Oswego Foundation for Educational Excellence will hold a fundraiser Thursday at The Scoop in downtown Oswego.

A mini-bog garden offers a way to explore growing carnivorous plants even in northern Illinois. And no, a few carnivorous plants on your patio are not going to wipe out your pollinators.

The 2026 boys golf season is underway this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Alli Wiertel shot a 35 to lead Oswego Co-op girls golf to a dual meet win, and Yorkville girls golf and Plano boys golf were also dual winners Monday.

If approved by voters, the $159 million in bond funds will be combined with $20 million in reserve funds to support the Yorkville School District 115 projects.

Last year, the Oswegoland Park District announced it had acquired the long-vacant Esporta Fitness center at 201 Ogden Falls Blvd. along U.S. Route 34 in Oswego in order to expand its indoor recreational and aquatic programming – including the district’s first indoor swimming pool

Pioneering was a dangerous, difficult business, so in this, the year we’re celebrating the Declaration’s 250th anniversary, it’s natural to wonder why so many abandoned their homes and families and moved to northern Illinois, the western frontier of the 1830s.

At its Aug. 10 meeting, the Oswego District 308 School Board approved the hiring of four individuals to key administrative and operational leadership roles.

The Plano Public Library has announced a slate of adult and children’s programs along with a Friends of the Library book sale.

Yorkville’s Graham Martinson and Ian Saar finished in first place at the Rockford Jefferson Beling Invite on Saturday. The two golfers shot a 5-under par 66 as a best ball duo, with back-to-back birdies on the last two holes to secure the victory.