Participants braved chilly weather to take the Polar Plunge on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026,at Huskie Stadium at Northern Illinois University to raise funds for Special Olympics Illinois.

The Kishwaukee Concert Band will perform the third concert of its 24th concert season in memory of Nancy Apperson.

The J.F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center’s next Soup-er Sunday program will feature a “Growing Pawpaws, Growing Community” presentation by pawpaw expert and Paw Paw, Illinois Pawpaw Festival founder Austin Cliffe.

Leaders from across northern Illinois this week are mourning the loss of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Civil Rights activist lauded by many for his servant leadership akin to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In their second day of deliberations, jurors on Friday found a teenager guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 17-year-old Sycamore teenager Kaleb McCall.

Just what impact the U.S. Supreme Court decision on tariffs will have on local business is tough to tell, one local economic development leader said.

A tariff is a tax levied on imported goods. Reports estimate tariffs put in by the Trump administration have cost the average American household at least $1,000 over the past year. What happens now that the Supreme Court has struck down a wide swath of the tariffs?

Adults can learn about artificial intelligence during a program at the DeKalb Public Library.

Panduit Corp., a leading manufacturer of network infrastructure and industrial electrical wiring solutions, is laying off 178 employees from its DeKalb warehouse facility by the end of March, according to a WARN report.