6th Ward Winner: Dave Baker Dave Baker has served as alderman for the past eight years. He has pushed for things such as the DeKalb Landlord-Tenant Ordinance as well as various safety measures for students. Baker plans to continue his efforts on issues...

Updates came in through the radio Tuesday night, and an anxious crowd of DeKalb residents eagerly waited for the announcement. The River Heights Golf Course, 1100 S. Annie Glidden Road, boomed with joyous applause as Kris Povlsen was announced as DeKalb's...

Ward 2 WINNER: Tom Teresinski Tom Teresinski has spent 35 years in business management as a controller for large manufacturing companies. He also was a past school board president. He plans to address the 2010 budget issues and said the ward needs a balanced...

DeKalb City Clerk The city clerk has the responsibility of attending all meetings of the city council and keeping a record of the proceedings in a journal. The clerk is the official keeper of the City Seal and the records for the city such as ordinances,...

A money clip and a worn $2 bill may be worthless to some, but one man would go to great lengths to get those two objects back. Dave Bush, a 91-year-old DeKalb resident, lost his money clip and $2 bill last Friday at The Junction Eating Place, 816 W. Lincoln...

The DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Miller determined the cause of death of an inmate of the DeKalb County Jail to be asphyxiation by hanging after Monday's autopsy. Brandi L. Brantley, 19, was found at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Friday, unconscious on the...

DeKalb School District 428 School Board There are seven total members on the DeKalb School District 428 School Board. Three seats were up for election. The top three vote getters are elected to the three vacant seats. Winner: Mike Verbic Mike Verbic has...

The United States' current economic state has been negatively affecting other countries. Assistant economics professor Mohammad Mirhosseinisaid the United States is connected with several countries. "The U.S. has financial ties to European, Southeast...

With half the fiscal year's numbers in, DeKalb is hoping for a $1 million surplus by the end of the fiscal year. Rudy Espiritu, DeKalb assistant city manager, attributes the potential surplus to six positions that became vacant in the fiscal year 2009...

A DeKalb County Grand Jury has indicted David A. Painter, 48, of Sycamore, with three counts of theft and three counts of forgery in his alleged involvement in the several thefts that occurred at Brian Bemis Automotive Group. DeKalb Police Lt. Gary Spangler...

April is National Donate Life Month. Organizations will be working together to promote organ and tissue donor awareness throughout the state. Television and radio ads will air throughout April encouraging people to become organ and tissue donors. The...

An inmate of the DeKalb County Jail was pronounced dead after Correction Deputies found her unconscious Friday. Brandi L. Brantley, 19, of DeKalb, was unresponsive and found under a blanket with a telephone cord wrapped around her neck at approximately...