CAMPUS | Incoming NIU students can expect to pay around $20 more per credit hour. The Board of Trustees approved the tuition rates for Fiscal Year 2010 at the June 25 meeting.

CAMPUS | A longstanding building on the NIU campus will be demolished in the coming months after spending nearly two decades in limited use. The Board of Trustees approved the demolition of Kishwaukee Hall and the nearby radio tower at the June 25 meeting.

CITY | The possibility of tattoo parlors in DeKalb may become a reality, pending the passage of a city ordinance that will allow tattoos to be given. Mayor Kris Povlsen said he cannot predict whether the proposed ordinance will pass, but said he has no problem with a tattoo parlor opening in the city.

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The DeKalb Fire Department suspects the fire at the Alpha Kappa Lambda started on a couch on the second floor.

CITY | For the second time this summer a fire is believed to have started on a couch as another fraternity house went ablaze Saturday night, fire investigators said.
At about 5:30 p.m., the DeKalb Fire Department responded to a structure fire at the Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity house, 917 Greenbrier Road. Firefighters entered the building and found heavy heat and smoke before making their way to the source of the fire, a couch on the second floor inside the house’s common room, said DeKalb Fire Chief Bruce Harrison.