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...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| November 1, 2023
Editor's note: The voting has been extended from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. No Northern Star staffers were allowed to enter this contest.
The Northern Star Editorial Board has selected five submissions as finalists for its Halloween Costume Contest. Northern...
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...
By Brandon Clark, Senior News Reporter
| November 1, 2023
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,...
By Rachel Cormier, Assistant News Editor
| October 31, 2023
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...
By Eli Tecktiel, Senior Lifestyle Writer
| October 31, 2023
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...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| October 30, 2023
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...
