DeKalb, IL – Adventure Works presents their annual FUNdraising event Barn-B-Que, taking place at Johamac Cider House on Saturday June 29, 2019,6:00 to 9:00 PM. Gather your friends for a casual evening featuring delicious food, craft beverages, music, and outdoor games. Adventure Works is proud to announce this event, returning for its sixth year. Barn-B-Que will feature a delicious meal …
DeKALB – The DeKalb Municipal Band, under the direction of Kirk Lundbeck, invites the community to opening night of its 165th consecutive season. The band will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, at the Dee Palmer Band Shell in Hopkins Park, 1403 Sycamore Road. In addition to the music, there will be a flag presentation in recognition of Flag …
The 2019 awards season has been kind to OC Creative across the boards. The local creative agency entered work into three separate competitions and won awards in all three. The Hermes Award judges awarded OC a platinum award for their Fuse Printer promotional video and a gold award for the #ProudlyDeKalb website (www.proudlydekalb.com). Their Spud Life Potato Salad self-promotional video …
The City of DeKalb has stepped up its game to make DeKalb a place to visit on Memorial Day, as well as honoring Veterans and current military members. On Friday, the Street Department staff led by DeKalb Street Superintendent, Andy Raih, and members of his team placed “DeKalb Hometown Hero” banners on Locust Street from 1st Street to 4th Street. …
DeKALB — The City, American Legion and Chamber of Commerce will be commemorating lives lost in the armed forces with a ceremony and a parade, according to a press release. A Mayor’s breakfast will start the day 7 a.m. Monday May 27 at Elks Lodge, 209 South Annie Glidden Road. The first DeKalb Hometown Hero banner will be presented 8:15 a.m. Monday May …
The City of DeKalb Citizens’ Community Enhancement Commission is pleased to announce the Paint-A-Plug Program, which encourages community members to “adopt” a fire hydrant in the community. By adopting a fire hydrant, participants are given the opportunity to help turn our fire hydrants into works of art. There is no specific theme for the fire hydrants, but artists are encouraged …
The NIU Foundation surpassed it’s $250,000 goal for the very first Day of Giving event by raising over $770,600 from 1,402 donors nationwide. The money was raised by alumni, faculty and students who made donations to the NIU Day of Giving website. The donations support students, scholarships and programs at the university. The College of Business raked in over $175,000, …
Give DeKalb County had another successful year, raising a total of $685,762 for DeKalb County Nonprofit Organizations! Here is the “Thank You” message from the Give DeKalb County website: “Thank you to everyone who participated in Give DeKalb County on May 2, 2019! Give DeKalb County is a 24-hour fundraising event coordinated by the DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership—a program of the DeKalb …
DeKALB – Jana Nowak just wants to get as many people to realize the gem that is downtown DeKalb, and she’s got the perfect upcoming event: a day to showcase regional vendors at DeKalb’s Back Alley Market. The market, set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, rain or shine, is the first of its kind. Hosted by the downtown …
DeKalb (WREX)- The Northern Illinois University Supermileage team took home first place in the Shell Eco-Marathon Competition earlier this month. The school says the team created a car that goes more than 1,500 miles on a single gallon of gas, that’s about the distance from DeKalb to California. The team won first place in the Internal Combustion Engine Prototype category. …