DeKALB – After 25 years in the walls of the Peters Campus Life Building, it is time to open the Northern Star’s time capsule. Initially sealed in April 2000, the time capsule will be opened at 4 p.m. April 16.  Members of the Northern Star...

DeKALB - NIU’s CFO said university divisions have begun the process of categorizing their expenses by priority level at the Faculty Senate’s meeting on Wednesday.  BUDGET PROCESS AND TIMELINE University officials provided an update on the progress...

DeKALB – The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with state and local law enforcement, made one DUI arrest and 10 suspended or expired registration citations on St. Patrick’s Day. The Percentage column is the percentage of total...

DeKALB- NIU’s Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series will host Naomi Klein on April 2 as the final guest speaker for the 2024-2025 lecture series. The event will take place at 5 p.m. CST and will be held over Zoom. Naomi Klein is an award-winning author...

DeKALB – A student group at NIU plans to launch a weather balloon into the upper stratosphere from NIU’s football field in the first week of May. The group, Proxima Centauri Alpha, consists of 16 members despite being started this semester and...

DeKALB – Construction for the roundabout at the intersection of Lucinda and Normal is set to begin this summer, with a contract approved for construction services at Monday's City Council meeting.  ROUNDABOUT AT LUCINDA AND NORMAL The roundabout...

DeKALB – The Student Government Association (SGA) passed several bills aimed at improving the transparency of the judicial branch and announced election information at Friday’s meeting.   In Illinois, the Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires...

DeKALB - Four mayoral candidates discussed community issues such as infrastructure, sustainability, leadership and more at a local election forum for the City of DeKalb. The candidates included Mayor Cohen Barnes, NIU instructor Linh Nguyen, DeKalb...

DeKALB- Members of the clerical and administrative professionals union expressed their disappointment in employee wages at Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting as the union’s contract is set to expire at the end of June, setting the stage for negotiations. The...

DeKALB – Jonathan Hurst was sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison Thursday for the killing of Sycamore residents Patricia and Robert Wilson.  Hurst was convicted of murder at the end of January, almost a decade after the Wilsons were found beaten...