The city of Sycamore is about to grow by the thousands.The Sycamore Pumpkin Festival kicked off Wednesday and continues through Sunday.This year's theme is "50 Fabulous Years of Pumpkins," said Sycamore Mayor Ken Mundy. During the five days of the festival,...
The NIU Chemistry Club teamed up with the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry to present a night of explosive demonstrations. The club presented "A Halloween Demo Night" last night in Faraday Hall room 143. The demonstration consisted of 13 Halloween-related...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Tuesday At 10:31 a.m., a DeKalb County Sheriff's deputy performed...
The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Tuesday At 8:30 p.m.,...
Three local establishments have come together to fundraise by selling pies. Orders for Market Day pies will be taken by Glidden Homestead and Historical Center, 921 W. Lincoln Highway, Pay-It-Forward House, 719 Somonauk Street in Sycamore, and West Elementary...
Casey's General Store is offering people a chance to win an autographed NIU game ball by donating $1 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.During October, Casey's General Store raises money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, but the DeKalb...
Sherry Lebed Davis filled the audience with chuckles, fruit-scented bubbles and smiles during her Humor Creates Wellness program at Kishwaukee Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive, Tuesday night. Davis created the Humor Creates Wellness program in 1980 and...
NIU has created a new position to keep the Vision 2020 initiatives President Peters announced earlier this semester on track. The new associate vice president for Institutional Planning and Sustainability is Bill Nicklas. "One of his main responsibilities...
The DeKalb County Law and Justice Committee approved a request from DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott for the hiring of a new detective. Scott requested $80,000 in order to pay for the additional detective. Scott said if his request is approved...
Sunday At 5:00 p.m., an officer responded to NIU Lot P for a car burglary. Upon arrival, he met with the student. who said someone stole her iPod car stereo converter cassette cable. Due to no leads, this case is administratively closed. At 6:17 p.m.,...
Yogurt? No. Cottage Cheese? No. Peanut Butter? No. Orange Juice? No. Vegetables? Only if I have to. I began to feel embarassed as Martha O'Gorman, coordinator of nutrition programming at Campus Recreation, rattled off a list of foods to include in my...
NIU will head into its second of a three-game MAC road trip. The Huskies will need the consistency of their veteran-laden offensive line, and get some players jump started to have all three phases of the game under wraps. Among the NIU offense, Jasmin...
