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...
Suggestions to DeKalb’s Sustainability Plan include making the city more bicyclist-friendly and changing the NIU campus to make it more green.The Citizens Environmental Commission and the Sustainability Plan Citizen Task Force have worked together since...
The Student Association Senate voted Sunday to unanimously support a parking ordinance changing the parking ban on Garden Road from 2-9 a.m. to 2-6 a.m.SA Senate Speaker Dillon Domke said DeKalb Police Chief Gene Lowery approached the Senate Friday and...
The Oderkirk House will have to be relocated off-campus if further renovations are to be made.The Annie Glidden Agrarian Society will have to find and purchase a vacant lot in DeKalb and raise part of the funds for the relocation of the house, NIU Foundation...
DeKalb Mayor John Rey visited the Skyroom Sunday during the Student Association's Senate meeting to speak to members of SA. Rey said the city and NIU are looking to bridge gaps by communicating with city departments and officials and the student body, and by reaching out to student groups and organizations.
Mayor John Rey is officially looking for a city clerk.The seat has been left open since the early resignation of Liz Peerboom in late September. At City Council Monday, the mayor said anyone interested in the position should contact him, and said “a...
Mason Properties plans to open a laundromat on South Fourth Street within 120 days, and he plans to add a restaurant and bowling alley to the building.Co-owners Jim and Linda Mason are moving forward with plans to build the laundromat at 1401 S. Fourth...
The city is on board with a plan to make streets more accessible to biking and walking after receiving public comments on the matter, said Dan Kenney of the Citizen Environmental Commission.The Citizen Environmental Commission has been drafting a plan...
Gov. Pat Quinn (without hard hat), flanked by DeKalb Mayor John Rey on his left and John Butler, Board of Trustees chair, on his right, shovels dirt during the Stevens Building groundbreaking Monday. The building was demolished in the summer. Its 109,000-square-foot...
Senior finance major Xianwei Du (left) and senior accounting major Sizhe Wang (right) play ping pong Wednesday in the lobby of University Plaza. Some residents are unhappy with impending renovations that will change University Plaza from residence hall-style living spaces into apartments.
DeKalb Library Director Dee Coover updates City Council members on the status of the library’s 2014 fiscal year Monday at the council meeting in the DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S. Fourth St. Coover spoke about DeKalb’s Big Read Month in October and she told council members the groundbreaking ceremony for the DeKalb Library expansion was a success.
Dion Hooker, Sycamore senior running back/corner back, runs the ball down the field. DeKalb and Sycamore high schools faced off during the game. About $54,000 was raised during the game, which brought the total raised throughout the Castle Challenge’s history to more than $900,000.
