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In today's newsletter:

  • See what a $1.37 million Yorkville home actually includes.
  • Which Yorkville homes just sold among Kendall County's top 10 deals?
  • How close was Yorkville to climbing the SPC golf leaderboard?

Also on today's calendar: Junk in the Trunk and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Increasing clouds and warm, with a high of 76 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Cloudy, a shower in the p.m., temps: high: 72, low: 65.
  • Thursday: Humid with rain, with a high of 71 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Single-family home sells for $1.37 million in Yorkville (shawlocal.com) — A newly built five-bedroom home on Ironwood Court in Yorkville just sold for $1.37 million, one of the priciest recent neighborhood sales. Nearby properties on Clubhouse Drive and Whitetail Ridge Drive also closed for well over $700,000, signaling a strong high-end market in town.
   

2. How much were the top 10 most expensive home sales in Kendall County, reported Sept. 14 to 20? (shawlocal.com) — Several Yorkville properties ranked among Kendall County's priciest recent home sales, including houses on Wheatland Court, Hobbs Court, and Seeley Street closing between $395,000 and $540,000. The county's top sale hit $1.35 million in Oswego, offering a snapshot of how local prices and square-foot values are trending this month.
   

3. Oswego beats Plainfield North by one shot to win first SPC boys golf title since 2019 (shawlocal.com) — Yorkville's boys golf team finished just one shot behind Minooka at the Southwest Prairie Conference meet, taking sixth with a 320 team score. Yorkville golfer Ian Saar earned all-conference honors as Oswego captured its first league title since 2019 at Blackberry Oaks Golf Course in nearby Bristol.
   

4. Midgrade gas at $4.34 per gallon in Kendall County in week ending Sept. 19 (kendallcountytimes.com) — Yorkville drivers saw midgrade gas as low as $4.81 per gallon during the week ending Sept. 19, slightly under the Kendall County average of $5.21. The report compares prices across nearby towns like Newark, Oswego, and Plano, and explains how refinery outages and global tensions are keeping fuel costs elevated.
   

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  • New signage in place at the Home Depot throughout Illinois.
    The retailer has been accepting alkaline and other single-use batteries along with rechargeable batteries since January under the Illinois Battery… (Nextdoor Northwest Yorkville)
  • Constellation Energy posted a job opening for Senior Reactor Operator in Yorkville. Apply here.
  • Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Part Time Shift Supervisor in Costco in Yorkville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Yorkville here.

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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