DeKALB — The DeKalb Police Department conducted a tobacco compliance check to determine if local tobacco retailers are complying with local minimum-age tobacco laws. The city of DeKalb has announced the results of tobacco compliance checks conducted...
Governor JB Pritzker praised his administration for working quickly to protect homeowners during the pandemic when he announced the $30,000 housing aide for Illinois homeowners.
“My administration worked more quickly than any other state in the country...
Illinois Gas Update
With tensions rising overseas, Illinoisians are continuing to see the effects as they fill up at the pump.
Gas prices in Illinois have risen 2.4 cents per gallon this past week, now averaging $3.70 per gallon according to GasBuddy....
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health has begun the use of a COVID-19 treatment drug: bebtelovimab. The FDA authorized the use of bebtelovimab on Feb. 11 and the intravenously injected drug is now one of several COVID-19 treatments...
By Elisa Reamer and Jaylen Conwell
| February 22, 2022
DeKALB — The university experience for many students is a seamless transition from high-schooler to college graduate in four to five years, but for others, the journey is unconventional. Joyce DeFauw started her journey at NIU in 1951 and is now currently...
DeKALB — NIU launched Navigate Student on Feb. 15 to encourage student success, make it easier for students and faculty to connect and improve graduation rates. Students can access Navigate Student through the App Store, Google Play or the web.
The...
The Illinois Department of Public Health stated that, in the past week, 20,896 new cases of COVID-19 emerged in Illinois. Since Feb. 11, there have been 417 deaths and the statewide positivity rate is 2.4%.
Illinois COVID-19 cases were at their highest...
DeKALB — The average gasoline prices have increased to 5.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.66/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 4,378 stations in Illinois. Prices in Illinois are 23.6 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.
The...
To celebrate 60 years of NIU College of Business graduates, alumnus and trustee Dennis Barsema, class of 1977, will moderate a conversation among Dean Emeritus David Graf, Dean Emeritus Denise Schoenbachler and current Dean Balaji Rajagopalan. The discussion...
DeKALB- The minimum wage has been raised from $11 to $12 earlier this year, according to a press release posted on illinois.gov. The state is also planning to raise the minimum to $15 by 2025.
Illinois hadn’t seen a wage increase since 2010 when...
The Illinois Secretary of State is hosting mobile services here at NIU on Monday, March 14 and Monday, April 18. It will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center on the first floor.
The services available are driver’s license...
