![A Sycamore student aged 17 died Sept. 7 after being stabbed. (Getty Images)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Getty-Images_Police-Car.jpg)
17-year-old student dies after stabbing in Sycamore
By Michael Mollsen, Written Managing Editor
| September 8, 2023
![The new Wahlburgers restaurant sign advertised on the Hy-Vee grocery store. (Brandon Clark | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_0772-1200x900.jpg)
Wahlburgers restaurant opens in Sycamore Hy-Vee
By Brandon Clark, News Reporter
| September 7, 2023
![Cars and a motorcycle pass a blocks worth of stores in downtown Dekalb. In 2022, tourism in DeKalb County increased over 10%. (Northern Star File Photo)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/News_Tourism.png)
DeKalb tourism contributes to record economic growth
By Brandon Clark, News Reporter
| September 7, 2023
![A group of children are playing with a tree-like toy. A 2022 Promise Grant to Neighbors’ House provided new board games and learning activities for after-school groups. (Courtesy of DeKalb County Community Foundation)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Neighbors-House-2022-Grant-2_rev-900x1200.jpg)
DeKalb Promise Grant applications open
By Eli Tecktiel, Lifestyle Writer
| September 6, 2023
![Prescription drugs lay on a countertop. The Sycamore Police Department is hosting a day-long prescription drug drop-off service for people to safely discard their prescription medications. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AP-Photo-Elise-Amendola_Prescription-Drugs-1200x812.jpg)
Day-long medication drop-off at Sycamore Police Department
By Brandon Clark, News Reporter
| September 6, 2023
![A gas pump ticks up as a tank gets filled. Gas prices are decreasing right now. (Bobak | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Gas.jpg)
Gas prices going down, may stay there
By Zack Rodriguez, Sports Reporter
| September 5, 2023
![A sign instructing visitors to wait sits on a DMV desk. Secretary of State Alex Giannoulias Skip the Line program which took effect Sept. 1, is aiming to decrease the wait time at the DMV. (Courtesy of Wikimedia)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DMV_signs_14274156283.jpg)
DMV rolls out new Skip the Line program
By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor
| September 5, 2023
![An empty storefront at 2565 Sycamore Road sits stationed in the sun. The empty stores windows are decorated Crumbl Cookie bannners. (Michael Mollsen | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_3684_720.jpg)
‘Let’s get ready to Crumbl,’ new cookie shop to join DeKalb
By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter
| September 5, 2023
![A white SUV was part of a two-vehicle collision Friday. The area of the crash, the 1500 block of South Fourth Street, was reopened to the public at around 11:20 a.m. (Devin Oommen | Northern Star) (edited)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CC1_Sept1-1200x900.jpg)
BREAKING: Car Crash on South 4th Street
By Devin Oommen, News Reporter
| September 1, 2023
![Cars drive under the newly painted NIU underpass mural entering and leaving the NIU campus on Annie Glidden Road. The mural was a collaboration between NIU and the city of DeKalb funded from a grant to create more public art in DeKalb. (Rachel Cormier | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_0726-1200x900.jpg)
New NIU mural welcomes students to Huskie Nation
By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter
| August 31, 2023
NIU crime log, May, June, July 2023
By Bridgette Fox, Written Managing Editor
| August 31, 2023
![In Fall 2021 Greek and non-affiliated NIU students tailgate outside the Huskie Stadium for a football game. NIU has seen Greek involvement decline sharply since its peak in the 1990s, with less than 700 Greek members reported in the 2020-2021 academic year. (Northern Star File Photo)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_7591-1200x800.jpg)
New Greek Life Center approved for Annie Glidden neighborhood
By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter
| August 30, 2023
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