Activists in DeKalb are planning a mass protest on Saturday to rally against the Trump administration over what they call a “brazen power grab” disrupting federal institutions and depriving working people of needed jobs and services. Partisan and nonpartisan groups are expected.

Kishwaukee College will include all fees and textbooks in the cost of tuition starting in the summer 2025 semester, a move meant to increase cost transparency for prospective students, college President Laurie Borowicz said.

The city of DeKalb and the Citizens’ Community Enhancement Commission are accepting artists’ design ideas for a new mural downtown. The mural will be painted on the eastern facade of the building at the northwest corner of East Lincoln Highway and Seventh Street.

A Waterman woman succumbed to her injuries after a car she was driving crashed and rolled over multiple times early Tuesday west of Hinckley, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.

Sycamore Middle School recently celebrated its students of the month for February.

The DeKalb Community Cleat Closet will host a second distribution event on April 5.

Looking Back at history during the week of April 2, 2025

The Indian Valley Theatre recently announced the cast for its upcoming production of “Charlotte’s Web.” Performances will be held at 7 p.m. April 4 and 7 and at 2 p.m. April 6 at the Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St.

Authorities on Tuesday identified a 31-year-old DeKalb man who died after the car he was driving crashed into a tree in Kingston Township Friday.