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DeKalb County Calendar of Events April 25 – April 29
April 24, 2018

April 26 Influence and Impact: An Artist Slide and Sound Show 5:10 p.m. Northern Illinois University, Altgeld Hall, Room 315, College Avenue and Castle Drive, DeKalb Free Americans…
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April 18, 2018

The new Sycamore Park District Community Recreation center officially opened last Saturday, featuring an expansive facility devoted to fitness, health and fun. The $13 million center,…
DeKalb County News Briefs
April 18, 2018

STATE Boy George brings show to state fair Boy George and his band Culture Club will bring their iconic 1980s sound to the Illinois State Fair Grandstand on Aug. 10. Joining Culture…
DeKalb County Calendar of Events April 18 – April 25
April 17, 2018

April 19 Social Security Lunch and Learn 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. DeKalb County Community Foundation, 475 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore Free People relying on Social Security to be a meaningful source…
Coyotes making themselves quite at home in suburbs, city
April 16, 2018

As more and more Illinoisans are fleeing the state, one group of residents is bucking the trend and setting up homes in the suburbs and even downtown Chicago. Most of us seldom see…
DeKalb County News Briefs
April 11, 2018

DeKALB Local invention is voted part of state’s history Barbed wire continues to make history, 144 years after its creation. The product that put DeKalb on the map has been recognized…

Illinois Republican lawmaker to introduce death penalty bill

August 18, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — A Republican state lawmaker is calling for the resurrection of the death penalty in Illinois after two mass shootings in the U.S. and recent gun violence in Chicago….

Pritzker touts expanded coverage of EpiPens, Lyme disease treatment

August 17, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill expanding insurance coverage for Illinoisans suffering from Lyme disease and discussed other health-related measures at a news conference…

USDA cuts forecast for Illinois crop production

August 17, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — This year’s Illinois corn crop could be as much as 17 percent smaller than last year’s crop, while soybean production could fall as much as 21 percent, the U.S….

Pritzker signs bills expanding state’s medical marijuana law

August 16, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker celebrated a pair of new laws Aug. 12 that expand the state’s medical marijuana program, including one that gives students more options…

Concerns raised over gas-tax expenditures

August 15, 2019

(Second in a series of stories looking at the pork-barrel extras included in the state gas tax hike of 19 cents per gallon) Along with fixing roads, bridges and crumbling public structures,…