Meta, Facebook and Instagram's parent company, originally broke ground on the development of its DeKalb facility in 2020. It has since grown to over 2.3 million square feet across five buildings, with two buildings now serving traffic, project leaders said Wednesday.

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Excelleaf held a soft opening Friday in DeKalb. The business is DeKalb County’s first recreational marijuana dispensary. A few people were waiting at the door for the store to open at 9 a.m. Friday and employees kept busy helping customers throughout the morning.

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DeKalb residents and community members flocked to DeKalb Fresh Market, 304 N. Sixth St., the city's newest grocer blocks from downtown, on its opening day Tuesday.

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Evolve MMA and Powerlifting hosts a class Thursday night in DeKalb.

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See photos inside some of the buildings on the property at 421 North California Street Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, in Sycamore. Local businessman Chris Mayer hopes to renovate the existing industrial buildings into a distillery, restaurant and event space.

Once it opens in early 2024, NuEra Cannabis will make for the second marijuana dispensary doing business in DeKalb. The dispensary held a groundbreaking Monday at the former Book World in The Junction Shopping Center.

Herbal Oracle, the complementary and alternative medicine practice and herb shop, is on the move with plans to occupy a new location immediately across the street from its current space in downtown DeKalb.

The opening of a new art consignment shop, Jubilee Artisans, at the site of a former bridal and formal wear store in downtown DeKalb could help foster a growing sense of community among local artists, its owner says.

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Local turkey farmers Robert and Susan Kauffman, of Kauffman Turkey Farms in Waterman, plan on retiring and the local longtime family establishment will be closing soon.