Employees at Sycamore Community School District 427 will soon see changes to their insurance options after a unanimous school board vote at a special meeting in late September.

Plans for a new Amoco gas station with a convenience store to set up shop in DeKalb’s Fourth Street corridor moved one step closer to reality Monday night.

DeKalb School District 428 has launched a community survey as it embarks on a search for a new superintendent, and district stakeholders are encouraged to weigh in.

Huntley Middle School teacher Monserrat Garcia has set up an online fundraiser with the goal of raising donations to support an after-school girls’ empowerment club.

DeKalb County Engineer Nathan Schwartz said the next phase of the Peace Road widening project, which would focus on the area from Freed Road to Main Street in Sycamore, likely won’t commence until 2028.

Sycamore’s fiscal 2026 budget could be $700,000 more than 2025, the city's top official told the City Council this month. City Manager Michael Hall said the proposal would come without a property tax raise, however.

Mayor Cohen Barnes said this week that the city is considering expanding its local support for networks and groups that help those facing homelessness in DeKalb. Homelessness, including among youth, is on the rise across Illinois, data shows.

A new grocery store is expected to open on the ground level of the former Fanatico Restaurant building in DeKalb, with financial aid awarded this week from the City Council. The old restaurant was the site of a fire, and later arson charges, in 2023.

While a nearly 2,000-acre solar facility recently approved by the DeKalb County Board has received much public attention, a couple of smaller projects also were greenlit by county officials this month.