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...
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...
