Weeks after the DeKalb County Board voted to sell its struggling DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, several have already put in their resignation, including center administrator Maggie Niemi. The county is considering a bonus program to retain those left.

Aroma’s Hookah Bar in DeKalb, which also offered a casual spot for smokers to legally partake in marijuana products, will close its doors in October, business owners announced on social media this week.

A Waterman private practice attorney with 20 years of experience has been appointed as associate judge for the 23rd Judicial Circuit Court, which serves DeKalb and Kendall Counties.

A Chicago developer wants to purchase and rehabilitate around 530 units at Suburban Apartments and Estates in unincorporated DeKalb County for $30 million. DeKalb city officials say the properties could be annexed into city limits to better maintain quality of living for tenants.

Cherry Valley Road, between Five Points Road and Kingston Road has reopened several hours after an exposed gas line was struck by a resident while mowing their lawn Thursday morning, said officials with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sycamore Community Pool has closed for the season a few weeks early due to what Sycamore Park District officials said Thursday was an ongoing equipment failure at the nearly 40-year pool.

If approved, Project Wildcat – what city officials are calling a major food and beverage distribution, packing and storage company – would create about 700 new jobs if allowed to set up shop in DeKalb.

Craig Roman is expected to announce his resignation from the DeKalb County Board on Aug. 17 due to a relocation for a new job. Plans for his replacement are already underway.

An apartment fire which officials are calling suspicious on Kimberly Drive is under investigation by the DeKalb Fire Department, according to a Monday news release.