The DeKalb Liquor Commission and Mayor Frank Van Buer have worked since February to create a deputy liquor commissioner. Their work may soon pay off. "The position still has to be approved by the city council in order to add it to next year's budget,"...

In the Fellowship Hall of a small church in DeKalb, where the game of Bingo is often played, the future plans of downtown were put into action. The Hitchcock Design Group ran the event and led a presentation and brainstorming seminar. Mayor Frank Van...

Public tours of the fuel-cell bus scheduled to come to DeKalb and Sycamore Sunday through next week have been postponed due to mechanical issues. Officials say they may be able to keep the schedule of bus tours for later on in the week, if the bus is...

Judy Baar Topinka, the Republican candidate for Illinois governor, stopped by DeKalb Thursday morning to meet with various local leaders, along with Republican Sen. Brad Burzynski, and talked about issues like health care, the state's spiraling debt and...

In January, DeKalb purchased 2.99 acres of land for $1.57 million for the future DeKalb Police Station. The property's location at the corner of Lincoln Highway and Carrol Avenue would put the police much closer to NIU. The property consists of five separate...

From Sunday to Tuesday, NIU will witness a new fuel cell-powered bus that aims to lower pollution and dependence on foreign oil. On Sunday, the bus will be available for demonstration from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore,...

Some NIU professors say high gas prices reflect failure of state and federal governments to invest in alternative fuels. As summer approaches and the desire to drive increases, so does the demand for gas, which causes a spike in fuel costs. Due to the...

Dennis Maher is an average father. He wears a baseball cap, has a relaxed demeanor and once helped with a high school yearbook. But he became a hero to a pair of unfortunate boaters almost two years ago. When Maher began his story of why he, his father...

DeKalb County is dealing with six cases connected to the mumps epidemic sweeping the Midwest, county health officials said. One was deemed a probable case because the infected person showed symptoms of the disease, but the blood and culture tests did...

The DeKalb Liquor Commission voted to increase the number of members on the liquor commission from five to seven at the request of the Liquor Commissioner Mayor Frank Van Buer at Tuesday night's meeting. "Mayor Van Buer would like to see more representation...

The Kresge Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to community service, gave Kishwaukee Community Hospital a $600,000 "challenge grant." The challenge for Kishwaukee, also called the Community Campaign, is to raise $7 million for their new hospital...

There have been 72 cases of mumps in Illinois this year, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. "Normally we only see 10 to 13 a year," said IDPH Spokeswoman Melanie Arnold. The IDHP is working with local health departments, school districts...