Police are still searching for two suspected crack cocaine dealers following a number of arrests Tuesday. Ten people were arrested on drug conspiracy possession charges Tuesday. Another suspect, Antonnio Sanders, 31, of Chicago, was caught in Chicago...
In an effort to celebrate Earth Month, Gov. Pat Quinn has allocated about $98,000 in electronic waste recycling grants for 49 counties, including DeKalb County. DeKalb County will receive $2,000 in grant money which will go toward advertising its electronic...
The City Council has less than two months before the city manager position is vacated and even less time to decide how the search for a new city manager will be conducted. Several members of the council-elect have noted their desire to ensure the search...
Re:New DeKalb, Inc. is working to attract students to the downtown DeKalb area. Greg Herring, assistant athletic director for marketing and sales, said Re:New DeKalb hopes to form a link between the campus and DeKalb communities, and athletics is participating...
City Council will vote today on a bid for a contract with a new waste removal company that will offer more comprehensive recycling services and a pilot program for composting in the community. DeKalb’s contract for waste removal is expiring. City staff...
The definition of “bar” could soon see a change. The Other Side is a bar setting to open sometime this month in Crystal Lake. What makes this bar so different is that it won’t serve any alcohol. One of the goals stated on The Other Side’s website...
DeKalb residents volunteered to fill sandbags Thursday for distribution throughout the community in light of its flooding issues. “We’re filling bags,” said first ward alderman David Jacobson. “We’re getting them tied up; we’re getting them...
With warmer weather and motorcycles out and about, the mayor wants attention drawn to all those who take to the road. April is now Motorcycle Awareness Month for the City of Dekalb, by proclamation of Mayor Kris Povlsen. The city will work with the State...
Mayor-elect John Rey said economic vitality and collaboration with NIU are among his top priorities in his coming term. City Council sets policy for the city, while the city manager and staff carry out those policies on a day to day basis. The chairman...
Spring is here and so is lawn waste pickup. Yard waste pickup began on April 1. Lawn waste will be picked up every regularly scheduled garbage day. Mark Espy, assistant director of Public Works, said the waste can be placed in plastic or steel trash cans...
The sun shone Monday on a gathering of people in yellow shirts singing Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here.” They were singing for Toni Keller, a freshman killed in October 2010 in Prairie Park. About 20 supporters of the Keller family wore Toni’s...
It is with mixed emotions that DeKalb Mayor Kris Povlsen steps down from his position after a little more than one term. Povlsen has a history with the DeKalb area, growing up in Sycamore and graduating from Sycamore High School. He received his bachelor’s...
