The College of Visual and Performing Arts held their annual Jazz Day event where high school jazz bands and their directors from all over the Midwest performed for students from other high schools, parents and the faculty of the NIU School of Music.  Roosevelt...

Esports is a profession and hobby that has been growing steadily over the past few years and features some pretty popular games.  An esport is a competition where several video game enthusiasts compete in heavily competitive tournaments with popular...

NIU women’s basketball (9-12, 3-7 MAC) was blown out by the University at Buffalo Bulls (19-2, 8-2 MAC) by a score of 84-58 on Saturday. While the Huskies limited their turnovers to beat Central Michigan University on Wednesday, NIU failed to do...

DeKALB - The DeKalb City Council met on Monday and residents discussed a proposed plan to allowing police patrolling services on public transit. POLICE OFFICERS ON PUBLIC TRANSIT LINES DeKalb residents voiced their concerns over the proactive patrolling...

DeKALB – In the early hours of Saturday morning, NIU men’s basketball head coach Rashon Burno got the news that junior forward Ethan Butler would be unavailable for the team’s game against Ball State University later that day. The University...

DeKALB - Some students say they are on edge after a plan was leaked over the weekend for ICE raids to happen in Chicago.  On Saturday, student affairs sent a university-wide email with resources to aid student success. The email included resources...

On Monday morning, the first ever convicted felon was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States of America, only 10 days after his sentencing.   Donald Trump received his sentence Jan. 10, after the president was found guilty on all 34...

This piece was updated as of 1/18 at 1:55pm to make a correction. Correction: The Northern Star previously wrote that jury selection will last until Jan. 28 or Jan. 29. Jury selection is expected to finish by Jan. 22 and the trial is anticipated to...

Editor’s note: This is an ongoing breaking news story. This story will be updated when more information becomes available. DeKALB – NIU will officially join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member starting in 2026, leaving the Mid-American...

DeKALB – After nearly four decades in the Mid-American Conference and months of speculation regarding its future, NIU appears poised to join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member. According to the agenda for Tuesday’s special meeting...

Three weeks after closing out a regular season that saw NIU pull off one of the largest upsets in college football history, the Huskies put a bow on their up-and-down season with a double overtime thriller in their final game of 2024. The Huskies (8-5,...