Articles by Steve Yablonski

The county’s Health and Highway departments used Girl Scout cookies as a substitute for medical supplies during a drill to simulate the receiving and distribution of emergency medical supplies on Wednesday. The ‘supplies’ were unloaded, sorted and distributed to sites around the county.

At Tuesday’s school board meeting, the district approved a settlement of the tax challenge brought by Indeck-Oswego, seeking a reduction of the assessed value of the Oswego Steam Station. The assessed value will drop from $10,000,000 to $5,542,000 for tax year 2009-10; $3,500,000 for tax year 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13, with refunds paid based on reduced assessments.