DeKALB | DeKalb will host its 39th annual Corn Fest this weekend in downtown DeKalb on Lincoln Highway between First and Fourth Streets.Corn Fest is ran by volunteers and features festival-style events including carnival rides, food vendors, the Beer...
The car stolen from the Sycamore double homicide was recovered yesterday near Lincoln Park Zoo.Patricia A. Wilson, 85, and her son Robert J. Wilson, 64, were found dead by a family member at 16058 Old State Road in Sycamore, Sullivan said. The family...
DeKALB | Football season is approaching with a showdown on the road on Sept. 3 against University of Wyoming. With the season so near, the Northern Star decided to ask senior quarterback Drew Hare some questions about the season and himself.Q: Is it difficult...
Louis Zmich, vice president of NIU CAUSE and senior marketing major and social entrepreneurship minor, talks about volunteering events that NIU CAUSE participate in like the Huskie Student Food Bank Wednesday in DeKalb. Zmich wears an NIU CAUSE T-shirt which he designed with The House Press, 263 E. Lincoln Highway.
DeKALB | In light of discussion about regulations for video gaming businesses, city council passed a resolution approving a bar liquor license with supplemental licensure for video gaming terminals for Charley’s Video Gaming, 1792 Sycamore Road.The...
Sales tax revenues, which help indicate the state of the local economy, are dipping 3.07 percent below projections within the Illinois Municipal League, according to the preliminary Fiscal Year end 2016 review.Illinois taxes general merchandise purchases...
Beyond the Wall moves its 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. poster sale inside the Holmes Student Center because of weather conditions.Tomorrow's sale will be held in the MLK Commons if weather permits.The proceeds from the poster sale go to Student Involvement and Leadership...
Libraries that are open 24/7 sound far-fetched, but there are already several in DeKalb.Although the library is open 24/7, no one can go inside. Little Free Library, a global program, is a free book exchange where people can take-a-book and leave-a-book...
Group fitness classes are free today until Sunday in Campus Recreation for students, faculty and staff.There are cardio, strength, mind and body and high intensity interval training classes available Monday through Saturday.After the conclusion of free...
DeKalb | Duane Taylor, 59, of Willow Spring, North Carolina, was on his way to Lowe’s Home Improvement to pick up a friend from work when he got a Facebook message breaking the news of an old friend’s death.Taylor grew up and worked with Robert J....
DeKalb | The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Hwy., officially shut their doors on Aug. 13.The local coffee shop has been closed since Aug. 11 when the cafe announced an indefinite closing to patrons until two days later when Alexandra Fausett, The House Cafe...
