DeKALB – The completion of the Kraft Heinz building has been delayed by two years and it is now expected to open in 2027.
In an email to City Manager Bill Nicklas and DeKalb Mayor Cohen Barnes dated Oct. 10, Sarah Doran, associate director of State...
DeKALB – The Illinois General Assembly approved a $10 million program that would provide free test and licensure prep classes to all public university students along with five community colleges.
The program was supposed to be enacted in January...
DeKALB – Aside from the presidential election occurring Tuesday, there are numerous local elections happening in DeKalb County. Republican Riley N. Oncken, Democrat Anna Wilhelmi, Republican Linda Besler and Republican Lori Grubbs spoke to the Northern...
DeKALB – Laurie Elish-Piper, executive vice president and provost, and George Middlemist, chief financial officer, provided an update about NIU’s progres with attempting to cut their $32 million deficit in half by the end of the fiscal year 2025 at...
DeKALB - At noon Wednesday, a march was held to encourage students to vote, leading them to the early voting poll located on the main floor of the Holmes Student Center.
Starting at the Music Building, the NIU Marching Band, Division of Student Affairs...
DeKALB – Voters must cast their ballots in the precinct they are registered to vote in if they are registered in DeKalb County.
If voters are registered to vote in another county, they must vote at the polling place in their respective county, or...
DeKALB – The DeKalb City Council was divided at its meeting Monday during a discussion about whether the tax rate for DeKalb should be decreased for 2024.
TAX RATE DECREASE
The tax rate for DeKalb in 2023 was .81096. The proposed tax rate for...
Editor’s note: The responses in this report have been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.
DeKALB – Andi Mallarangeng, from Indonesia, graduated from NIU in 1991 with his master’s degree and then again in 1997 with his doctoral degree in political...
DeKALB - The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host its fifth annual Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series. This year’s guest speaker will be Julian Castro, former U.S. presidential candidate and former U.S. secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Castro...
DeKALB - Huskies can rest assured that the fast food chains on campus are kept clean.
According to the DeKalb County Health Department, the May health inspections conducted on Einstein Bros. Bagels, Starbucks and Qdoba, indicate that are all in compliance...
DeKALB – With less than two weeks remaining until a highly anticipated election day, students gathered Wednesday in the Regency room of the Holmes Student Center for a panel discussion about the 2024 race, sponsored by NIU’s Department of Political...
Editor’s note: This piece was updated at 9:01 p.m., Wednesday to include information regarding the customer having a knife and attacking employees. This update also includes information about how treatment was provided to the assailant and injured employee.
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