This Halloween, DeKalb County will hold its annual tax sale in an attempt to collect more than $1.5 million in unpaid property taxes. The county sells outstanding taxes and allows buyers to charge interest. The buyers pay the debtors’ taxes and then...

Tracy Ash is a busy woman. While completing a master’s degree and working up to 40 hours a week, she raises her 3-year-old daughter, Quarey, as a single parent. At 27 years old, Ash got pregnant while living with her boyfriend of three years in the...

A broken water main Wednesday reduced west-bound traffic on the 800 block of Lincoln Highway to one lane through the morning and afternoon. Bryan Faivre, assistant director of the DeKalb public works-water resources division, said the call came in around...

The DeKalb County Board met Wednesday night to discuss a new appointee and several other items. Applause echoed through the room as Michael Haines was appointed the county board member for District 2. The DeKalb County Board declared Kingston board member...

Mother Nature has neglected much of northern Illinois with necessary rainfalls resulting in a drying effect for plant life and bodies of water; the Kishwaukee River in particular is 11 inches down this year. "Discharge for the river is currently 51 cubic...

Otto’s Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, has been closed since Friday after its liquor license was revoked by the state. The nightclub’s license was revoked after failure to file sales tax and attend an Oct. 5 state liquor hearing, City Clerk Donna...

The DeKalb Liquor Commission convened Tuesday in an attempt to identify and discuss consistently problematic city liquor ordinances. Concerns and criticisms about city ordinances were generally leveled at live entertainment events, outdoor special events...

As health care costs continue to go unchecked, employers across the country are cutting back health care programs. If you’ve surveyed the headlines during the past days, you heard about the deal between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union....

Last night’s District 428 School Board meeting featured a presentation on academic performance. The formal meeting began by focusing on the district’s performance on standardized tests, presented by Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction...

Changes to Medicare that will affect senior citizens were the topic of discussion at a seminar held at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau in Sycamore Monday. The seminar, hosted by Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), and presented in conjunction...

DeKalb County is in an extreme drought. The area has been about 25 inches behind in precipitation during the past three years. NIU Staff Meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste said one of the reasons for the drought may be the lack of storms in northern Illinois....

The lengthy drought period Illinois experienced this summer reduced this year’s crop yields, although not as dramatically as anticipated. According to national data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service,...