DeKALB – The DeKalb City Council could petition the state for permission to close part of Lincoln Highway for Corn Fest over Labor Day weekend.

City officials want the Illinois Department of Transportation to allow them to close down Lincoln Highway between First and Fourth Street from 3 p.m. Aug. 29 to 9 p.m. Sept. 1. City Manager Mark Biernacki said the resolution the council will vote on Monday is similar to ones they’ve done in the past.

“They weren’t in the past,” Biernacki said when asked if IDOT is hesitant to temporarily shut down part of Lincoln Highway. “We don’t expect them to be in the future.”