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Police report: Jan. 24 to Jan. 30

By Northern Star staff | February 8, 2016

Jan. 24• Dakaria J. Bailey, 21, of DeKalb, was charged with disorderly house.• Reggi J. Jones, 20, of DeKalb, was charged with disorderly house.• Drew B. Dazzo, 18, of Elburn, was charged with battery and battery/bodily harm.• Devon M. Moore,...

Dekalb County Community Gardens to hold Potluck

By Northern Star staff | February 5, 2016

Dekalb County Community Gardens will hold a potluck organizing meeting for people who have a desire to harvest vegetables in their own garden plot.This event will take place 6 p.m. Feb. 16 at the DeKalb Senior Center, 330 Grove St.The garden plots are...

KishHealth to hold women’s health event

By Northern Star staff | February 4, 2016

KishHealth System will hold This One’s For the Girls Women’s Health Event from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Valley West Community Hospital, 15 W. Pleasant St. in Sandwich and 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 19 and 20 at Kishwaukee Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive.This...

Police report: Jan. 22 to Jan. 23

By Northern Star staff | February 4, 2016

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.Jan. 22• Anagha S. Patel, 24, of DeKalb, was charged with...

Unlawful assembly ordinances draft discussed by community

By Madison Kacer | February 4, 2016

DeKalb residents and NIU students and faculty discussed two unlawful assembly ordinances drafted by the City of DeKalb for nearly four hours at a DeKalb Human Relations Commission meeting Tuesday.The ordinances were unanimously passed during the first...

DeKalb County Health Department receives funding to assist with Affordable Care Act enrollment

By Northern Star staff | February 4, 2016

DeKalb County Community Mental Health Board has approved funding for the Healthcare Enrollment Assistance Program, administered by the DeKalb County Health Department, according to a DeKalb County Health Department news release.The grant provided by the...

DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 to hold early childhood screenings

By Northern Star staff | February 3, 2016

DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 will provide free standardized vision, hearing, developmental and speech screenings for children aged newborn to preschool 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 17 at the Early Learning and Development Center, 1515 S. Fourth...

DeKalb man charged with predatory criminal sexual assault

By Northern Star staff | February 2, 2016

Robert Childress, 22, of DeKalb, was charged with four counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, according to a DeKalb Police news release.A child, 12, was interviewed by a child forensic interviewer Tuesday. The child said they were made to perform...

County sheriff’s office to award $500 scholarship

By Northern Star staff | February 1, 2016

DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott will be awarding one $500 scholarship to a DeKalb County resident pursuing higher education during the 2016-17 academic year, according to a DeKalb County Sheriff's Office news release.The scholarship can only be applied...

DeKalb County to enforce special patrols for Super Bowl weekend

By Northern Star staff | February 1, 2016

The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office will conduct special patrols this Super Bowl weekend, according to a DeKalb County Sherriff's Office news release.The office will be looking for alcohol and drug-impaired drivers, according to the news release."We will...

NIU students to help Egyptian Theatre with $2.5M in grants

NIU students to help Egyptian Theatre with $2.5M in grants

By Scott Nicol | February 1, 2016

The Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., on Thursday before the movie showing and comedic performance of “Clue” on Friday. The theater is unable to maintain its operation during the summer due to a lack of air conditioning. NIU students are working on developing a plan to find grants for the theater to pay expenses.

The IHSA football championships’ economic impact on DeKalb was $800,000, which is $200,000 less than what was projected. The money came from indirect and direct speding on hotels, food, gas, facility rental, tent suppliers, catering and other services provided by people attending the event, said Debbie Armstrong, executive director of the DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

DeKalb falls short of projected $1M from IHSA championships

By Alexander Chettiath | February 1, 2016

By hosting the Illinois High School Association football state championships, $800,000 has been pumped into DeKalb County’s economy, $200,000 less than what was projected.The IHSA football championships, played on Nov. 27 and 28, consisted of the top...