DeKALB – DeKalb homeowners won’t be seeing major changes to their taxes this year, but they will see their property values increase. The city of DeKalb’s corporate levy for 2024 will be $1 million higher than last year’s. The city’s corporate...

DeKALB – 70 DeKalb community members gathered to honor veterans and their service to our country at Memorial Park on Saturday. Michael Embrey, a DeKalb resident and Air Force veteran, spoke at the ceremony. He gave recognition to different people...

DeKALB - This December, DeKalb County Community Gardens are distributing fresh and healthy food as a part of their “Grow Mobile” program.  The food will be available in different parts of DeKalb for free during a set period of time with no reservations...

DeKALB – The city will be closing Fairview Drive west of Peace Road from Monday, Nov. 13 through Wednesday, Nov. 22. Access to and from Peace Road will be impacted and traffic from the west end of the intersection will detour to Macom Drive. The...

DeKALB – A new community center promises not to spoil the broth with too many cooks, but it will leave enough room at the table for all. The city of DeKalb has approved the rezoning of eight acres of land to the DeKalb County Community Gardens to...

DeKALB – Sycamore attorney Charles Rose announced that he will run for the DeKalb County State’s Attorney's office.  Rose’s announcement to run in the election comes after incumbent Rick Amato announced he will not be running for a third term...

Any electric vehicle purchased by an Illinois resident within the last 90 days will be available for rebate under Illinois's rebate program. On Wednesday, Director John J. Kim of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency reported that the next round...

Editor’s note: This piece was updated at 8:12 p.m. DeKALB – The DeKalb Fire Department received a call at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday regarding smoke at a building that Frontier Communications operates out of, 2120 Pleasant St. No one was injured...

DeKALB – Summer droughts this year caused worry in the farming community on how the corn harvest would look. A poor harvest would have ripple effects across food, fuel and the lives of farmers in DeKalb County. Greg Millburg, manager of the DeKalb...

Americans are racing to the gas pumps as fuel prices continue to fall across the nation. According to data collected by GasBuddy from over 150,000 gas stations across the country, the nation’s average price of gasoline has declined 5.3 cents in the...

DeKALB – For some it was a trick, and for some it was a treat when students woke up and saw the first official snowfall of the season on Halloween. DeKalb experienced its first snowfall of the season Tuesday. The National Weather Service reported...