MyGrain shut down in August 2023 after operating for six years at Joliet's Union Station while getting rent breaks and tax abatements. The City Council will vote Tuesday whether to pay $250,000 to break the lease.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized students named to the dean’s list for the fall semester. 

Applications for the Delyte K. and Robert I. Zearing Scholarship are available from the Bureau, Henry and Stark Regional Office of Education 28.

Grand opening planned for early March.

The Batavia Public Library's Winter Challenge offers prizes for reading and completing activities, with different categories for adults and children.

Yorkville Public Library will host a meditative event, a new scrapbooking group and more this January.

The Performing Arts Guild of Mt. Morris will present a dessert theater titled “Christmas Eve in Chaos” from Jan. 10-12.

“Christ Comes to England and Ireland” will be presented in four successive Wednesdays beginning Jan. 8 at St. George Orthodox Christian Church, 211 E. Minnesota St., Spring Valley.

A look back at new businesses that opened in DeKalb in 2024: