The current DeKalb police station is being examined for possible renovation or all together abandonment. DeKalb Police Chief Bill Feithen said that space problems at the DeKalb Municipal Building, where the station is housed, have warranted a space-needs...

The DeKalb Lowes Home Improvement Center is giving back to the community with its outreach program, The Lowes’ Heroes Program. At 8:30 a.m. Friday, the Heroes Team was at 24080 N. First St., Sycamore, donating and installing safety equipment at Lester...

The future of District 428’s school referendum plan was headlined on Media Day this past Friday at the Education Center. The Nov. 5, 2002, referendum plan is a work-in-progress that strives to improve the overcrowding issues within all area schools,...

On the outskirts of town, where most students rarely go, there is a building housing one of the area’s largest tributes to American machinery. Inside of Pierce Harley-Davidson, located at 969 Peace Road, is a large collection of vintage Harley-Davidson...

Kishwaukee College finally will have a building dedicated for childcare. After using a building for almost 30 years, which had a planned life of only seven years, a new state grant will allow the community college to construct a new facility for childcare....

People are arrested every day and those without proper knowledge of their rights can make a bad situation even worse. The NIU Students’ Legal Counsel is distributing "If Arrested..." cards to students to inform them about making better decisions if...

The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 400th member at a reception Wednesday night. The 400th member is Wiseman-Hughes Enterprises Inc., a housing developer that built in the western suburbs for about 46 years, said Judy Keene, the company’s...

The DeKalb Plan Commission recommended that the DeKalb City Council adopt the Greek Row Neighborhood Revitalization Plan on Wednesday night. This approval means that the plan will go before the City Council at its next meeting, on Oct. 14. Before that,...

he Student Education Association spent time with the kids of Hope Haven Wednesday. Thirty-five members of the SEA read books to the children of Hope Haven, a homeless and abused persons shelter, at 1145 Rushmore Drive. Karen Lubbers, public relations...

NIU students and the community of DeKalb will be treated to an unusual kind of parade on Friday afternoon - a parade of flags. To conclude the fourth-annual International Week, which started Monday, more than 400 DeKalb school children from six schools...

Members of the DeKalb City Council showed support for a compromise proposal offered by the NIU Student Association concerning participation in the Metropolitan Planning Organization. "I think it is a good compromise," said 1st Ward Alderman Andy Small....

Towing came out in full force during a public hearing to discuss the city’s towing concerns. A significant argument involved the reinstallation of a rotating service, which is a working schedule that would place primary and secondary towing calls on...