent cooler weather and nighttime temperatures are beginning to trigger changes in our home landscape and vegetable gardens.
Sept. 10, 2016 - 5:30 am
Reflections: Joel Matteson, another in long line of not entirely honest governors
People really liked Joel Matteson. In fact, the early Kendall County settler was so likable that he was eventually elected governor of Illinois, where ...
Sept. 7, 2016 - 11:00 am

Plano police reports
DUI arrest on Sears Ave.Plano police arrested Jose Vasquez-Silva, 43, of the 900 block of Canham Str ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 5:30 am
Kendall County court cases
• Stefanie Ross, 19, 100 block of Boulder Hill Pass, Boulder Hill, was recently charged with possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony, f ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 5:30 am
Plano man sentenced to prison for selling heroin near Plano High School
A Plano man has been sentenced to six years in state prison for selling heroin within 500 feet of Plano High School.
Sept. 21, 2016 - 5:07 pm
Oswego police reports
Theft suspect chargedOswego police arrested Derrick N. Jenkins, 34, of the 1300 block of South Glen ...
Sept. 21, 2016 - 1:00 pm
Yorkville police reports
One hurt, one citedA resident of Peoria, Ariz. was injured in a two vehicle accident on Route 126 at ...
Sept. 21, 2016 - 1:00 pm
Kendall County sheriff's reports
Two hurt, one cited in crashTwo motorists were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Route 47 at Bonni ...
Sept. 21, 2016 - 1:00 pm
Montgomery police reports
Burglary attempt thwartedA security guard told Montgomery police that an unknown suspect attempted t ...
Sept. 21, 2016 - 1:00 pm
Kendall prosecutors charge Minooka man with sex assault, domestic battery
The Kendall County State's Attorney's Office has charged a man from unincorporated Minooka with aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated dome ...
Sept. 20, 2016 - 7:55 am
Yorkville man sentenced to prison for stolen car, cocaine
A Kendall County judge has sentenced a Yorkville man to prison for stealing a car and possessing cocaine.
Sept. 20, 2016 - 7:56 am
Plano police reports
Obstructing among chargesPlano police arrested James A. Smith, 19, of the 700 block of Suzanne Drive ...
Sept. 15, 2016 - 5:30 am

Sandwich Sportsman Club supports Fruit of the Room Project
The Sandwich Sportsman Club presented a check for $300 to the Tri-County Kiwanis Club to go towards their Fruit of the Room Project. This project prov ...
Sept. 25, 2016 - 5:30 am
Plano Middle School begins Fishing Fridays
Plano Middle School’s first Fishing Friday of the 2016-17 school year was held on Sept. 9 at Foli Park.
Sept. 22, 2016 - 5:30 am
Plano High School announces students, staff of the month for May
Plano High School recently announced its students and staff of the month for September.PHS staff nom ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 5:30 am
Top Marmion cadets receive military promotions
Marmion Academy’s JROTC program honored 40 cadets with military promotions at the annual Sabre Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 9.
Sept. 22, 2016 - 5:30 am
Plano School District 88 reports enrollments up 66
Enrollment figures for the 2016-17 school year in Plano are up 66 over last year, Superintendent Hector Garcia told board members Monday night. The to ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 5:30 am
Plano High School’s NHI Club holding donation drive Sept. 23, 24
The Plano High School National Hispanic Institute (NHI) Club was able to send three seniors to the Collegiate World Series at the University of Tampa, ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 5:30 am
H.E. Dummer honors top sellers
The top two sellers for Herman E. Dummer School’s fall fundraiser received Wal-Mart gift cards. Pictured are the winners, Piper Barr and Kendelle Murp ...
Sept. 21, 2016 - 5:30 am
Farmers help Sandwich School District 430 win $10,000 to improve STEM education
To feed the world’s rapidly growing population and tackle many other global challenges, our country’s next generation of leaders will need to be highl ...
Sept. 21, 2016 - 5:30 am
Woodbury second-grader wins Sandwich Fair coloring contest
The Sandwich Fair has a coloring contest for second-grade students at Woodbury Elementary School each year. This year Woodbury student Norah Vick won ...
Sept. 16, 2016 - 5:30 am
Learning about butterfly lifecycles at Prairie View
Prairie View students from Mrs. Hester's class learned about insects at Hoover Outdoor Education Center in Yorkville by playing a game about the life ...
Sept. 16, 2016 - 5:30 am

Sandwich Chamber hosts meet-and-greet for Dojo Dynamics
The Sandwich Area Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a meet-and-greet for new member Dojo Dynamics. Dojo Dynamics is owned by Scott Francis and is lo ...
Sept. 22, 2016 - 5:30 am
A work in progress: WOW 7 Cinema to reopen Friday
SANDWICH – The WOW 7 movie theater, 101 Duvick Ave. in Sandwich, will be partially refurbished when it reopens as Cinema 7 on Friday, Sept. 23. That a ...
Sept. 21, 2016 - 5:30 am
Harmony Aesthetics opens in Yorkville
Members of the Yorkville Area Chamber of Commerce visited Harmony Aesthetics, newly opened at 129 Commercial Drive, Unit 8, Suite G, in Yorkville, to ...
Sept. 20, 2016 - 7:57 am
Sandwich Area Chamber of Commerce golf outing winners
This year’s Sandwich Area Chamber of Commerce golf outing was won by the foursome from JC Health & Fitness.
Sept. 16, 2016 - 5:30 am
Resource Bank welcomes new lending adviser in Somonauk
Resource Bank, N.A. welcomes Tim Meyer to its team of expert commercial and agricultural advisers. Meyer will work at the Somonauk branch at 605 E. Ma ...
Sept. 16, 2016 - 5:30 am
Yorkville First National Bank Challenge raises $29,800
The Yorkville First National Bank Challenge is in its 14th year. Each year, community business leaders pledge to accept the “Challenge” and help raise ...
Sept. 15, 2016 - 4:16 pm
Rep. Wheeler accepts ‘Friend of Agriculture’ award from Illinois Farm Bureau
The Illinois Farm Bureau has presented its 2016 “Friend of Agriculture” award to State Rep. Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego, in recognition of his voting reco ...
Sept. 15, 2016 - 5:30 am
Norway Kennels celebrates 20th anniversary
Members from several area chambers of commerce, including Yorkville, Plano, Sandwich and Ottawa, gathered to celebrate the 20th anniversary and recent ...
Sept. 14, 2016 - 3:00 pm
Free program on touring Alaska set for Oct. 19
Join Travel Services of Yorkville for Alaska Night. This free event is at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Travel Services’ office.
Sept. 14, 2016 - 5:30 am
Seniors and pets
Bernard Williams once said, “There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.” ...
Sept. 13, 2016 - 7:37 am

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