Following is a list of local college students who graduated this spring, as provided by each school.
Nearly three dozen more COVID-19 cases were identified over the weekend in DeKalb County, according to local health officials, as cases trended upwards for the first time since early June, coming off a July week when more than 60 cases were reported, about three times the average weekly case count in June.
No arrests or reported injuries came from an incident involving gunfire in DeKalb over the weekend, said DeKalb Police Chief David Byrd.
Alexander Chavez is the 2021 winner of the Christopher Anderson Memorial Scholarship.
On Thursday, Aug. 5, at noon, join the Ellwood House and DeKalb County History Center for “Handwritten History,” a free lecture by Audrey King, the Ellwood House Museum’s curator of education and interpretation.
A golf outing fundraiser for the Creston Dement Library will be held Sept. 11 at the Fairways Golf Course, Route 251 South in Rochelle.
The DeKalb Municipal Band will present its annual Children’s Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 27, at the Dee Palmer Band Shell in Hopkins Park, 1403 Sycamore Road in DeKalb.
After 25 years employed as a teacher and director at the Federated Church of Sycamore Preschool, Jan Scheffers, director for 15 years, has retired as of July 1.
“It’s busy and a lot of fun, and we’re so excited it’s back in-person and that we’re hosting the event again,” DeVito said as the 21st Annual Fizz Ehrler Memorial Turning Back Time Car Show drew large crowds to downtown Sycamore over the weekend.