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The vote on the 80-acre Meyer data center is now likely to be at the next Yorkville City Council meeting. A zoning commission unanimously voted against the project before changes were made.
Kendall and Will counties are under a flood advisory until 6 p.m. Tuesday

Winds gusts could reach 60 mph with possibility of half-dollar size hail, the National Weather Service said.

Billy Bricks Pizza and Moo Joe’s ice cream plan to open in a vacant building at 5 S. Madison St., next door to Freddie’s Off the Chain restaurant and across Jefferson Street from the Oswego Public Library.

The Oswego School District 308 board unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the immediate dismissal of first-year teacher James Vassalla.

Jesus Almaraz-Rodriguez, 49, was taken into custody by the Kendall County Cooperative Police Assistance Team.

The city of Yorkville has two more large data center projects being proposed. Up for votes on Tuesday is the 540-acre Project Steel and the Meyer data center.

A 26-year-old man was critically injured, hospitalized and later flown to a second hospital after being hurt in a tree versus vehicle crash in north Sandwich Sunday evening, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

Former Joliet Police Department Det. Peter Ranstead was found guilty on Thursday of three misdemeanor charges related to domestic battery of his wife in September 2024.


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