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The Hillside Restaurant in operation over the weekend in downtown DeKalb. The restaurant will be officially closed after March 4. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)

Hillside restaurant to close, new business to come

By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter | February 27, 2023

DeKALB – Creamy chicken alfredo, blue ribbon chocolate cake and a 68-year legacy are coming to a close. The Hillside Restaurant, a cozy, cottage-like eatery that has been perched next to the Egyptian Theatre since 1955, is finally closing up the...

Women’s golf sees improvement with new coach

By Sam Bauman | April 29, 2013

This season was one of transition for the women’s golf team. More than26 years the Huskies were coached by Pam Tyska, but this season it was Kim Kester’s turn to take over. While the season ended with a disappointing eighth place finish out of nine...

Women's golf gets new coach

Women’s golf gets new coach

By Sean Anderson | September 18, 2012

Women’s golf has its first new coach in over 26 years in Kim Kester. Kester is looking forward to her opportunity at NIU and wants to create her own legacy. Last year, former coach Pam Tyska retired. “Pam did a great job while at NIU and created a...

Women’s golf ties for 8th at MAC Championships

By Sean Anderson | April 29, 2012

NIU women’s golf finished tied for 8th place at the 2012 MAC Women’s Golf Championships at Hawthorns Golf & Country Club in Fishers, Ind. Friday. The Huskies shot an opening round 333, while Ball State lead the field after posting a 298 and Kent...

Women's golf

Florida grass gives women’s golf problems

By James Cantagallo | April 3, 2012

One day after posting its best round of the spring, NIU women’s golf didn’t have the same results at the final round of the Marsh Landing Invitational. The Huskies final round score of 332 gave the team a final score of 943, which left them in ninth...

Senior golfer Allie Parthie watches finishes her swing and watches her shot at a tournament at home last season.

Women’s golf in ninth place at Marsh Landing Invitational

By Sean Anderson | April 2, 2012

After day one at the Marsh Landing Invitational, NIU’s women’s golf is in ninth place. The Huskies were one of 10 schools in the field. NIU joined Jacksonville, Florida Gulf Coast and Brown along with other teams. The Huskies will play two rounds...

Tyska’s career as women’s golf coach set to come to a close

By Sean Anderson | March 27, 2012

Pam Tyska, NIU women’s golf coach, announced she will be retiring at the end of the 2012 season after 26 years of coaching the Huskies. “Throughout the 26 years that I coached at NIU, I met a lot of fantastic players and coaches.” Tyska said. “One...

Men's golf to play in FAU Spring Break Championship, women's golf to play in SIU Invitational

Men’s golf to play in FAU Spring Break Championship, women’s golf to play in SIU Invitational

By Sean Anderson | March 21, 2012

NIU men’s and women’s golf will both be in action over the weekend. The women’s team will head south to Carbondale to play in the SIU Invitational. The Huskies are coming off a seventh place finish in the NIU Snowbird. “Well, it was great. We...

Huskies finish 10th at Saluki Invitational

By Brian Thomas | March 29, 2011

NIU's women's golf team competed in the Saluki Invitational at Southern Illinois Carbondale over the weekend. The team played at the Hickory Ridge Golf Course, which is one of the most difficult courses of the Huskies' competition schedule, according...