DeKalb County News Briefs
January 16, 2019COUNTY Health department stressing need for personal hygiene items The DeKalb County Health Department will stock DeKalb County food pantries with personal hygiene necessities as part…
COUNTY Health department stressing need for personal hygiene items The DeKalb County Health Department will stock DeKalb County food pantries with personal hygiene necessities as part…
Lexi Richter is all about Lauren Underwood so her dad surprised the 9-year-old by taking her to the 14th District congresswoman’s ceremonial swearing-in. “My daughter, Lexi,…
COUNTY Winterfest celebration at Russell Woods The University of Illinois 2019 Winterfest Program will be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 19 at Russell Woods Forest Preserve, 11750IL-72, Genoa….
In the midst of explaining the importance of the U.S. House Rules Committee — her committee assignment — to her social media followers, new 14th District Congresswoman Lauren Underwood…
DeKALB Egyptian Theatre film series to honor directors “The Awful Truth,” a movie that won Leo McCarey the Best Director Oscar in 1937, will kick off The Egyptian Theatre’s…
The city of Aurora has released information about funeral arrangements for Mayor Thomas Weisner who died Dec. 28 A public wake will be held for two days from 2 to 7 p.m. on Thursday,…
It was the week before Christmas but the Sycamore City Council was thinking ahead to warm summer days and tasty treats served from food trucks. Specific discussion at the Dec. 17 City…
STATE Schools approve IHSA football postseason changes Beginning in 2021, the IHSA will assign football teams to eight or nine team groupings (i.e. “districts”) based on classification…
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…