The city and county have come together to keep the Kishwaukee River watershed clean and safe from pollution.A watershed is an area of land where surrounding bodies of water go into the same place. The Kishwaukee River Watershed is a 779,747-acre watershed...

The Second District Appellate Court has sided with DeKalb County in a ruling on the expansion of Waste Management’s Cortland landfill Wednesday. The decision rejects the arguments put forward by the citizen group Stop the Mega-Dump, whose arguments...

Election Profile: DeKalb County Board District 12 John Frieders Party: Republican Age: 56 Hometown: Sandwich Education: Diploma from East Aurora High School Career: Farmer Main Goals/Priorities: • Candidate could not be reached at this time, despite...

DeKalb County Board District 10 Election Profile Jeff Whelan Party: Representative, Incumbent Age: 70 Hometown: DeKalb Education: One semester at DePaul, and 14 credit hours at Kishwaukee Community college Career: Optical Industry Main Goals/Priorities:...

Julia Fullerton Party: Republican, Incumbent Age: 32 Hometown: DeKalb Education: J.D. from the NIU College of Law Career: Director of intellectual property for an international, non-profit association; former Executive Director of the American Veterinary...

Joe Bassett Party: Democrat Age: 32 Hometown: Sycamore Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from the University of Iowa Career: Entrepreneur, inventor Main Goals & Priorities: Encouraging public/private entrepreneurship programs in conjunction...

Polls open Tuesday for over 30 local primaries to decide who will be on the ballots in November. Voters will participate in the local elections, with two state positions up for grabs and a national primary taking place. Eight of Tuesday’s elections...