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DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder Tasha Sims said her office avoided disaster after being notified of a ballot error less than a month before the April 1 consolidated election.

Trees are budding, flowers are blooming and animals are emerging from their winter haunts as spring is gaining a foothold in DeKalb County.

Youth and adults who want to learn how to shoot a shotgun at flying clay, called wingshooting, are invited to a how-to clinic at Shabbona Lake State Park this weekend.

Looking for something to do this upcoming Easter weekend in DeKalb County? Check out some ideas here, along with previews for local family-friendly events to expect this spring.

Opinion: April has brought the end of Mac & Cheese Madness and the start of spring events, writes Alexis Aviles of the DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Families across DeKalb County can look forward to a variety of festive egg hunts and community events as Easter approaches on April 20. Check out the Daily Chronicle's list

Voters this week in DeKalb County determined who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries. See the results here.

It's Election Day in DeKalb County. Polls are open until 7 p.m., and feature many contested races including for mayor, council or township trustee, school or park board seats. Here are some races the Daily Chronicle news team is watching today

This spring, DeKalb County voters get to decide who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries.

More than 175 years after their reservation in Illinois was illegally sold at auction, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is now in line to get their land back.

A Lee woman was hospitalized Tuesday after the car she was driving crashed into a house on Perry Road between Malta and Shabbona, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

A bill that now heads to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk will transfer ownership of 1,500 acres of stolen land in southern DeKalb County, which includes all of Shabbona Lake State Park, back to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Read on for more local and tribal reaction.

Here is a look at some photos of Shabbona Lake State Park as ownership of 1,500 acres of stolen land in southern DeKalb County, which includes all of the park, is about to be transferred back to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. The park will remain open for public access after the transfer.

Every morning, Randy and Beth Espe watch reindeer frolic outside their kitchen window as they sip their morning coffee – a delightful daily ritual they have fondly dubbed the “rodeo," at Whispering Pines Reindeer Ranch & Tree Farm in Shabbona

Shabbona Community Church will host its 130th annual drive-thru turkey supper. The supper will be from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at the church, 104 E. Navaho Ave.

DeKalb County is teeming with the colors of autumn. Get out and enjoy the show before we have to hunker down for another long winter.

What policies would you support to ease the burden on Illinois taxpayers? David Simpson: Equal education funding across the state will lower property tax.

The campground at Shabbona Lake State Park will be closed beginning Nov. 1 to accommodate the replacement of vault toilets at the site.

A downtown Shabbona laundromat is closed temporarily after a fire this week caused an estimated $80,000 in damages, village officials said.

Indian Creek School District 425 will conduct preschool screenings for children ages 3 to 5 to help parents identify preschool programs that fit their child’s needs.

The Indian Creek volleyball team practices Tuesday as they prepare for the 2024 season.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, was joined Monday by a Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation official at a packed public meeting to address some residents’ concerns over the tribe’s yearslong effort to reclaim hundreds of acres of stolen land in Shabbona.

A standing room only crowd jammed the Flewellin Memorial Library to hear U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, and Raphael J. Wahwassuck a tribal council member from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation answer questions Monday on the Prairie Band Nation Potawatomi Tribe land transfer in DeKalb County.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, will be in Shabbona Monday to discuss federal action that has affected the relationship between Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and DeKalb County residents. The public is invited.

Many species of insects and animals call DeKalb County home. Click on the photo to see images of a few of them.

The tour features coffee and conversation events and traveling office hours throughout Illinois' 74th House District.

DeKalb County property transfers filed from May 13 to 31, 2024.

An early morning fog made for a picturesque scene Monday at the sunflower field and lake at Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area in Shabbona Township.

DeKalb County property transfers filed from April 29 to May 5, 2024.

Shabbona Community Church will hold a hog raffle drawing to support the church’s programs. The drawing will be held July 20 at Summerfest in Waterman.

Here’s where you can watch July 4 fireworks this week in DeKalb County:

DeKalb County property transfers filed from April 15 to April 21, 2024.

DeKalb County property transfers filed from April 8 to April 14, 2024.

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is a step closer to acquiring a 1,500-acre state park in DeKalb County, much of which was once part of a reservation that was illegally seized from the tribe in the mid-19 th century.

The bill is part of a larger effort by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation to reclaim land in southern DeKalb County that many historians and legal experts now agree was illegally taken from them in the mid-19th century.

Stillman Valley edged Oregon 2-1 at the 1A Indian Creek Sectional on Saturday, May 18, 2024, ended the Hawks season at 18 wins and two losses. Stillman Valley scored two goals before Oregon's Sarah Eckardt found Anna Stender in the center of the field for the Hawks lone goal. Stillman Valley will face Rock Island Alleman for the sectional championship on Tuesday, May 21. Alleman downed Byron 4-1 in the other sectional semi-final.

The DeKalb County Board this week voted to congratulate the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation after the federal government earlier this spring put 130 acres of land into a trust for the Nation. The vote faced opposition from Republicans and some Shabbona residents.

Tensions ran high during a Wednesday DeKalb County Board committee meeting, as board members discussed whether a resolution congratulating the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for regaining sovereign lands should get a County Board vote.

DeKalb County property transfers filed from March 25 to 31, 2024.

An Earlville man has been charged in a violent attack and home invasion, accused of choking and beating a woman who repeatedly attempted to escape during a drive, threatening to kill her and breaking into her Shabbona home, court documents show.

The first federally-recognized tribal land in Illinois is in DeKalb County, after portions of the Shab-eh-nay Reservation were placed into a trust for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation on Friday.

DeKalb County property transfers filed from Jan. 29 to Feb. 12, 2024.

A bill pending in the General Assembly this year would give back roughly 1,500 acres of park land in DeKalb County to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.

The DeKalb County Community Foundation recently announced the creation of the Charles and Carol Orr Memorial Scholarship Fund, meant to foster education for students seeking careers in health care, agriculture or the trades.

A company seeking to build two of 2-megawatt Solar Gardens in Shabbona Township recently got the projects approved by the DeKalb County Board, but not everyone was onboard.

The Golf Fore the Cure committee recently donated $14,000 to the Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Cancer Center Foundation to the center’s efforts in the fight against cancer.

The trees are at their peak colors as the fall season continues in DeKalb County.

Update: A 78-year-old Big Rock resident is dead and three others injured after a two-vehicle crash early Saturday morning in rural DeKalb County north of Waterman, authorities said.

Constituents of State Rep. Bradley Fritts, R-Dixon, still have multiple chances to meet with the legislator in August as he travels throughout District 74 to collect feedback on how he can best help local businesses and residents’ needs.

The road work, which began Monday, is in southern DeKalb County, where motorists should expect daily road closures from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the DeKalb County Highway Department.