DeKALB — NIU announced Friday that five additional students and one additional employee  has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Friday, thirty-seven students and four employees are currently COVID-19...

DeKALB — The DeKalb Fire Department responded to a call Friday after a vehicle submerged in water at 7:25 a.m. on Friday at the East Lagoon, 100 Castle Drive. Fire personnel found the driver standing on top of the roof of the submerged vehicle, approximately...

DeKALB — The Illinois Department of Public Health is opening COVID-19 booster shots to everyone eligible to receive the vaccine and is recommended 18 years or older to get a COVID-19 booster shot.  The booster should only be taken six months after...

DeKALB — Leaders from the Operating Staff pleaded for staff salary increases to be made at Thursday’s Board of Trustees special meeting. Holly Nicholson, president of the Operating Staff Council and Rave Meyer, vice president of the Operating Staff...

DeKALB — The NIU Board of Trustees unanimously approved extending the contracts with Kates Security Services to have 14 unarmed security guards aid the NIU Police Department in their duties.  NIU and police departments across the country have been...

DeKALB — NIU announced Thursday that nine additional students and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. One student has recovered. As of Thursday, 34 students and four employees are currently...

DeKALB — The DeKalb City Council authorized the purchase of 12 Genetec license plate readers for $145,865 on Oct. 11 to address crime and an increase in the number of shootings in the DeKalb area.  ALPRs, or automatic license plate readers, are...

DeKALB — Julie Jesmer helped create the DeKalb Trash Squirrels in 2020 and is now a member of the Citizens’ Environmental Commission for the City of DeKalb, where her goal is to make DeKalb the cleanest city in the state. The goal of the commission...

DeKALB — NIU announced Wednesday that eight additional students and one employee has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. Seven students and one employee has recovered. As of Wednesday, 26 students and four...

DeKALB — In the 2021-2022 academic year, winter break will last from Dec. 11 to Jan. 17 during the fourth week of the month when usually it is the third week. “Our academic calendar is based on a really long-standing scheduling pattern that the...

DeKALB —  NIU is expected to have 19-24% of total undergraduates coming from Latinx backgrounds in the upcoming years as students and administration have taken measures on and off  campus to ensure resources and opportunities for Hispanic and Latinx...

DeKALB — The DeKalb County Health Department announced that it is now scheduling appointments for the third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, as well as booster doses for all three available vaccines. To be eligible to receive a...