While nothing is yet official, some taxpayers could pay less to the Sycamore Community School District 427 on their next property tax bill than they did this year, according to district documents.

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“I permitted an event to an animal abuser. I did,” DeKalb County Interim Administrator Derek Hiland said of an Aug. 2 rodeo in Kirkland. In the past few years, steer-tailing events have drawn widespread criticism, though some say animal abuse allegations are hard to prosecute.

Sycamore School District 427 has sold the former Central School, a historic downtown building, for $151,000.

Middle school class sizes in DeKalb School District 428 schools could soon see a reduction, should plans for a new early learning development center proceed.

Airport managers report no impact. Air traffic controllers keep working, and smaller airports do not have control towers.

Another superintendent search community listening session is on Nov. 8, this time at Mitchell Elementary School in DeKalb.

Ready for what comes next: DeKalb District 428 school nurses, staff talk pandemic lessons as winter viral illness season returns

Sycamore residents can expect to pay more for water and other related utilities following a City Council vote this week to increase rates.