DeKALB — The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency announced over $1.6 million in funding to the city of Sycamore to replace lead service lines in the community water supply.
“Our State Revolving Fund has provided communities a needed resource...
By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
| February 16, 2022
DeKALB— An NIU School of Music professor became the recipient of a flagship U.S. government-sponsored scholarship program that will send him to Brazil for four months as part of the Fulbright Scholars program.
Rodrigo Villanueva, NIU School of...
A potential winter storm is set to strike North Central Illinois, Northeastern Illinois and Northwestern Indiana Wednesday through Thursday, according to a Weather Warning statement from the National Weather Service.
The first signs of the storm...
By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
| February 14, 2022
Meijer and Sam’s Club have been added to the list of stores allowed to sell SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) online after being approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. LINK card users in the state of Illinois can now order groceries...
DeKALB — The Center for Black Studies received the Cultural Center of the Year 2021 and Innovative Website awards by the Association of Black Cultural Centers in October to recognize all of the hard work everyone has put into the Center for Black Studies.
The...
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported nearly 30,000 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois today. This includes both confirmed and probable cases. Since last Friday, Feb. 4, there has been an increase of almost 500 deaths from the coronavirus.
Across...
The Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois State Police are teaming up with local police and sheriff’s departments throughout the state to remind drivers that Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk.
If your Super Bowl Sunday festivities...
Editor's note: This record has been updated to accurately reflect the mask guidance changes made by NIU in a Feb. 26 email sent to faculty and students.
NIU has announced new mask guidelines, following Governor Pritzker’s plan to lift mask mandates...
DeKALB — Students who are looking to change minors or learn about different options can look into the Black Studies minor offered by the Center for Black Studies.
The minor requires students to take 18 credit hours within the required courses,...
By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle Reporter
| February 9, 2022
DeKalb- This week the Tails Humane Society is featuring a two-year-old dog named Ramos who is looking for a new home.
Ramos is great with children as well as other dogs and walks great on a leash. Ramos does have some enemies; he is not fond of cats,...
DeKALB — Huskies Care and Serve is a volunteer program run by the Campus Activities Board (CAB) that allows students to work on projects that give back to the NIU and DeKalb communities.
Tuesday’s event allowed students to fill bags with necessities...
DeKALB — With big reforms for infrastructure planned with the passage of the Infrastructure and Jobs Act, a majority of the funds used to carry out the law’s goals will be tax dollars. Tax filing season officially began on Jan. 24 and with an estimated...
