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DeKalb Township will be partnering with Cell Phones for Soldiers
to provide soldiers overseas with prepaid calling cards. Donations
can be dropped off at the DeKalb Township offices, located at 2323
S. Fourth St., near the I-88 tollway.

Support our troops, donate a cell phone

By Thomas Verschelde | August 24, 2011

The DeKalb Township will partner with Cell Phones for Soldiers to help provide soldiers overseas with prepaid calling cards so they can stay in touch with their loved ones.Sarah Merritt, public relations representative for Cell Phones for Soldiers, said...

Students choose studying over sun

By Chris Gibbs | June 27, 2011

The best thing about the summer for Lydia Nieves is the ease of parking on campus. Nieves, senior health and human sciences major, is one of the few students who elects to stay on the NIU campus between spring and fall semesters to enroll in summer classes....

Giving hope a home: Haven breaks ground on expansion

By Chris Gibbs | June 27, 2011

Over 30 community members gathered at Hope Haven for a ground breaking ceremony Friday morning. The ceremony, held at 1145 Rushmoore Drive in DeKalb, was the start of construction for a $1 million facility expansion, said Lesly Wicks, Hope Haven executive...

Music professors retires from NIU after thrity years

By Chris Gibbs | May 5, 2011

DeKALB | Steven Duke, research professor and award-winning concert saxophone player is retiring from NIU after 31 years.His accomplishments are both from the teaching perspective and the art perspective. Aside from being a professor he is a Sony Columbia...