The DeKalb Public Library will be hosting a series of events throughout the coming weeks to celebrate the community, holidays and reading. The library, 309 Oak St., will be hosting events throughout December to encourage community members to read and...

The DeKalb Public Library will be hosting a square dance and pie baking contest at 6 p.m. Saturday. The event will be held at Hopkins Park Shelter, 1403 Sycamore Road. During the event, participants have a chance to enter a pie baking contest. The deadline...

DeKALB | Many agencies will come together to celebrate Nonprofit Day on Wednesday. “Nonprofit day is a workshop that has occurred three years before by leaders in the nonprofit community to offer resources and training to other area nonprofits,” said...

DeKalb residents will travel into the world of books tonight at the DeKalb Public Library. The library, 309 Oak St., will host a meeting of Destination Wonder, a book discussion group for older teens and adults, according to a press release from the library....

Jesse White, secretary of state and state librarian, awarded the DeKalb and Sycamore public libraries with grants from the Illinois Public Library Per Capita and Equalization Aid grants funding. The DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., received $44,980.48,...

The DeKalb Public Library announced it will form two groups to assist in receiving a state grant and other funding for its upcoming expansion.The library announced its plan at the DeKalb Public Library board meeting Feb. 8. The proposed addition would...

Those useless coupons now have a purpose other than being stuffed in the bottoms of handbags and trash bins. Kelly Champion, creator of Northern Illinois Couponing Moms held a class at 2 p.m. Feb. 4 at the DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak Street. Their...

A public hearing on the proposed vacation of a portion of North Third Street drew a full house to Monday's City Council Meeting. Members of the community were allowed to speak about the proposal, which supporters said was necessary for an expansion for...

Donald Schoo was drafted into the United States Army in April 1943. Six years later, he had accumulated two dozen medals, survived D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge, worked with the French Underground, met General George Patton and liberated a German...