DeKALB - A primary election for DeKalb mayoral candidate Linh Nguyen has ended, with unofficial results released by the county clerk.  According to unofficial results, there were 365 Democratic votes and five blank votes.  To get on the ballot...

DeKALB – On Friday, the city moved to dismiss mayoral candidate Linh Nguyen’s appeal against an electoral board ruling that removed her name from the April election ballot.  The appeal was filed after Nguyen was removed from the ballot by DeKalb’s...

Correction: The Northern Star previously published that early voting would take place at the Red Roof Inn starting Jan. 16. Voting at 110 E. Sycamore St. started on Jan. 16. Voting at the Red Roof Inn will begin Feb. 17. DeKALB – After facing...

DeKALB – Linh Nguyen has been disqualified from the ballot in DeKalb’s April mayoral race following a decision made by the city’s electoral board. The verdict, a 3-0 ruling, came at a hearing that began at 9 a.m. Tuesday on the second floor of...

DeKalb – DeKalb resident Albert William Vanstone Vodden, Jr. sought to disqualify Linh Nguyen from running in the 2025 DeKalb mayoral election, and the DeKalb Municipal officers Electoral Board gathered to hear objections to the nomination papers brought...

DeKALB – NIU College Democrats took students on a “Party to the Polls” Monday at the Martin Luther King Commons, joined by special guest speakers Professor Linh Nguyen and Congresswoman Lauren Underwood. The event began at 10 a.m. with members...