Collecting 150,000 pop tabs for charity last year just wasn’t enough, as NIU now aims to raise 1 million.The pop tabs, which will be collected throughout the year, will be sent to the Ronald McDonald House, which recycles the tabs to pay for its charity:...

A rainbow of color occupied the skies as DeKalb’s 8th annual Kite Fest took flight Sunday. Kites resembling dolphins, rainbows, cows, cats and other things were visible all the way to NIU’s North 40 field. The event went from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at...