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Student Association Senate meeting canceled

By Northern Star staff | February 1, 2015

Sunday's Student Association Senate meeting has been canceled.The meeting was canceled due to weather. A blizzard warning was put into effect for all of northern Illinois along and north of I-80.The SA Senate usually meets 6 p.m. Sundays in the Holmes...

Tweets: Feb. 1, 2015, blizzard in DeKalb

By Northern Star staff | February 1, 2015

Here are a collection of tweets about the Feb. 1 blizzard in DeKalb: // [View the story "Feb. 1, 2015, blizzard in DeKalb" on Storify]

DeKalb will receive partial reimbursements for $200,000 in blizzard expenses

March 30, 2011

DeKalb and 60 other counties in Illinois will see some money from the federal government soon. Because of the February blizzards, the government will reimburse counties up to 75 percent for labor and clearing expenses, according to the Federal Emergency...

Parking problems were not the fault of the plows

By Letter writer | February 8, 2011

The poor plowing of the streets was not due to DeKalb plowmen; it was due to those who decided to park on the side of the street that clearly stated there was to be no parking if two or more inches fell on the ground. I believe more than two inches fell...

That name again is Mr. Plow

By Kyla Gardner | February 2, 2011

Students eating in Dog Pound Deli in Douglas early afternoon Wednesday were optimistic about rescuing their cars from the post-blizzard tundra. Elizabeth Howard, freshman nursing major, was looking forward to making a trip to Wal-mart, 2300 Sycamore Rd.,...

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....

A student walks into the Holmes Student Center from the MLK Commons during the blizzard conditions Monday night.

NIU closes all campus locations due to blizzard

By Allyson Martin and Alex Fiore | February 1, 2011

DeKALB | Stay indoors, keep warm, and thank the snow for no classes. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for all campus locations Tuesday and will extend through afternoon today. Due to the hazardous conditions, NIU cancelled classes...

DeKalb faces impending snow-doom

By Kyla Gardner | January 31, 2011

DeKALB | Bundle up, DeKalb. More than a foot of snow could be on the ground by Wednesday morning, said Gilbert Sebenste, NIU meteorologist. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard watch for the DeKalb area from tonight through Wednesday afternoon....