Correction: In a March 30 article, “Some citizens still concerned over $50K cost of DeKalb website redesign,” the Northern Star reported the Department of Justice told DeKalb the city’s website did not meet the Americans with Disabilities Act’s...

Because of a deadline set by the U.S. Department of Justice through a settlement agreement to bring the website into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City Council was finally convinced that it was right to authorize an expenditure...

After more than nine months of debate, the Irongate of DeKalb Subdivision is becoming a reality.City Council discussed and voted on the development being placed near DeKalb High School on Dresser Road. The item was brought up as a second reading at City...

The long-debated Irongate annexation was officially turned down at Monday’s City Council meeting.With comments from former mayor Bessie Chronopoulos, local landlord Paul Saucer, neighbors to the proposed Irongate land, and a speaker from the Park District...

Public safety, economic development and housing are top priority for the new City Council, said Mayor John Rey. Four council members were sworn in at Monday’s City Council inauguration ceremony. Second ward alderman Bill Finucane, fourth ward alderman...

A group of DeKalb citizens has started a petition to maintain a section of from being lost to private ownership through a proposed land swap, according to a Monday news release. The 42-acre Kiwanis Park, at Fairview Drive and South Fourth Street, is proposed...