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GENOA – U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger talked tax reform and government spending Saturday at a town hall meeting held in Genoa.

GENOA – Genoa business owners enticed customers to shop downtown with morsels of chocolate Saturday during the seventh-annual Chocolate Walk.

Incumbent DeKalb County State's Attorney Clay Campbell is being challenged by Sycamore attorney Sean Smith for the Republican nomination for state's attorney.

BIG ROCK – A Big Rock teen who struck a tree early Friday while driving on Somonauk Road may be charged with unlawful consumption of alcohol.

DeKALB – The public has a chance this weekend to tour the newly renovated Cole Hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University.

DeKALB – A majority of DeKalb City Council members contacted this week said they were in favor of the severance agreement given to the former city clerk.

DeKALB – Don Manzullo will hold a town hall meeting Monday in Genoa.

SANDWICH – A Sandwich juvenile has been charged with aggravated battery after police say he attacked school employees Thursday.

SYCAMORE – Parents say a Sycamore child’s quick thinking in performing the Heimlich maneuver saved his friend’s life.

SYCAMORE – Three local dentists are offering free dental care Tuesday.

SYCAMORE – A Rochelle man charged with child abduction was found not guilty this week after a jury trial.

Looking back on the past 14 months, Clay Campbell calls his time as state’s attorney “stunning” and eye-opening.

A framed photo of Sean Smith’s grandfather – a former state’s attorney – that sits on

DeKALB – Eric Hicks has been named the DeKalb Fire Department’s interim fire chief.

Two people were injured Wednesday afternoon in a two-car crash at Route 23 and Baseline Road in Genoa.