DeKalb County News Briefs
February 6, 2019COUNTY Fundraiser will pay homage to positive relationships A celebration of good personal relationships will raise money to help those in bad relationships. Kicking off the fundraiser’s…
COUNTY Fundraiser will pay homage to positive relationships A celebration of good personal relationships will raise money to help those in bad relationships. Kicking off the fundraiser’s…
STATE Changes in lead poison testing will ID more children exposed to risks A change in how the state measures exposure to lead poisoning will increase the number of children who will…
With the severe winter storm and dangerous cold moving in this week and Gov. J.B. Pritzker making declaring a statewide disaster situation, schools, government offices, nonprofit agencies…
Potential record-breaking cold temperatures are expected by late Tuesday and early Wednesday and governments and private and public entities plan to have warming centers open to aid…
If the Sycamore Library Board needed any confirmation about replacing aging windows in the Carnegie section of the library building; the board got a strong hint after a Jan. 9 meeting…
Thomas Hammock has come home. The 37-year-old Baltimore Ravens assistant was introduced as Northern Illinois University’s new head football coach during a Jan. 18 on-campus press…
COUNTY Impact of airport on county to be discussed at luncheon Reservations are being accepted until Feb. 1 to hear aviation consultant Jack Penning speak at the DeKalb County Economic…
China is not buying and U.S. soybean producers continue to feel the pinch. A trade dispute between the two nations has seen sales of raw soybeans to the China market plunge since that…
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…