The DeKalb County Community Foundation has awarded $124,900 for music education through grants with the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation. The local recipients of the grants include Community Coordinated Child Care, Hinckley Historical Society, Jazz in...

DeKALB – Eating candy and having a therapeutic session has never connected until now. Counseling and Consultation Services hosted a Well-o-Ween event, Mindfulness and You: Candy Meditation, consisting of eating candy while deciphering life’s challenges.  To...

Nearly 600 faculty members of the Columbia Faculty Union went on strike at 9 a.m. Monday. The part-time faculty members at Columbia College ruled to strike on Wednesday. The Columbia Faculty Union held a press conference at 10:30 a.m. Monday at 600...

DeKALB – There’s no harm in putting off one assignment right? There is when that one assignment turns into a mountain of procrastinated work. Thankfully an NIU event aims to help students build better study habits and beat stress. The Procrastination...

The Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, MOHELA, is being punished by the U.S. Department of Education for not sending borrowers their billing statements on time. It was announced that the Department of Education will withhold $7.2 million from...

DeKALB – From expressing your emotions by talking with others in “Cabin Chats” to getting your feelings out by covering each other in paint, Camp Kesem offers a positive outlet for children whose families have been affected by cancer.  Kesem...

DeKALB – Green, soul exempt eyes, diseased and rotting skin, distressed and knotted hair and covered in blood and scabs is not what Margot Robbie looked like in the “Barbie” movie. Actually, far from it. Robbie would look that terrifying if she...

DeKALB – A DeKalb resident was charged with armed robbery, home invasion and unlawful restraint. On Oct. 2, the DeKalb Police Department arrived at the scene of an armed robbery and home invasion at the 100 block of South Seventh street. When...

DeKALB – In an initiative to address the opioid crisis, Northwestern Medicine will be distributing Narcan nasal spray from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Saturday.  Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, located at 2731 Sycamore Road, will be hosting the...

ROCK FALLS – Ghouls, goblins and other hellish creatures stalk the patrons of Haunted Haven, a popular horror attraction nestled in the cornfields of Whiteside County. Owner Melissa Norton has been running Haunted Haven, at 29038 Grennan Road for...

Editor’s note: This article does not claim that ghosts are real. Who you gonna call when there’s something strange in our neighborhood? Local residents share their ghostly stories, showing that in DeKalb, things that go “bump in the night”...

DeKALB – Plastic is in almost every facet of our lives; but despite this prevalence, researchers don’t know the lasting effects of microplastics and plan to find out. The Northern Illinois Center for Community Sustainability has acquired a new...