The DeKalb City Council voted Monday to apply for a $50,000 state grant for the remodeling and expansion of a local corporation. The Community Development Assistance Program grant will enable the Electro-Mechanical Devices Inc., 121 Dodge Ave., to repair...

An NIU professor of Educational Psychology and Special Education recently realized a 25-year-old goal in assuming office as president of a nationwide professional organization. As president of the American Association for Counseling and Development, Robert...

There is something to say about a neighborhood where people still have block parties and garage sales. Backyards are filled with pine trees, weeping willows, flower gardens and pet rabbits. Residents barbecue outside and visit on their patios. Most of...

NIU has chosen 21 of its "STARs" to represent the university at high school and community colleges across Illinois. Daniel Oborn, director of NIU's Office of Admissions, said his office selected "successful students who enjoy school and want to seek an...

The underestimation of bids for Holmes Student Center tower renovations has led Board of Regents Chairman Carol Burns to suggest looking into other alternatives for the project. The Regents had approved $1,955,000 for the rehabilitation of the tower's...

SPK is an exceptional band. They have been producing music with intelligence and emotion for ten years. Their music also happens to be very danceable. This trio from Belgium pioneered the use of cling-klang-boom industrial sounds now commonplace in pop...

While Gov. Michael Dukakis presents his acceptance speech July 21 for the democratic presidential nomination, several DeKalb County residents will be cheering him on in his campaign. Fifth Ward Alderman Bessie Chronopolous said a celebration will be held...

Evaluating the summer drought's effects on area crops can be misleading if done only from a car window. David Whitson, an agricultural adviser at the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service in DeKalb, said the green color of corn can deceive...

The amount of an impending tuition increase for NIU students will be discussed today at the Board of Regents regular meeting. NIU's tuition will be increased, NIU Student Regent Nick Valadez said. He said the amount, however, has not yet been decided....

Although proponents for building the Superconducting Supercollider in Batavia, Il. claim support for their project is growing, there are still some skeptics of the SSC's locating there. The SSC is a research laboratory which collides protons against protons...

Despite this summer's drought conditions, the eleventh annual Cornfest in downtown DeKalb August 26 through 28 again will celebrate the area's agricultural claim to fame. This year's festival will be expanded in size and organizers hope to attract 200,000...