By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor
| January 18, 2023
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has released its 2022 adult use cannabis sales records.
Dispensary sales totaled to $1,552,324,820.37. This figure is a 12% increase from 2021 and a 131% increase since 2020, the first...
By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer
| January 18, 2023
This week, the average cost of gas in Illinois has risen to $3.48 per gallon, this is up from last week's average cost by 10.2 cents.
The average price of gasoline in Illinois currently stands 17.9 cents higher per gallon than last month at this time...
The SAFE-T Act promised to eliminate cash bail, which proponents said would create more equality under the law. Now, its future is uncertain as the Illinois Supreme Court will decide its legality.
In late December, at least 58 counties, including the...
By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer
| January 17, 2023
After 10 years at NIU, Anne Edwards has left her position as director of the Center for Black Studies to return to her alma mater Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Edwards worked for six years in Career Services at NIU. In 2018, she was...
DeKALB – At approximately 11:15 p.m. Sunday, two NIU students in Patterson Hall West were in a physical altercation that resulted in one being transported to Kishwaukee Hospital.
The students were arguing before the incident occurred and had known...
The Northern Star’s newest investigative series “What’s Up With?” will send reporters to find out exactly what’s up with local topics that pique our readers’ interest.
The name and premise of the series are purposefully broad to magnify...
DeKALB – The DeKalb City Council gave the green light Monday to fund a transportation study that could bring a Metra train line and station to the city.
The city council voted unanimously in favor of the study to be conducted by Sam Schwartz Consulting...
DeKALB — NIU’s women’s basketball team is teaming up with Safe Passage Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Crisis Center of DeKalb to host a Holiday Donation Drive during Saturday’s home game.
The Huskies and Safe Passage are requesting donations...
By Bridgette Fox, Written Managing Editor
| December 14, 2022
DeKALB – NIU has received $15 million from the Illinois government to fund the university’s $23 million sustainability center.
The center will be approximately 30,000 square feet located on the west side of campus, northwest of the Convocation...
DeKALB – The United Faculty Alliance (UFA) of the University Professionals of Illinois, Local 4100, the union representing tenured and tenure-track NIU faculty, addressed the Board of Trustees regarding their ongoing collective bargaining talks during...
By Bridgette Fox, Written Managing Editor
| December 6, 2022
DeKALB – At around 10:30 a.m. Monday, approximately 35 students living in Patterson Hall East were displaced by flooding from a burst pipe in the fire alarm system, according to a statement by NIU.
The university has provided students with free lodging...
