Jessica Grady, 41, has pled guilty to a count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony). The charge stems from an incident earlier in the year. According to a Jan. 9 Northern Star article, DeKalb Police Lt. Gary Spangler said police...
Black Friday will come early to Sycamore this year as shops downtown will have special deals and merriment a week in advance. The Moonlight Madness shopping event will run from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday throughout downtown Sycamore. Rich Para, co-owner of Sweet...
Kishwaukee United Way has invited the DeKalb and Sycamore communities to enjoy a night of wine tasting and silent auctions at the Taste of the Vine fundraiser today. Taste of the Vine will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Church of St. Mary’s Memorial...
Secretary of State Jesse White encourages families to spend time reading today as part of annual Family Reading Night. According to a Wednesday news release, White said the event helps to create a positive bond within families and expand a child’s mind....
DeKalb City Council discussed the potential changes to landlord-tenant regulations at a meeting Tuesday. The council met to review possible changes to the city ordinances regarding landlord regulations, as well as a possible property tax levy for DeKalb...
Big changes in how landlords and the city handle rental properties are in the works. The DeKalb Area Rental Association (DARA) and DeKalb City Council have been entrenched in discussions regarding the future of landlord-tenant relations in the city. The...
The Department of Public Works will continue its annual loose leaf collection program through November, according to a Public Works news release. Crews will collect leaves from Monday to Nov. 21 in DeKalb, according to Public Works. Final collections...
DeKalb city attorney Dean Frieders may not be entirely responsible for the city’s decisions, but he is the person who city council looks to for its information. Frieders grew up in a farm near Naperville and lived in Waterman for many years. He currently...
A donation from DeKalb residents William and Patsy Lundberg will help to recreate the historic flower garden at the Ellwood-Nehring House, 509 N. First St. The Lundberg’s donation will go toward recreating and redesigning the south lawn of the carriage...
More than 127 groups have signed up to volunteer during this week’s Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) event, Make a Difference 2K12. The event, which runs from Thursday to Sunday, aims to host 3,700 volunteers and pack 750,000 meals over the course of...
A group of DeKalb citizens has started a petition to maintain a section of from being lost to private ownership through a proposed land swap, according to a Monday news release. The 42-acre Kiwanis Park, at Fairview Drive and South Fourth Street, is proposed...
View City Blotter 11/11 in a larger map The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. Sunday At 12:40 a.m.,...
