DeKALB - Rooted for Good is a nonprofit organization that gives people access to healthy and sustainably-sourced foods through its mobile food pantry truck that brings groceries throughout DeKalb County. Other than the mobile food pantry, Rooted for...

DeKALB – The NIU Board of Trustees met Thursday, approving several contracts while also highlighting faculty recognitions, academic changes, research and fundraising. As part of a new bulk purchasing program, NIU’s Division of Information Technology...

DeKALB – The Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series featured Steve Inskeep, an award-winning journalist, host of NPR’s “Morning Edition” and the morning news podcast “Up First,” on Sept. 23. Dean of the NIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences...

DeKALB - NIU Forensics Speech and Debate club, founded in 1928, brings together students interested in public speaking and debate at NIU. One of the main qualities of Forensics, Speech and Debate is in its name. Forensics, which comes from the Latin...

DeKALB - The Asian American Resource Center hosted Asian American Welcome Night Tuesday in the Holmes Student Center’s Regency Room. This event was part of the ongoing event series hosted by OHANA. Asian American Welcome Night aimed to build connections...

DeKALB – The DeKalb County History Center and Ellwood House Museum invites the community out to their Desserts and Dialogue event at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 9. Desserts and Dialogue will be an evening full of connection and conversation. The event aims to...

DeKALB – The DeKalb City Council addressed housing insecurity and homelessness in DeKalb at Monday’s meeting. The council also approved a polished intergovernmental agreement for shared police protection services with NIU’s Board of Trustees.  Addressing...

Correction: This story and headline were changed to reflect that the union in negotiations is the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31. DeKALB – NIU clerical, technical and administrative professionals represented...

DeKALB - The Huskie Closet, launched in spring 2022 under the Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies, provides students with casual, winter and career clothing for free. The student-initiated project allows students to donate extra clothing and volunteer...

DeKALB - The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host its annual Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series, which highlights the role of the liberal arts and sciences in maintaining a healthy and promising democracy. The series, which will begin Sept....

The Northern Star digitization project, an effort to convert print issues from 1899 to 1997 to a digital format, has been delayed again. The Northern Star digitization process has been an ongoing project at the Founders Memorial Library with the goal...

DeKALB - Adults between the ages of 18 and 25 interested in connecting with the community and interacting with local leaders have an opportunity to do so at the DeKalb County History Center’s Young Professional Advisory Committee general information...