Between class periods, 1,500-plus students try to maneuver and push their way through condensed hallways to get to their next class within a five-minute span. This says it all, according to DeKalb High School Principal Larry Stinson. Inside the nearly...

AGCO corporation’s decision to close its DeKalb manufacturing plant could affect more than just AGCO’s DeKalb County employees. Encoat Services plant manager Dan Ramirez said nearly 100 percent of the company’s production comes from AGCO. Encoat...

Clinton Rosette Middle School Principal Chris Ross said the school’s overcrowding issues need immediate attention if all students are to receive the best education at this critical educational stage in their lives. With a capacity supposedly not to...

Tuesday’s Growth Summit meeting is one of the last, and members are moving toward final recommendations for growth in and around DeKalb. Roger Dahlstrom, a senior research associate with the Center for Governmental Studies at NIU, opened the meeting...

Monday night’s city council workshop centered around one topic-fiscal year 2004 budget projections. Director of Administrative Services Linda Wiggins described the budget projections as grim. Wiggins said the general funds revenue would go up 1.52 percent...

Three city liquor establishments were issued fines for various liquor violations by the city of DeKalb on Monday. One also was issued a suspension of its liquor license. El Burrito Mexicano received a five-day suspension and a $250 fine. The establishment,...

While Lincoln Elementary School’s principal Tom Burski says renovations aren’t a major concern for the school, space availability is of critical concern and needs to be addressed with a school referendum. Burski said Lincoln’s, 220 E. Sunset, capacity...

Progress on the comprehensive plan update for the city of DeKalb has been placed on hold until Mayor Greg Sparrow’s Growth Summit can be completed in the next month. The DeKalb Plan Commission and the Economic Development Committee supplied information...

NIU students in both residence halls and rooming houses now have to search for alternative lighting fixtures as the city council voted unanimously on an ordinance to ban torchere halogen lamps. As stated in the council agenda, the ordinance in Section...

Littlejohn principal Marty Jurkowski said the time has come for a referendum to alleviate the school of what has become a pressing overcrowding issue that’s about to become worse. Littlejohn Elementary School, 1121 School St., with its 460-student base,...

Three establishments in DeKalb are facing possible suspensions of their liquor licenses today. Molly’s Eatery and Drinkery, 1022 W. Lincoln Highway, and El Burrito Mexicano, 402 E. Lincoln Highway, had charges filed against them on March 7. According...

WASHINGTON -- Abandoning diplomacy, President Bush gave Saddam Hussein a final ultimatum today to leave Iraq or face a U.S.-led war. Bush planned a White House address at 8 p.m. EST to explain his decision. "He will say that to avoid military conflict...