Some in DeKalb County want leaders to expedite safety changes along Plank Road in Sycamore – part of ongoing concerns about the road's history of crashes. While a corridor study is underway, work likely can't begin until 2025, officials said.

DeKalb city leaders are moving ahead with plans to maintain current bus fares – at least for now. Rates are expected to remain in place until 2025, at which point city leaders may consider increases.

“There’s real opportunity right now with a lot of the federal money that’s going to be available as part of the infrastructure act that’s going to get passed onto Illinois,” DeKalb Mayor Cohen Barnes said, regarding a possible Metra station in DeKalb.

The impact of having a new code of conduct in place for the start of the 2022-23 school year may have prompted students in DeKalb schools to see fewer out-of-school suspensions but more in-school suspensions, District 428 data shows.

The DeKalb Electoral Board on Friday voted to dismiss objections against the City Council’s 5th Ward aldermanic candidate Scott Adams, meaning the alderman will remain on the April 4 election ballot.

The proposal is an extension of one of several 2023 summer build outs planned as DeKalb District 428 leaders identify needs to create more space for students and staff in five of the district’s school buildings, district documents show.

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U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, visited the Northern Illinois University College of Engineering and Engineering Technology to celebrate the university receiving $1.5 million in federal funding to upgrade its microchip manufacturing lab.

Sycamore’s new fire chief Carl Reina, who hails from Berwyn, said he chose to take over the city’s fire department because he’s eager to put down roots in the community.

The Sycamore City Council unanimously voted against an ordinance on Tuesday that would have allowed a tattoo parlor to open on the first floor of a building in the city’s conservation district.