Independence Day will be celebrated around DeKalb throughout the day. The DeKalb Public Library will be closed for the holiday. Independence Run 5KWhat Run or walk a 5K organized by the DeKalb Park District. The race will be chip timed. The event is...
DeKalb’s Safe Passage, Inc. is hosting their first Pride Party 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 North 1st Street.{{tncms-inline alignment="left" content="<ul> <li>Visit their Facebook page <a...
The Board of Trustees met last Thursday to close out the 2019 fiscal year. The board passed the internal budget and approved attorney Brian Perry as general counsel, along with other items of interest.BudgetThe board passed President Lisa Freeman’s...
The state budget allocates an operating budget of $87.8 million to NIU for fiscal year 2020, a 5% increase from fiscal year 19’s $83.7 million allocation. The budget also includes appropriations on top of the operating budget for long-term projects,...
The Northern Television Center’s classes and student productions will be relocating to Watson Hall in the fall, according to Mehdi Semati, chair of the Department of Communication. The dedicated NTC building, 123 Stadium Drive, will not be used to teach...
Residents of Sycamore will open up garage sales Thursday through Saturday.Seventy-eight homes have registered to participate in the sale, according to a registration list. Click "List of Sales" to view the list, which includes locations, times and descriptions.Click...
G. Allan O'Connor, founder of the NIU Steelband, has passed away at the age of 75.NIU's Steelband was the first actively performing steel band at an American university. In 1987, O'Connor created a steelpan major, making NIU one of the few institutions...
Eight girls, ages 10 to 14, couldn’t decide on the best video game they played this week. Some said Giraffe Volleyball, a volleyball simulation that puts you in control of a giraffe and its absurdly stretchy neck. Others said Dante’s Infernya, where...
DeKALB — At 6 p.m. Wednesday in Hopkins Park, a fight broke out and a stabbing occurred, leaving three teenagers injured and two in the hospital, according to the Daily Chronicle.Police are still searching for suspects. Interim Chief John Petragallo...
DeKALB — NIU staff will be hosting a discussion on the changing face of sports at next week's STEM Café.STEM Café: The Changing Face of Sports Today will be held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 11 at the Two Brother's Roundhouse, 205 N. Broadway, Aurora.The...
DeKALB — In one of their stops on their Twelfth Night tour, traveling theatre company Stone Soup Shakespeare performed 6:30 p.m. May 31 in Huntley Park at the corner of 2nd and Garden St. This installment of the show was organized with the help of...
DeKALB — DeKalb County farmers stay hopeful late in the planting season, in the face of historically low planting rates.“If you don’t have hope you go nuts,” said Vickie Faivre, partner at JP Faivre Farms alongside her husband Roger.By this...
