Hotel owners and managers should expect to hear from the city as early as this week.At Monday’s City Council meeting, the council approved an ordinance amending the code for hotel and motel inspections and licensing. The ordinance program is for inspection...
Blood cancer awareness can be found as close as campus today.NIU Health Services will sponsor a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Health Services building. This September marks the first International Blood Cancer Awareness month.Previously named...
The new Hampton Inn and Suites will not be finished in time for the Illinois High School Association football championships in November.The association will host its championship games at Huskie Stadium Nov. 29 and 30. The Hampton Inn and Suites being...
Latino heritage pride brought vendors and dancing to downtown DeKalb this weekend.Conexion Comunidad hosted its annual fiesta Saturday.“It’s a great event,” said Dan Kennui, 59, of DeKalb, with a smile on his face as he looked around at the people...
DeKalb County Community Gardens held its first fundraising event this weekend, hosting a tour of nine of 40 gardens in the DeKalb and Sycamore area.The gardens project was started by project coordinator Dan Kenney in summer 2012 as a way to grow food...
Fire Station Two, 1154 S. Seventh St., is getting its first renovation since its construction in 1957.Station Two is equipped with one bathroom and four sleeping quarters divided by curtains. The station was intended to house two personnel. It is 260...
On West Lincoln Highway, a new tattoo shop has emerged: DeKalb Tattoo Company, which opened Tuesday.DeKalb Tattoo Company, 817 W. Lincoln Highway, will join DeKalb’s other two tattoo shops, Out On A Whim and Proton Tattoo. Nick Misitano, owner of DeKalb...
Sept. 14• Officers stopped a car in the 1200 block of Varsity Boulevard because a backseat passenger was hanging out of the side door of the van. An investigation was started and Anthony J. Calabrese, 20, of Schaumburg, was charged with an in-state...
Kay Shelton is the president of the Lincoln Highway Association. Shelton is a professor at Kishwaukee College in Malta, home to the highway’s first seedling mile.Northern Star: Who came up with the idea for Lincoln Highway?Kay Shelton: That was Carl...
For the moment, Billy Curl’s guilty plea remains in place.Curl tried to withdraw his guilty plea in the 2010 murder of NIU student Antinette “Toni” Keller Monday, but his request was denied. Curl’s attorney, Daniel Transier, said his client plans...
Sept. 11• A minor was charged with retail theft.• Erica K. Ensign, 40, of DeKalb, was charged with domestic battery.• Kenneth A. Floto, 28, of Dixon, was charged with an in-state warrant.• Arthur Bettis, 47, of DeKalb, was charged with retail...
Sep. 9• Rachel L. Cano, 33, of DeKalb, turned herself in on an in-state warrant at the police department.• Christopher S. Lewis, 29, of Chicago, was charged with domestic battery and trespass to land.• A minor was charged with simple battery.•...
