By Cayden Wells, Lifestyle Writer
| August 26, 2025
As temperatures increased and days got longer, many were looking for ways to cool down, tune in or indulge. From viral sweet-treats, chart-topping albums to internet controversies, this summer had many memorable moments and trends.
Events at a Coldplay...
Just four matches into her first season with NIU’s women’s soccer program, graduate student goalkeeper Morgan Lucich has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week — the first of the 2025-26 sports season.
Lucich, a transfer from UC...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| August 25, 2025
DeKALB — The long wait is almost over. Football season is upon us once again.
Months after capping an 8-5 season with a thrilling double-overtime victory in Idaho, NIU football returns to the gridiron this week. The Huskies will kick off their 124th...
DeKALB — In most places, corn is just a side dish. In DeKalb, it’s the star of a three-day festival that draws thousands of people to the heart of the city every August.
Held Friday through Sunday, residents from across the Midwest filled closed-off...
DeKALB – Convicted sex offender Timothy Doll was sentenced to 52 years in prison Thursday for the killing of 15-year-old Gracie Sasso-Cleveland in 2023.
Doll was charged on May 8, 2023, and pleaded guilty to first degree murder on Feb. 5, 2025, one...
DeKALB - A new single-lane roundabout on Lucinda Avenue and Normal Road opened on Wednesday.
The intersection of Lucinda Avenue and Normal Road was reconfigured from a four-way stoplight to roundabout. Construction on the roundabout began May 12 and...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| August 14, 2025
The NIU football team has added another Power Four opponent to its future schedule with the addition of a 2028 road game at the University of Pittsburgh, according to a report from FBSchedules.com.
NIU Athletics Hall of Fame running back LeShon Johnson was convicted by a federal jury last week of six felony counts of violating the Animal Welfare Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.
“This criminal profited off of the misery...
It’s a sad time for music fans across the globe as news comes of the passing of rock and heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne, age 76, on July 22.
Osbourne, also known by his stage persona “Prince of Darkness,” was best known as the lead singer...
At a glance
“EA Sports College Football 26,” the second installment since the franchise’s revival last year, released this week.
NIU received a 7o overall rating, making the Huskies one of the game’s lowest-rated teams.
Cornerback Jacob...
According to a study by the medical school admission consulting firm Inspira Advantage, Illinois has the fourth-lowest rate of student migration in the United States. Student migration is the movement of students who study outside of their state or country.
The...
Around $16 billion was spent on the political campaigns of 2024, making it one of the most expensive election years in U.S. history. This level of spending is wasteful and harms the government’s credibility.
U.S. elections have been growing more...
