DeKalb County News Briefs
September 19, 2018COUNTY DeKalb Ag honored for its innovations The ninth in a series of historic DeKalb County markers commemorating local agricultural innovation was unveiled last week. The honoree…
COUNTY DeKalb Ag honored for its innovations The ninth in a series of historic DeKalb County markers commemorating local agricultural innovation was unveiled last week. The honoree…
Sept. 20 Adventure @ Your Library 6-9 p.m. DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., DeKalb Free Adventure @ Your Library is DeKalb Public Library’s tabletop role-playing group for teens….
Congressional challengers Sean Casten and Lauren Underwood promise to be more accessible to the public than the Republican incumbents they are running against in the General…
There’s not an Xbox or Playstation to be found inside the brick-and-plate glass storefront on DeKalb’s East Lincoln Highway. Instead, entering Star Worlds Arcade is like stepping…
STATE Aquarium free this month for Illinois residents Admission to Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium is free this month for all Illinois residents. The free entrance will allow visitors to…
Sept. 15 Medieval Meals 11 a.m. DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., DeKalb Free Take a glimpse into history and enjoy savory fare as chef Michael Niksic presents menus for meals eaten…
A winning team hasn’t worked, so perhaps hard cash will help lure notoriously fickle Northern Illinois University students out to home football games. NIU announced last week a “Huskies…
STATE New scholarships are incentives to keep college students in Illinois The state has established new funding to entice students to stay in Illinois for college. The AIM HIGH grant…
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…