With the candidate petition filing period for the April 2025 consolidated election officially closed, Sycamore voters can expect to see familiar and new names on the ballot for Sycamore School District 427 school board.

DeKalb resident Nick Atwood is vying for one of four open spots on the DeKalb School District 428 Board in the April 2025 election.

Search our table to see what designation your DeKalb County school received on the 2024 school report card.

This week, the Illinois State Board of Education released school- and district-level data showing what percentage of DeKalb County students were considered proficient in math and reading last year. Check out this chart to see if that's an improvement over the prior year.

Statewide, Illinois schools saw increases in English Language Arts proficiency, particularly in grades three through eight, showing a rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic years of 2020 and 2021.

DeKalb School District 428 leadership is exploring whether it should opt into a proposal with the city of DeKalb which could overhaul South Fourth Street using tax increment financing, part of the city’s plan to spur new development in that area and generate $5.7 million by 2048.

A small fire erupted after a school bus hit a utility pole Tuesday in Kingston, though no one was hurt in the crash and the fire was contained, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

DeKalb School District 428 leadership is considering whether to introduce a new AP African American Studies course at DeKalb High School, which if approved, would provide juniors and seniors a year-long interdisciplinary course examining the African American experience.

The largest single gift in Northern Illinois University’s history will close the funding gap on a proposed $87 million health care educational center, on track to be built starting in 2026, the university announced Friday.