Yorkville

City council approved an $88,950 contract with D Construction, Inc., of Coal City, to relocate a water main located beneath E. Van Emmon Street, was approved by city council at its April 8 meeting.

With the incoming Costco expected to be a huge stimulus for Yorkville’s collection of sales taxes, the city has until October to authorize a local sales tax after the elimination of the state’s collection and dispersal system set to take effect on January, 1, 2026.

The city council is set to vote on another 53.7 acres of farmland for demolition and development at their upcoming April 8 meeting.

Four weeks have passed since the Yorkville city council tabled a large townhome development after a representative of the Yorkville 115 school district said their classrooms could not handle any more capacity and were already “bursting at the seams.” The vote is up again.

A new office building to house the Brenda Holzer Memorial Foundation, located near the northeast corner of Route 47, is expected to open in late 2025. The nonprofit has raised more than $50,000 to help children with disabilities.

The Yorkville Knights of Columbus and the Yorkville American Legion are hosting a Lenten Fish Fry on every Friday during Lent at the Yorkville American Legion Hal.

Using first-in-the-world technology to double their amount of bugs, the Yorkville-Bristol Sanitary District is the center of attention in the wastewater world, saving the city $19 million in expansion costs in the process.

It’s looking like incumbents will rule the day for Waubonsee Community College board of trustees.

Construction began on Feb. 17 at the northeast corner of Routes 47 and 71. A public hearing for its proposed signage is scheduled for April 9.

Unofficial election results have Joseph Rand and Julie Hart taking seats on the Yorkville school board.

With the Kendall County polls closed at 7 p.m., all that’s left is the counting. While the votes are being tabulated, here is what we’re most looking forward to learning tonight.

Voters this week in Kendall County determined who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries. See the results here.

Yorkville has shined in past competitions, placing fifth nationally in both 2022 and 2018 in their city-population category.

Both sites are located in unincorporated Kendall County and currently used for agricultural purposes, meaning the city needs to annex and rezone them.

This spring, Kendall County voters get to decide who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries.

For some, inspiring passage of state legislation would be enough, but for Yorkville’s Colleen Murphy rest won’t come until she’s helped inspire a movement. She foresees her campaign to encourage sharing experiences of child sexual abuse becoming the next "Me Too" movement.

Alleviating traffic congestion exiting the Bristol Bay subdivision took another step forward with the Yorkville city council approving a much-requested roadway with access to Route 47.

Yorkville’s new $30 million public works and park maintenance facility just became more expensive thanks to federal tariffs. The facility will be located within the Yorkville Business Center.

The upcoming 2025-26 budget proposal is another chance to assess the overall financial health of Yorkville stretching into the next five years with several potential threats lurking in the national economy. Public hearing scheduled for March 25.

The sexual assaults allegedly occurred in both unincorporated Kendall County and Aurora, according to a news release from the Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Concrete is being poured at Fox Valley Family YMCA's $16 million new East Branch facility in Bristol, and investments are being made at their Plano and Sandwich locations. With the expanding services, they are keeping a close eye on federal uncertainties.

At 5:50 p.m., Yorkville Police responded to the 2500 block of South Cannonball Trail, where a juvenile was found unresponsive in a pool, according to a news release from the Yorkville Police Department.

To promote sustainability, Yorkville is encouraging residents to participate in a national water conservation challenge. In past years, the National Mayor’s Challenge shined a spotlight on the Yorkville community, with the city placing 5th nationally in both 2022 and 2018.

The city’s largest ever manufacturing warehouse undertaking is being eyed with a 1,037 data center campus, with 14 warehouses.

With back-upped traffic causing daily travel headaches, a subdivision in Yorkville is getting a much-requested roadway to Route 47. The city is working with IDOT on a massive Route 47 expansion project.

Residents are one step closer to a safer pathway along Cannonball Trail in Yorkville. The multi-use pathway was first considered after several residents contacted city officials voicing their safety concerns, especially after a serious bicycling accident.

A Plano man has been arrested on charges of being in possession and disseminating child sexual abuse images.

The city is continuing its significant infrastructure investment, which lagged for several years after the Great Recession dampened the city’s coffers, in the form of the Road to Better Roads Program, the Local Road Program, and a strategic multi-year Pavement Management Plan.

The Meals on Wheels Foundation of Northern Illinois, which provides services dedicated to addressing senior hunger and isolation from locations like the Beecher Center in Yorkville, is joining a nation-wide campaign to energize fundraising and volunteers.

The topography of Yorkville is in a shifting state. Families are moving in, subdivisions are expanding out, and agricultural fields are being converted from maize into a maze of manufacturing, data centers and solar farms. The city added $149 in value from construction in 2024.

Yorkville is a city in flux, ever-expanding, with a shifting identity and sense of purpose. The ‘State of the City’ with presentations on the 2025 budget and upcoming 2026 budget captured the dynamic developments happening throughout the community.

When Yorkville residents turn on their taps in a few years they might find something a little unsettling in their water coming from Lake Michigan. The city approved joining a national class-action lawsuit against four chemical producing corporations.

The National Weather Service has confirmed Friday night’s severe weather included a tornado in Yorkville.

Yorkville School District 115 is in a capacity crisis and argues having the city throw a little extra money its way won’t solve the problem.

A St. Patrick's Day Parade was held in Yorkville on Saturday, March 15, 2024.

Juneteenth commemorates the day when the last enslaved people in the country were informed of their freedom.

With schoolchildren darting between cars and traffic backing up down the street, residents and city officials agreed something needed to be done to improve safety outside of Grande Reserve Elementary School in Yorkville.

When its grand opening arrives, Yorkville’s first-ever QuickTrip gas station convenience store really wants to announce its presence along Route 47.

The out-swelling of public opposition to the "Christie Property" townhome subdivision plan in Yorkville is emblematic of the current state of the community’s development. The town desires to keep growing, but doesn’t want to turn into another Oswego.

Despite public opposition and even though the planning and zoning committee previously rejected it, the Yorkville City Council voted in favor of another data center.

Communities across northern Illinois are gearing up for Irish celebrations over St. Patrick's Day weekend.

Yorkville’s Historic Chapel on the Green has enhanced accessibility with the installation of stair glide units, thanks to an $18,500 grant from the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley.

The Yorkville School District 115 board adopted a resolution supporting Vision 2030, a roadmap for policy guidelines several school districts want the state to prioritize in enhancing academic opportunities.

With the explosive growth in the community far outpacing investment in classroom spaces, Yorkville School District’s financial pocketbook can't keep up. To remedy the imbalance, construction fees for residential developments throughout the city are about to become more expensive.

Yorkville officials want to take a closer look at the safety of residents’ drinking water for potential forever chemicals.

One of the hot-button issues at a candidate forum for Yorkville School District 115 board was the 2023 decision by the board to remove the book “Just Mercy” from the high school reading curriculum.

Test your knowledge at one of these northern Illinois bar trivia nights.

With the partisan temperature of public education rising, candidates for Yorkville 115 board fielded audience questions on political topics ranging from DEI, ICE and immigration, and teaching curriculum perceived as ‘woke’ ideology.

How would a trade war impact Kendall County businesses? There is little consensus, and even less certainty.

After a city-owned well has entered failure, Yorkville city officials are having an urgent meeting to approve the necessary emergency repairs. Current estimates on the construction for Well No. 9 total $55,000.