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The Beacon-News Monday, October 6, 2025 | | |
| | In the wake of a fatal crash at a Portillo’s restaurant in the village, Oswego trustees as a committee of the whole Tuesday evening will discuss potential changes to building codes to improve safety at future businesses in town. | | | Dale Essling of Blackberry Township is suing Sugar Grove over its creation of a TIF district for the controversial Crown Community Development project. | | | Illinois lawmakers have reaccelerated their activist origins as they find themselves unable to change things from within and have no role in broader immigration policy-making. | | | Hundreds of regular customers came out to say goodbye until next year on Saturday as the state’s oldest running farmers market came to a close for the season. | | | The city of Batavia received some artistic enhancement in the downtown area over the weekend with the unveiling of a new mural on the south wall of the Comedy Vault at 18 E. Wilson St. | | | Sam Nunez, an Aurora Township trustee, and Jonathan Nunez, an Aurora City Council member, view their roles in the community as a continuation of the legacy of hard work and sacrifices made by their parents and grandparents. | | | North Aurora staged its first-ever Oktoberfest celebration Saturday at Riverfront Park. | | | Niko Villacci helps lead the way with two TDs as Oswego East rolls to a 51-6 victory over Romeoville. | | | |