I would like to encourage the NIU community to get out and vote on Nov. 2. Among the many races to be decided are the members of your DeKalb County Board. The big issue this election cycle being discussed by voters appears to be the huge expansion of...

I am a resident of DeKalb County BoardDistrict 6. One of the most important local issues in the upcomingelection is the planned expansion of the county landfill.The current County Board District 6member, Steve Walt, voted yes to create the 17-county dump...

Over the course of the summer, the citizens' action group, "Stop the DeKalb County Mega-Dump," has been in the process of filing an appeal to the Illinois Pollution Control Board. This appeal would halt the proceedings of the expansion of the current...