DeKalb County News Briefs
October 10, 2018STATE Registered voters angry about budget woes: Poll Illinois registered voters are mad as hell. Data from a recent poll show that Illinois registered voters are angry about the state’s…
STATE Registered voters angry about budget woes: Poll Illinois registered voters are mad as hell. Data from a recent poll show that Illinois registered voters are angry about the state’s…
Oct. 11 Green Lens Film Series 7 p.m. Egyptian Theater, 135 N. 2nd St., DeKalb Free The Green Lens film series, which shows documentaries about social and environmental issues, wraps…
Installing a solar energy system was something Downers Grove’s Vera Miller had thought about for a long time—even years ago when she lived in an apartment. With prices for solar…
The City of DeKalb and the two public transit systems that serve it have taken the first step toward creating a unified, city-run bus network. The ultimate outcome of an August meeting…
Leon Lederman, a trail-blazing researcher with a passion for science education who served as Fermilab’s director from 1978 to 1989 and won the Nobel Prize for discovery of the muon…
Transform Rockford has announced a new team in place to help Rockford get on path to becoming a Top 25 community. The team is comprised of local residents who grew up, live in…
COUNTY Global shipping is topic at annual business dinner The DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) will hold its annual dinner Oct 4. DCEDC is a public/private…
Oct. 3-7 “The Flick” 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3-5 2 p.m. Oct. 6-7 Stevens Building, Black Box Theatre, 200 University Circle, DeKalb $6-$17 The Northern Illinois University School of Theatre…
Wet fields kept the majority of Illinois farmers from planting for a second consecutive week, but windows for field work will be arriving soon. In addition, the U.S. EPA finally green-lighted…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…