Area faith leaders, singers, musicians and a poet gathered at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in DeKalb Monday night to perform for a crowd and remember the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Immigrant communities around Illinois braced Tuesday for threatened mass deportations. But the Little Village neighborhood in Chicago, facing subzero temperatures, saw little foot traffic and no anticipated raids as of Tuesday afternoon.

DeKalb City Manager Bill Nicklas said Monday it’s not the job of local police to enforce federal immigration law, issuing a statement on city policy hours after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Trump has promised mass deportation arrests in Chicago this week.

Newly inaugurated state Rep. Amy “Murri” Briel, D-Ottawa, introduced her first bill, which she said aims to investigate the challenges facing rural health care.

Multiple school districts in DeKalb County have announced closures effective Tuesday due to bitter cold temperatures expected to bring windchills well below zero.

The DeKalb County Master Gardeners will host an artisan market and the next edition of the Gardeners Pathway series. The event will be from 7:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Feb. 22 at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau, 1350 W. Prairie Drive, Sycamore.

The DeKalb Public Library will host a workshop for patrons to design and decorate an accordion book.

Nine DeKalb County area entrepreneurs took part in a graduation ceremony on Saturday, put on by Opportunity DeKalb, to celebrate completing the new Breakthrough Community Business Academy. Members said they look forward to growing their businesses in the area.

The DeKalb Public Library will host a National Alliance on Mental Illness information booth for patrons to learn about its resources.