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An apartment complex on Russell Road remains partially snowed in Thursday afternoon. The blizzard which blew through DeKalb Tuesday and Wednesday dropped 18.7 inches of snow on the ground. Cleanup was still ongoing as of Thursday.

Blizzard may be gone but cold temperatures remain

By Jim Maahs | February 3, 2011

After experiencingthe worst blizzard in recent memory, the DeKalb area will begetting a break, temperature-wise.NIU staffmeteorologist <a href="http://weather.admin.niu.edu/" target=""_blank">Gilbert Sebenste says that this weekend...

A customer purchases beer at Thirsty Discount Liquors, located at 1039 W. Hillcrest Dr. in DeKalb. Liquor stores saw an increase in customers due to the blizzard that hit the area on Tuesday.

Liquor stores remaind open throughout the blizzard, saw increased customers

By Joseph Olmo | February 3, 2011

DeKALB | Most businesses closed up shop early in anticipation of the blizzard Tuesday night, but some took advantage of the bad weather. “I wish there was a blizzard every day,” said Chris Swanson, cashier at the Bottle Store. “We would get way...

Blizzard plus no school equals...what?

Blizzard plus no school equals…what?

By Taurean Small, Jessica Jenks, Portia Kerr-Newman, Alyssa Pracz, and Kathryn Minniti | February 3, 2011
Jerry Burnes | Northern Star A snow plower removes snow from the sidewalks below the Village Commons Bookstore on Lucinda Avenue. The blizzard that hit DeKalb Tuesday into Wednesday dropped 18.7 inches of snow on the ground.

18.7 inch blizzard snowfall was half an inch from record breaking

By Amy Kreeger | February 2, 2011

DeKalb is in the middle of a bona-fide blizzard. "This is not a snow storm, this is a true blizzard," said NIU meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste. "It will go down as the worst ever in modern history." The accumulated snowfall from Tuesday and Wednesday's...

Snow country for old men

By Allyson Martin and Alex Fiore | February 2, 2011

Snow-mania was topped off Wednesday night with a "Massive Snowball Fight." Byron Anderson created a Facebook event for the fight with help from his friends. He said the idea was spontaneous, and that he did not expect the response the group page got....