DeKALB — NIU announced Friday that two additional students and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and six students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Friday, 19 students and four employees are currently...
DeKALB – The DeKalb County Health Department reported Thursday that the first bat in the county in 2021 has tested positive for rabies, according to a health department news release.
The bat was captured in a bedroom where a person woke up to the...
DeKALB – The DeKalb Police Department sent out a community alert Thursday to advise residents of a social media scam that has been reported in the city.
The scam is occurring on Facebook, where a person is tricked into thinking they’re communicating...
DeKALB — Board of Trustees members were surprised to discover Thursday that NIU was covering the cost of all mandatory tuition waivers through an unfunded state mandate.
Trustee Robert Pritchard informed the rest of the board that these mandatory...
DeKALB – The DeKalb City Council will discuss Monday authorizing the purchase of four police interceptors from Morrow Brothers Ford for $150,000 for the DeKalb Police Department.
The purchase will be from financing from Tax-Exempt Leasing Corporation....
DeKALB – NIU announced on Thursday that 3 students and 0 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 and 2 students and no employees have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 dashboard.
The dashboard’s cumulative statistics show that 131...
DeKALB – Free car seat safety checks are being offered, for free, by the Illinois Department of Transportation on Saturday. Safety checks will be available at Lehan’s Drugs, 1407 S. 4th St., and the Sycamore Police Department, 535 Dekalb Ave.
During...
DeKALB – Mosquitoes collected in a trap in Genoa have tested positive for the West Nile Virus for the first time this year, according to a news release from the DeKalb County Health Department.
Mosquitoes collected from traps in DeKalb and Sycamore,...
DeKALB - Active Minds NIU will bring Send Silence Packing, a suicide prevention exhibit, to NIU from 9 a.m. Sept. 30 at the MLK Commons.
The exhibit’s goal is to spread awareness about suicide, where to find help for mental health concerns and how...
DeKALB — By 2020, NIU originally set a goal of having 30,000 students enrolled in the Vision 2020 plan. Since dropping that plan to reflect a new five-year plan from 2019-2023, the university now has an enrollment goal of 17,735 students by Fall 2023...
DeKALB — NIU announced Wednesday that two additional students and one employee has tested positive for the coronavirus, and no students and two employees have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Tuesday, 22 Huskies are currently...
DeKALB — Students, faculty and DeKalb residents addressed the importance of belonging in the community Tuesday as they gathered in the Huskie Den for the 7th annual Unity Walk.
“It’s important to come together in the name of unity and support...
