DeKALB — Nearly 10 months after NIU’s first leap into conference realignment sent its football program to the Mountain West Conference, the shuffle has finally come full circle. The school announced Thursday its gymnastics program will also join the...

Imagine the mournful, metallic cry of a whale echoing through the hall. Or the sound of a century-old classic march filling the air with powerful brass-fueled energy.  This was the sound of the NIU Wind Ensemble’s latest performance Tuesday night,...

Update: This story was updated at 8:01 a.m. Wednesday to reflect new information from a press release distributed by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office at 7 p.m. Tuesday. SYCAMORE – A suspect was arrested and charged with four counts of first degree...

NIU has the oldest college Homecoming in Illinois, a tradition that has evolved from a student versus alumni football game into a weeklong campus-wide celebration.  While some traditions have gone, NIU is reviving its Homecoming, blending new and...

DeKALB — Call it a rock fight. Call it a slog. Call it whatever you want. Just don’t call it pretty. In a football game where punts outnumbered points, NIU already had the distinction of being one of the nation’s worst offenses. Once San Diego...

DeKALB – Adding another loss to increase its losing streak against the San Diego State University Aztecs (3-1), NIU football (1-3) produced its lowest scoring game since the 2010 season in a 6-3 loss at home.  FIRST HALF San Diego State won...

DeKALB — On paper, NIU and San Diego State seem like polar opposite football teams. The Huskies are 1-2 after a blowout road loss to Mississippi State, while the Aztecs sit at 2-1 following a 34-0 home trouncing of previously-unbeaten California....

The internet is a vast place. It’s estimated that people upload 463 billion gigabytes worth of data every single day to the internet. To put that number into perspective, that would be 154.33 trillion photos uploaded to Instagram every day if every...

For one half of football, the NIU Huskies looked like a team that could compete in one of the country’s toughest conferences. They trailed by just four points at halftime on the road against the unbeaten Mississippi State Bulldogs. But unfortunately,...

NIU football (1-2) fell to the Mississippi State University Bulldogs (4-0) 38-10 on Saturday. Travelling to matchup with the Bulldogs for the first time in program history on Saturday, the Huskies totaled 267 yards, compared to the Bulldogs’ 452.  FIRST...

DeKALB — The NIU football team is just days away from making its first-ever trip to Starkville, Mississippi, to face the unbeaten Mississippi State Bulldogs, but you can already hear the cowbells coming from Huskie Stadium. Wait, cowbells? In DeKalb?...

DeKALB – ICE has continued their enforcement in Chicago with agents throughout the city. ICE agents have reportedly been spotted near grocery stores, schools and in neighborhoods. On Sept. 8, ICE launched Operation Midway Blitz, an operation aimed...