MALTA – DeKalb County residents gathered over the weekend to discuss what they would like to see in a wind ordinance in the works, and to voice concerns about a proposed wind farm. The DeKalb County Planning and Zoning Committee is about to begin work on the wind ordinance, now that a solar power ordinance recently was approved.

Isabell Escamilla said she has the desire to participate in a community connected by her two children and 6,200 others, but what holds her back are the words she can’t say. Escamilla is one of more than 200 Spanish-speaking parents who have gathered to seek the guidance of DeKalb School District 428 principals, teachers and organizers to better understand their communities and the resources they provide.

Mindy said she often wonders if the life she studies and works full-time for is worth the effort when it can be taken away at any moment. She said she once envisioned herself as a director of a nonprofit organization and later as a public official for the City of DeKalb, bridging the gap between local government and the Latino community, but hasn’t foreseen much since Donald Trump was elected in November with a promise to dismantle protections for the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, among other assurances. Her indecision comes down to a secret she and at least 213 NIU students, according to data from a Freedom of Information Act request, have held at one point in their lives.

NIU student Andrew Daw was enjoying the Paris nightlife with friends on Nov. 13 when gunshots rang out a couple streets over.

Student Association Senator Jake Swick resigned Wednesday night due to allegations of disclosing election information as an SA Board of Elections member.

Associate meteorology professor Walker Ashley didn’t know he was going to see an EF4 tornado when he drove out on I-88 to observe Thursday’s storm.

After a month-long recovery from a shooting, an alumnus resumed his job Monday morning at a Waco, Texas, TV station, where his coworkers had planned a surprise.

There is a sound every tugger longs to hear from the start of training in January: “This is for real! High bank, are you ready? Low bank, are you ready? Tuggers ready. Tuggers set. There is a long history behind these words, which have been announced before every Tugs match dating back to the 1960s, when Tugs was held at the East Lagoon during NIU’s annual May Fete celebration.