Associate History professor and acting director of NIU’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies Eric Jones and the Lifelong Learning Institute of NIU will virtually present “Revisiting the Vietnam War” Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. This event is...
DeKALB – WNIJ 89.5 FM is celebrating 30 years of public broadcasting this April. WNIJ began broadcasting on April 28, 1991.
For the month of April, the station is hosting “30 Reasons to love WNIJ.” Students can download the WNIJ app, or listen...
DeKALB — NIU announced Wednesday that nine additional students and one employee have tested positive for the coronavirus, and no students or employees have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Wednesday, 38 students and three...
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DeKALB —The award-winning “Swept Under the Rug” exhibit returned to the Pick Museum of Anthropology. The exhibit, which received the “2020 Award of Superior Achievement” from the Illinois Association of Museums, will be showing throughout April.
Curated...
DeKALB – Mike Verbic leads in re-election for DeKalb 6th Ward Alderperson by 155 votes, while mail-in ballots still need to be counted.
Verbic first ran for Sixth Ward Alderperson in 2017. Verbic remained unopposed in the April 6 election and will...
DeKALB – Amanda Harness, Ariel Owens and Deyci Ramirez are leading the race to join the DeKalb School Board in the 2021 consolidated elections, while mail-in ballots still need to be counted.
Harness leads with 2,517 votes, Owens has 2,220 and Ramirez...
DeKALB — Mary Hess is in the lead for the 2021 DeKalb Township Supervisor with 75.2% of votes, or 2,365 votes, according to the 2021 DeKalb consolidated election results. Among her list of goals, she said she intends to structure township programs and...
DeKALB - The referendum for backyard chickens in DeKalb has been rejected as part of the April election ballot. With a vote of 53.94%, the referendum will not proceed to City Council to allow chickens in DeKalb.
The movement in support of backyard...
DeKALB – Barb Larson leads the Ward 2 Alderperson seat for the City of DeKalb after receiving 45.8% of votes in the 2021 consolidated elections, while mail-in ballots still need to be counted.
Larson leads the election with 415 votes at the time...
DeKALB — Greg Perkins, alderperson of DeKalb’s Fourth Ward, leads Tuesday in his bid for re-election to his position for the next four years. He is leading with 296 votes or 50.34% of the votes. He leads Matthew R. Keys by four votes.
Perkins...
DeKALB – Cohen Barnes is taking the lead for the next mayor for the City of DeKalb after raking in 62.38% of votes in the 2021 consolidated elections, while mail-in ballots still need to be counted.
Barnes leads the election with 2,391 votes at the...
