🌱 Patch AM: What sparked the tense hours-long police standoff in an Oswego neighborhood?

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In today's newsletter:

• What sparked the tense hours-long police standoff in an Oswego neighborhood?
• How will the Lodi Grove plan reshape traffic near Oswego East?

Also on today's calendar: Fall Festival at Edith Farnsworth House and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Turning sunny and warm, with a high of 78 and low of 57 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 84, low: 65.
• Tuesday: Warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 79 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Oswego man charged after hours-long police standoff (wspynews.com) — Residents near Colchester Drive in Oswego faced a recent hours-long police standoff that led to a shelter-in-place order after officers say a 44-year-old man threatened first responders and fired a gun. The suspect, now in Kendall County Jail, is charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault, with all allegations still unproven as he awaits a November 12 court appearance.
   

• Oswego plan commissioners recommend approval of scaled back housing development near Oswego East (shawlocal.com) — Oswego's Planning and Zoning Commission has backed a scaled-down Lodi Grove subdivision just west of Oswego East High School, trimming overall density and adding more open space. Commissioners insist the developer include a crucial southern access to Wolfs Crossing Road before village trustees take up the plan, which would add hundreds of homes and townhomes on 102 acres.
   

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Sunday October 18
• Fall Festival at Edith Farnsworth House →
  Edith Farnsworth House, 14520 River Rd, Plano
  12:00 pm
Saturday October 31
• HOPE United Church of Christ Blood Drive →
  2200 Ridge Rd, Aurora
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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