Northern Star Staff According to a press release, Crime Stoppers is seeking information regarding a residential burglary that occurred April 25 in the 700 block of Independence Ave.There was property damage and an undisclosed amount of money was stolen...
DeKalb police arrested a juvenile in the area of First Street and Hillcrest Drive for removing his electronic home monitoring anklet early Sunday. According to a press release from the DeKalb County Sheriff's office, the sheriffs received an alert notification...
DeKALB | A structure fire in the 800 block of East Locust Street has caused $1 million in damages.A press release from the DeKalb Fire Department said, firefighters responded to Conex Cable, 816 E. Locust St. at 6 a.m. on April 29. Firefighters found...
DeKALB | The state of Illinois turned over nearly 4,000 pages of evidence Tuesday to the defense attorney of William P. Curl, the DeKalb man charged with the murder of Antinette "Toni" Keller. Clay Campbell, DeKalb county state's attorney, gave evidence...
DeKALB | The DeKalb City Council is considering a resident officer program in select neighborhoods around DeKalb. If the program was implemented, the city would purchase a house in one of DeKalb's two Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts, said Police...
DeKALB | The case for one of the men charged in the April 5 shooting of NIU linebacker Devon Butler has been assigned a new judge.Phil Montgomery, DeKalb County Assistant State’s Attorney, said Judge William Brady will replace Judge Robbin Stuckert...
Sycamore | The Sycamore Public Library, 103 E. State St. received a grant to fund the translation of the library’s materials. Mary Anderson, head of youth services at Sycamore Public Library, said the translated materials will include instructions for...
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. At 1:13 p.m. Sunday, DeKalb Police in the 900 block of West...
DeKALB | The Cancer Center at Kishwaukee Hospital presents Living with Cancer, a cancer awareness week full of educational sessions, social events, and guest speakers. “Living with Cancer is a special week dedicated to the journey, healing, and survivorship...
DeKALB | With only about two weeks until graduation, hotels in DeKalb and Sycamore are seeing big numbers for people wanting rooms for the weekend. This year, commencement ceremonies will be on May 13 and 14. Each graduate is allowed 10 tickets for friends...
Sycamore | Rain or shine, volunteers will be cleaning sections of the Great Western Trail Saturday. In observance of Earth Day, The Friends of the Great Western Trails are holding a volunteer trail clean-up to help pick up trash on the trails. The Great...
