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Huskies guard Janae Poisson (22) high fives her teammates before a timeout during the team's game against Eastern Michigan on March 1 at the NIU Convocation Center.  (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

Janae Poisson: The 7-year veteran of NIU

By DeOndre Saunders, Sports Reporter | March 6, 2023

In her seven years of being a member of the NIU women’s basketball team, graduate guard Janae Poisson has grown as the voice and leader of her team.  She is now looking to achieve her goal of playing basketball professionally overseas after college. “I’m...

Local band to play at KJ’s Bar & Grill

By Jamie O'Toole | February 4, 2020

DeKALB — Covering bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet, DeKalb band Shooter will bring what it calls “whiskey rock and roll” to residents.The band will perform 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday at KJ’s Bar & Grill, 518 E. Lincoln Highway.For...

Author discusses book detailing life and death of Feb. 14, 2008 gunman Steven Kazmierczak

Author discusses book detailing life and death of Feb. 14, 2008 gunman Steven Kazmierczak

By Kyla Gardner | October 21, 2011

The Feb. 14, 2008 shootings were the most tragic event NIU and the DeKalb community has witnessed, leaving five students dead and 17 wounded. In the newly published Last Day on Earth, author David Vann investigates the life of the sixth person left dead...