Author: Fox Valley Magazine

A former choir teacher at Matea Valley High School has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a student there. Nathan Bramstedt of Oswego appeared in court Friday where he entered a plea of guilty to one count of Criminal Sexual Assault – Position of Trust/Authority, a Class 1 Felony, in front of Judge Daniel Guerin, who handed down the sentence. Beginning in February 2019, through June 2019, Bramstedt, 43, sexually assaulted his victim, who was seventeen years old at the time, on multiple occasions at multiple locations within the school. The abuse came to light…

A Naperville man has been found guilty of sexually abusing a thirteen-year-old girl he met on SnapChat. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced yesterday that a jury has found James Nead, 30, guilty of three counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse (Class 2 Felony), one count of Solicitation to Meet a Child (Class 4 Felony) and one count of Traveling to Meet a Child (Class 3 Felony). In June 2019, the victim, a thirteen-year-old girl, received a message on Snapchat from an account belonging to Nead. Nead and the victim exchanged photographs through Snapchat and several days later, Nead…

A Carpentersville man was sentenced to 23 years in prison in return for a guilty plea to the offense of home invasion, a Class X felony. In December 2020, 43-year-old Joshua A. Doss was going through a divorce and had been prohibited by court order from entering his marital home in the 3100 block of Merrywell Court in Carpentersville. Despite the restriction, on December 28, 2020, Doss entered the home and found his estranged wife and the victim. Doss, armed with a knife, pushed past his wife and lunged at the victim, stabbing him in the chest area and forearm,…

Congress is holding hearings on what are now called “Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon,” or UAP’s, but have been known for decades as Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFO’s. Three former military officials told Congress Wednesday that they believe the government knows much more about UFOs than it is disclosing. A House Oversight subcommittee heard mystifying testimony about unexplained object sightings and government possession of “nonhuman” biological matter. Effectively, the witnesses accused the federal government of a massive conspiracy to cover up the truth about encounters with alien life – up to and including having physical or “biologic” remains of “non-human” origin. Further, they’ve claimed…

A Chicago woman is in custody in relation to two residential burglaries to apartments in a Batavia retirement community. On Monday, Batavia Police placed a 41-year-old woman from Chicago into custody on an arrest warrant in connection with these burglaries. She was subsequently transported to the Kane County Jail for a bond hearing. Following consultation with the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, the accused was charged with the following: According to Batavia police, on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, reports were received of residential burglaries to two apartments in a retirement community located in the 2400 block of Hawks Drive. The…

Comedy, confusion and love take center stage at Geneva’s Shakespeare in the Park performance of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” at 6pm, Saturday, Aug. 5, at Island Park. A king convinces his lords to devote themselves to studying, fasting and swearing off women. The men agree but soon break that vow shortly after a princess and her ladies arrive in the kingdom. The men decide to secretly woo the women, but their letters become mixed up and delivered to the wrong person. The women resist these gestures and laugh at the men’s foolishness. Disguises and mistaken identities add to the confusion. Goodly…

Naperville’s newest epicurean delight, Entourage Naperville, hosted a private Grand Opening Tuesday evening ahead of it’s public opening on Thursday. Entourage Naperville is under the same management as the popular Vai’s, also in Naperville. Here’s a peek at the festivities. (Photo credits Kevin Ketchum) Entourage Naperville is located at 795 Illinois Route 59 in Naperville.

Rocky Wirtz, the man who as owner of the Chicago Blackhawks engineered perhaps the most remarkable turnaround in professional sports history, passed away yesterday after a short illness. Wirtz was 70 years old. Wirtz’ improbable remaking of the the Blackhawks, dubbed in 2004 by ESPN as “The Worst Franchise in Professional Sports,” began after the death of his father, Bill, in 2007. Rocky took the reins of the franchise after his brother Peter, who had been far more involved in the organization, declined the position. Wirtz immediately began to transform the franchise, finally securing radio and TV deals (something his…

Update: The City of Geneva has also announced a citywide spray, according to a press release. Spraying is scheduled from dusk to dawn from July 26 into Thursday, July 27. A mosquito surveillance trap in Kane County has tested positive for West Nile Virus.  The sample was taken the week of July 17, from a trap in the City of Batavia monitored by the Kane County Health Department.   This is the first sample from the county to test positive for the virus in 2023. As a result, the City of St. Charles announced today that it will be conducting a…

Some “Old-Time Rock-n-Roll” is coming to RiverEdge Park in Aurora this weekend as Hollywood Nights, The Bob Seger Experience, will perform on Friday at 8pm. Hollywood Nights is coming back to Aurora after wildly popular RiverEdge concerts in 2021 and 2019. Audiences don’t just get hit by pure American rock-and-roll classics like “Night Moves” and “Old Time Rock-n-Roll,” they get a 10-piece band to back up those lyrics everyone can sing along to – 30 years of music forever embedded into America’s DNA – from “Turn the Page” to “Against the Wind” and “Travelin’ Man.” RiverEdge Park is located…