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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Aurora City Hall saw high turnover of top city employees in 2025

Nearly all of Aurora city government’s departments have seen changes in leadership this year after a large number of top employees departed City Hall.

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Aurora police to respond to all ShotSpotter activations on New Year’s Eve to curb celebratory gunfire

The department will focus particularly on areas that saw the highest levels of celebratory gunfire last New Year’s Eve and on the Fourth of July.

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Rioters? Agitators? Immigration agents’ claims against US citizens mostly fall apart in court.

Time and again, Donald Trump’s immigration agents claimed horrific crimes at the hands of protesters in Chicago. Those allegations of abuse did not withstand the scrutiny of judicial review.

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Kane state’s attorney clears Aurora officers of wrongdoing in March incident in which Aurora man died

The Aurora police officers involved in an incident in which an Aurora man, 30, died in March were found to have been involved in no wrongdoing, Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser recently announced.

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Man shot on Aurora’s near West Side Monday evening, police say

The investigation into the incident remains active, the police department said on Tuesday.

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Oswego OKs variance for painting project at 1870s-era building in village’s downtown

Oswego trustees recently granted a variance from village code to allow a petitioner to paint the brick and natural stone facade of a 1870s-era building at the corner of Main and Washington streets in the village’s downtown.

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Resident suffers minor injury in Geneva house fire

One resident suffered a minor heat-related injury, the news release said. That resident was assessed by paramedics and declined additional medical attention after signing a medical release.

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Kane County launches new alert system for emergency weather, large-scale police activity and road closures

Kane County residents can sign up to get alerts via phone call, text, email or mobile app notifications.

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