Oswegofest planned for
October 12—15th!

Oswegofest will be October 12-15, 2023 located by the Labette County Fairgrounds. This year, the Tulsa State Fair carnival is coming to town for nightly entertainment during the festival. Rides will run 5-10PM every evening. Advance ride armband sales will be starting in September at select locations. Please follow the Oswegofest Facebook Page for locations selling them. All Oswegofest vendors will be set up in the Oswego Community Center nightly starting at 4:30PM Thursday, Octo-ber 12th. Oswegofest committee is partnering with the Labette County Fair Board for a Bull Riding event on Saturday evening, October 14th.

The annual rock hunt will take place the week before Oswegofest, and the medallion hunt the week of the fes-tival. This year, there is entertainment for ALL ages including our normal activities such as the dog costume contest, baby con-test, child costume contest, adult spelling bee, pumpkin contest, etc. Flyers will be posting soon! Please follow the Oswegofest Facebook Page for more updates and announcements. If you have any questions, please email Linseh at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Utility Bill Change Notice

At the April Council meeting, it was approved to make a change to the delinquent notic-es for city utility services. A new format for the Oswego utility bill will take effect July 1, 2023. The bills will no long-er be postcards but on letter size paper. The following mes-sage will display on the utility bill every month and serve as your delinquent notice. “All billings for utility services shall be due and payable in full at the Office of the City Clerk on or before the 10th day of the following month.

A 10% penalty will then be added. If full payment has not been received by the City Clerk’s Office within 13 days past the due date (the 23rd day of each month), services will be terminated on the next business day (the 24th day of each month)”

Please note after July 1st: There will NOT be a delin-quent notice mailed if the utili-ty bill is not paid by the due date. The full ordinance can be viewed at City Hall or it is available on the city’s website, www.oswegokansas.com.

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City Wide Garage Sale

The Oswego Chamber of Commerce has set Saturday, May 20th for the annual Spring garage sale. The fee is $11.00 which includes your license, 2 garage sale signs and a 25 word ad which will be listed on a map made available at businesses in town.

The fee and ad must be sub-mitted to the City Office no later than 5:00pm on Friday, May 12th. The ad should contain your address and whether your sale will be held "rain or shine.”

Maps with your ad will be available on Friday May 19th, at local businesses. All garage sale participants must agree to NO previous sales and all items listed must be available on the day of the sale. You can pay your fees and get your license at the City Office at 703 Fifth Street.

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