The Secretary of State's Office said the scam messages threaten that failure to pay non-existent back tolls will result in penalty fees and even suspension of driving privileges and vehicle registration.

The DeKalb Public Library will hold a meeting of its Romance Book Club for adults to discuss romance novels.

A DeKalb firefighter/paramedic has died while off duty, the city announced Tuesday. “To lose one of our firefighters in the city of DeKalb is just crushing,” Mayor Cohen Barnes said.

The DeKalb Public Library will partner with the NIU STEAM team to hold a program for teenagers to learn about skateboarding physics.

Organizers behind an Easter event held at DeKalb’s Quick Stop convenience store said it was hopping with food, goodies and educational fun.

The Sycamore school board agreed to a multi-year contract with the Sycamore Education Association during a March 31 board meeting.

NPR affiliate WNIJ, a longtime DeKalb-based source for in-depth news and analysis, diverse music programming and cultural coverage, is bracing after losing $270,000 this year in federal funding.

The DeKalb County officials gave the go-ahead to the developers behind a proposed 2-megawatt commercial solar facility in Cortland Township recently.

Discover Sycamore's Taste of Spring is from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, April 9.