Editor’s note: This article has been updated as of Nov. 5 to include an interview with the winner. The Northern Star’s Halloween Costume Contest is closed, and the winner is Cecilia Lucente, a graduate student on the clinical mental health...

DeKALB – NIU is making plans to cut its $32 million deficit in half by the end of fiscal year 2025. At Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting, George Middlemist, vice president and chief financial officer, and Laurie Elish-Piper, interim executive...

DeKALB – Sycamore attorney Charles Rose announced that he will run for the DeKalb County State’s Attorney's office.  Rose’s announcement to run in the election comes after incumbent Rick Amato announced he will not be running for a third term...

Any electric vehicle purchased by an Illinois resident within the last 90 days will be available for rebate under Illinois's rebate program. On Wednesday, Director John J. Kim of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency reported that the next round...

Editor’s note: This piece was updated at 8:12 p.m. DeKALB – The DeKalb Fire Department received a call at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday regarding smoke at a building that Frontier Communications operates out of, 2120 Pleasant St. No one was injured...

DeKALB – Summer droughts this year caused worry in the farming community on how the corn harvest would look. A poor harvest would have ripple effects across food, fuel and the lives of farmers in DeKalb County. Greg Millburg, manager of the DeKalb...

Americans are racing to the gas pumps as fuel prices continue to fall across the nation. According to data collected by GasBuddy from over 150,000 gas stations across the country, the nation’s average price of gasoline has declined 5.3 cents in the...

DeKALB – For some it was a trick, and for some it was a treat when students woke up and saw the first official snowfall of the season on Halloween. DeKalb experienced its first snowfall of the season Tuesday. The National Weather Service reported...

DeKALB – A resolution was brought to the Illinois House of Representatives to promote awareness for metastatic breast cancer. Oct. 24, State Rep. Jeff Keicher, a Republican representative of Illinois’ 70th district, presented House Resolution 368,...

DeKALB – Normal Road’s closure has eliminated its traffic since August; but since then, students and trucks have been lining up on that street for a different reason. Wednesday’s Food Truck event had consistently brought students to Normal Road...

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...