DeKALB – The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) announced that the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program (LFPA) and the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI) can no longer operate in Illinois due to the Trump Administration cutting...

DeKALB – Buses drive down the streets, conduct hundreds of service trips and move thousands of people each week. It is no secret that transit systems are expensive. The DeKalb bus system requires funding for vehicle and infrastructure maintenance,...

DeKALB – A 19-year-old man was arrested at his home in Sycamore on a warrant for three class two felony counts of possession of child pornography on Wednesday. Noah R. Meier was arrested on the 2300 block of Pioneer Way at 4:21 p.m. The arrest...

DeKALB – A 56-year-old man was arrested in Sycamore for eight counts of possession of child pornography, and eight counts of dissemination of child pornography on Wednesday. The charges are class two and class X felonies. Christopher A. Juday...

Correction: "SGA passed a bill to introduce executive orders for President Ja’Kobe Jones." was changed to "SGA passed a bill to introduce executive orders for future presidential administrations." on Sunday, March 16. The Student Government Association...

DeKALB - Common Table DeKalb is a new program that will provide free community meals.  Common Table DeKalb (CTD) is a collaborative that includes individuals from the area, non-profit organizations and local faith communities. The collaborators...

DeKALB – Over 50 years after the federal government mandated that the EPA create regulations to limit potential contaminants, lead contamination of water systems is still common. The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 empowered the EPA to ensure citizens...

DeKALB - Amid attempts by the university to reduce its budget deficit, the University Council proposed reestablishing the Resources, Space and Budget committee at its meeting on Wednesday. BUDGET GOALS NIU Provost and Executive Vice President Laurie...

DeKALB - A primary election for DeKalb mayoral candidate Linh Nguyen has ended, with unofficial results released by the county clerk.  According to unofficial results, there were 365 Democratic votes and five blank votes.  To get on the ballot...

DeKALB - The DeKalb city council rolled out a swath of new development plans including a new pizza restaurant, entertainment venue and changes to NIU bus routes at its meeting on Monday.  The route changes will begin March 9, during NIU’s spring...

DeKALB- NIU President Lisa Freeman emphasized a focus of maintaining access to opportunity and academic excellence in light of budget and position control concerns in her State of the University address on Tuesday. Freeman reflected on a year of academic...

DeKALB – As times change, so too does the slang that is commonly used in the mainstream. The American Dialect Society’s (ADS) word of the year for 2024, rawdog, signifies the newest shift in mainstream slang. Rawdog is a verb defined as “to...