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DeKALB – 70 DeKalb community members gathered to honor veterans and their service to our country at Memorial Park on Saturday. Michael Embrey, a DeKalb resident and Air Force veteran, spoke at the ceremony. He gave recognition to different people in the crowd that have gone above and beyond in their community to bring honor...

Local veterans were honored at Kishwaukee College on Thursday, in an early Veterans Day ceremony that involved a DeKalb High School Chamber Orchestra performance and a speech from DeKalb Mayor Cohen Barnes.

DeKALB – A DeKalb veterans group is getting new funding for memorial projects. The DeKalb County Veterans Recognition Fund was announced by the DeKalb County Community Foundation. The fund will allow the DeKalb County Veterans group to do work honoring veterans.  Michael Embrey, a committee member of the fund, said there is always more the...

DeKALB – NIU’s plans to start construction of its Greek Life Center in the Annie Glidden neighborhood near Greek Row will be extended to March while the project awaits funding. The NIU Foundation does not have the funds to build the center, but the foundation announced at the July 10 DeKalb City Council meeting that...

DeKALB — Former NIU marching band director Michael Embrey will be marching in the 2022 annual Pasadena Tournament of Roses Rose Parade on Jan. 1, 2022, according to an Oct. 14 news release. “The band will be composed of up to 300 band directors from across the country and will pay tribute to the exceptional...

Northern Star DeKALB – The DeKalb City Council rejected a vote to reconsider a resolution for a laundromat liquor and gaming license for South 4th Street Mega Laundromat. The resolution was up for a second vote after it failed Jan. 25 with no discussion.  First Ward Alderperson Carolyn Morris said she wanted the application to be revisited at Monday’s meeting because it was unusual for a resolution to be rejected with no discussion on it.  “I just wanted to give council the opportunity ...

Northern Star Courtesy of the Egyptian Theatre DeKALB- Former executive director of the Egyptian Theatre, Barbara Kummerfeldt died Wednesday at the age of 87.  Kummerfeldt’s two-decade history with the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., started during the late 1970’s when she, along with her husband Irv Kummerfeldt, were part of the original steering committee that was instrumental in saving the Egyptian Theatre from a literal wrecking ball, according to an Egyptian Theatre press releas...