Hello Huskies, this is your midweek weather update for Thursday. Cold weather looks to linger throughout the week, but the sun will make things a little more bearable until warmer temperatures return this weekend.
Saturday will remain cold, but a...
DeKALB – DeKalb residents took to the streets Sunday, marching with a message of unity in opposition to anti-immigrant sentiment that has fueled political discourse since January.
From 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. a crowd marched from the NIU parking garage...
DeKALB – After stirring up student excitement with its opening in 2023, D.P. Dough, a calzone restaurant in DeKalb, has faced multiple closures amid legal and financial issues.
The Northern Star was unable to verify the exact reason for the...
By Joseph Ndu, Senior News Reporter
| February 11, 2025
DeKALB - The DeKalb City Council discussed limiting the amount of retail tobacco stores in DeKalb on Monday.
RETAIL TOBACCO STORES
The City Council considered setting a limit on the number of tobacco stores able to operate in the city.
After...
DeKALB – A new bill proposed in Illinois would allow 18 to 20 year olds to legally consume alcohol when accompanied by a parent or guardian.
The bill, HB1019 was introduced by Republican State Representative John M. Cabello.
The bill amends language...
DeKALB - On Wednesday, Timothy Doll pleaded guilty to the 2023 murder of 15-year-old Gracie Sasso-Cleveland.
Sasso-Cleveland’s body was found inside a dumpster off College Avenue near Northern Illinois University's campus.
Doll was a registered...
DeKALB – The sound of Huskie buses driving down DeKalb’s streets are familiar to students and residents alike.
But, the way the bus system operates has changed in the last six years.
NIU students and DeKalb residents made over one million...
DeKALB – On Friday, the city moved to dismiss mayoral candidate Linh Nguyen’s appeal against an electoral board ruling that removed her name from the April election ballot.
The appeal was filed after Nguyen was removed from the ballot by DeKalb’s...
DeKALB – A notice from DeKalb’s Building and Code Enforcement Division was posted on the entrance of Halal Pros located at 817 W. Lincoln Highway.
The notice prohibits people from entering, says the building is “uninhabitable” and is signed...
DeKALB- Jonathan Hurst was found guilty of murder and home invasion almost nine years after Patricia and Robert Wilson were found beaten to death in their Sycamore residence in 2016.
The jury entered the courtroom at 4:15 p.m. Thursday with the verdicts....
DeKALB – In August of 2016, Sycamore residents Patricia and Robert Wilson were found murdered in their home. Trial of suspect Jonathan Hurst continued Wednesday at the DeKalb County Courthouse as DNA evidence was presented to the jury.
Wednesday...
DeKALB – Jonathan Hurst’s murder trial continued this week with questions regarding evidence collection and technical difficulties.
Patricia and Robert Wilson were found beaten to death in their homes on Aug. 14, 2016. Hurst is accused of committing...
