DeKalb County Board approved a Neutral Site Custody Exchange Fund to help the children of divorced parents by keeping the parents apart to prevent conflicts.The fund will collect $8 from the plaintiff and defendant of civil cases, according to minute...
The Sycamore Fire Preservation Company is in final talks to display the city’s first motorized fire engine in a local car show at the end of July.The nonprofit organization began a campaign to raise $25,000 to restore a 1923 Stutz fire truck two weeks...
DeKalb County Community Gardens organizers hope to win a grant to create a food forest that will help end hunger in the DeKalb area.The group entered Seeds of Change, a non-profit organization’s grant program, and advanced to the second round by placing...
Locals marched to downtown DeKalb to raise awareness for sexual assault victims at Take Back the Night Tuesday.Safe Passage held Take Back the Night at the Congregational United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. Participants, who carried signs, were...
The DeKalb Fire Department plans to complete firefighter training on use of the Sterling F4 Personal Safety Device within the next two weeks.The Sterling F4 Personal Safety Device is a piece of equipment that is assembled before an emergency and clips...
The Illinois Soybean Association and DeKalb County Board members said they are relieved Illinois made an agreement with DeKalb County to fix a local bridge.The bridge is over the south branch of the Kishwaukee River, crossing Keslinger Road in Afton Township....
Cars drive on Peace Road Saturday near Bethany Road in Sycamore. The County plans to reshape shoulders, fill potholes and repaint dividers on Peace Road. These improvements are expected to be made during the fall.
A resident’s words sparked discussion over the use of gender-inclusive language in City Council at its Monday meeting.Lynnea Erickson voiced her disapproval of how City Council handled the suggestion of altering language to include all genders at the...
Police discovery of a meth lab led to three arrests and the evacuation of apartments around the lab Friday.At about 1:30 p.m., DeKalb Police officers went to 418 N. 11th St., Apartment 3, to speak to residents as part of an ongoing drug investigation....
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.April 20• Curtis D. Fisher, 31, of DeKalb, was charged with...
Changes made last year at the DeKalb Police Department resulted in an improvement of performance, police say.The DeKalb Police Department, 700 Lincoln Highway, created a domestic violence unit, expanded the special operations unit of the DeKalb Police...
DeKalb is hiring financial consultants to make the process for City Council approval expenditures more efficient.As part of City Manager Anne Marie Gaura’s financial responsibility initiative, DeKalb has entered into a partnership with GovTemps USA...
