The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. Sept. 2, 2012 At 1:44 a.m., a fight was observed at Lukulos,...
Students looking for academic opportunities may want to visit the Exploring Majors Fair. The fair will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 24 in the Duke Ellington Ballroom, located in the Holmes Student Center. The fair is designed for students who want...
Rehearsals for the NIUkulele Ensemble will begin at 7 p.m. on Sept. 10 at the Music Building, according to a NIU Community School of the Arts press release. People ages nine and up are welcome to join the new ensemble. Director Eric Schroeder made the...
Award-winning historian Timothy Snyder will give a lecture on the history of Nazi and Soviet mass killings at NIU, according to an NIU press release. The lecture will be the ninth annual installment of the W. Bruce Lincoln Endowed Lecture Series and will...
The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. At 1:58 p.m.,...
Sarah Wawerski spent her summer and will spend this semester trying to get the NIU campus community to do one thing--recycle more. But getting people to recycle more, if at all, can be difficult. And with limited funding for campus recycling efforts,...
Paul Butler, of Butler Organic Farms in DeKalb, prepares his combine for soy beans after a day of harvesting oats. Butler said that after this summer’s drought, his hay crop production is down 50 percent, wheat fields are down just a little from last...
The government has implemented a loan program to help farmers who may be in financial need due to the drought this summer. “The year was not very successful for corn, but northern Illinois was luckier than the rest of the state,” said Russel Higgins,...
Antinette “Toni” Keller’s memorial, located near a Prairie Park trail behind DeKalb Elks Club, 209 S. Annie Glidden Road, no longer features the towering sunflower planted in her memory. According to an Oct. 24, 2010, Northern Star article, Keller...
Update, 9:05 p.m.: Clay Campbell, DeKalb County state's attorney, said he knew the coffee fund existed before the announcement was made today. Campbell said he has an obligation as a state's attorney not to comment on an ongoing investigation. He said...
Update, 7:16 p.m.: Sgt. Jose DeJesus, state police spokesperson, said the investigation is "preliminary" and the state police force still has to decide what their investigative role will be. DeJesus said the ISP are supposed to be meeting with NIU officials...
Blake Brittain, junior physical therapy major, finishes up some homework for Chemistry 210 near John E. La Tourette Hall on the first day of classes Monday. Brittain is a transfer student from McHenry County College. Brittain said he loves the large lectures...
