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DeKalb County property transfers filed from May 13 to 31, 2024.
Update: A married couple from Rochelle was killed and multiple others injured in a five-car pileup on Interstate 88 in DeKalb County Tuesday, when a box truck crashed into another car, prompting a chain reaction of collisions, authorities said.
Overturned trailers in Cortland, power outages that briefly shut down air conditioning at DeKalb County Jail in Sycamore, a car in a flooded ditch in Genoa and downed power lines in DeKalb were all caused by severe weather Sunday night, authorities said. More on the way:
DeKalb County property transfers filed from May 6 to May 10, 2024.
Downed trees, overturned campers and local power outages Monday were the result of overnight storms rolling through DeKalb County.
DeKalb County property transfers filed from April 29 to May 5, 2024.
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Known for the “Little Nash Rambler,” Saturday’s event showed Nash newbies that the vehicles were way, way more than that.
DeKalb County property transfers filed from April 15 to April 21, 2024.
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Fifteen-year-old Justin Harley, a DeKalb High School student, is putting in the work when he isn’t busy with his studies. So much so that he’s already seeing the return on investment in his lawn care business.
As summer approaches, so do seasonal events, festivals and more in DeKalb County. Here’s your guide to what’s going on in communities around you:
The Cortland Community Library will host the Mobile Museum of Tolerance for patrons to learn about tolerance messages.
DeKalb County property transfers filed from April 1 to 5, 2024.
Residents of Cortland now have a new option when it comes to paying their utility bill.
A Maple Park woman was airlifted to a Rockford hospital over the weekend after she suffered serious injuries in a crash that police allege was caused by a Cortland woman driving drunk.
Rachel Nagler, of Cortland, talks stepping into the ER at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital right out of school and all the skills she's learned along the way, including how to go an extra mile for your patient.
DeKalb County property transfers filed from March 15 to 22, 2024.
The International Cultural Exchange Services, which helps foreign-exchange students connect with local families, recently welcomed April Fullerton as its new local coordinator in Cortland.
DeKalb County property transfers filed from March 8 to 14, 2024.
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Cortland mayor Mark Pietrowski Jr. recently announced his intention to run for reelection in the 2025 consolidated election.
DeKalb County property transfers filed from Feb. 13 to 29, 2024.
Easter Sunday is March 31. Here’s a non-exhaustive rundown of where you can take the kiddos this year on family-friendly Easter egg hunts across DeKalb County:
A Cortland woman pleaded not guilty this month to charges that she took photographs of girls being sexually abused and sold them to a Wisconsin man for $10 each, court records show.
DeKalb County property transfers filed from Jan. 29 to Feb. 12, 2024.
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A Cortland woman is expected to be arraigned next month on charges that she took illegal photographs of girls and sold them to a Wisconsin man for $10 each, court records show.
Two people, including an 18-year-old, were hospitalized Sunday after a two-vehicle crash in rural Cortland Township, authorities said.
Police found 800 grams of marijuana and a “large grow lab” Friday when they searched the home of a Cortland woman because she had been accused of taking illegal photographs of girls and selling them to a Wisconsin man for $10 each, authorities alleged.
A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges the week of Jan. 7-13, 2024.
A Plano driver was hospitalized to help warm up after the car he was driving veered off a snowy roadway Tuesday afternoon and overturned into a freezing creek in Cortland, authorities said.
Early morning fog that settled heavily onto rural DeKalb County roads Thursday played a factor in a four-vehicle crash that sent two people to the hospital, including one DeKalb man with serious injuries, authorities said.
The Sycamore Education Foundation recently named Sarah Gallagher Chami, Mark Pietrowski and Sally Stevens as the recipients of the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award.
A Cortland Democrat and township elected official wants to unseat incumbent State Rep. Jeff Keicher, according to a Wednesday announcement from Randi Olson seeking to represent the 70th District, which includes parts of DeKalb, Kane and McHenry counties.
UPDATE: Two men were injured in a small plane crash in Cortland midday Thursday as the single-engine Cessna 177 made its way from Indiana to DeKalb, authorities said.
Video: A crashed Cessna 177 plane was towed Thursday evening from a Cortland corn field to DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport about 1 mile away. The pilot and passenger injured in the crash remain hospitalized.
A small plane crashed Thursday just south of Lincoln Highway in Cortland. Two people, a pilot and a passenger from Indiana, were hospitalized with injuries, authorities said.
The Ruth Project, an organization that aims to give love and help to foster children and the families that take them in, has expanded to a 33-acre farm at the corner of Sycamore, DeKalb and Cortland.
A Cortland man pleaded guilty Friday to burglarizing three houses last year in Lake in the Hills and Algonquin home and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to documents in the McHenry County courthouse.
Voters in DeKalb County might have a different location next time they head to the polls, according to a new election precinct boundaries map approved this week by county officials. Here's what to know:
State Rep. Jeff Keicher, R-Sycamore, will host traveling office hours for constituents across the 70th District to ask questions or share concerns about legislation or state issues throughout the summer. First up is Thursday in Maple Park.
A Cortland man is facing criminal felony charges after Illinois State Police said they found digital images and videos of child pornography the man allegedly downloaded from his phone to a digital storage cloud, according to court records.
Looking for ways to celebrate Juneteenth with the family? Check out the 3rd annual Juneteenth Community Celebration Sunday in Hopkins Park in DeKalb, or a downtown DeKalb Juneteenth Block Party Monday, among other local events.
The fund will annually support the needs of the Cortland Community Library, according to a news release.
To read some of Marlon King Jr.’s diary entries, he was a young father who had his future in mind. "Don’t judge him from his final day on the planet," mom Tara McCarthy said of her son, 19, killed in a DeKalb shooting May 11.
The town of Cortland will open a splash pad free for the community to use this summer, Cortland Mayor Mark Pietrowski said.
A 51-year-old Cortland woman was killed in a recent two-vehicle crash on Peace Road in DeKalb, authorities said Monday.
A DeKalb man has been accused of robbing a Vinny’s Pizza delivery driver of cash and food earlier this week, and later was arrested after a brief foot chase downtown.