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DeKalb proposes $3.6M contract for new fire station

By KELSEY RETTKE krettke@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – The city of DeKalb has proposed a $3.6 million contract with local developer Irving Construction to build a fourth fire station on South Malta Road, documents show.

DeKalb-based Irving Construction offered the lowest bid to get the project done out of six others, according to documents released May 9 ahead of the DeKalb City Council meeting on May 13.

City staff are recommending council approval when it comes up for a vote.

Other companies that bid on the fire station construction project included:

Stenstrom Construction with a $4.3 million contract; Construction Inc. with a $5 million contract; Scandroli Construction with a $3.8 million contract; Gehrke Construction with a $3.7 million contract; Tyler Lane Construction with a $4.4 million contract and KWCC with a $4.3 million contract, documents show.

The DeKalb City Council has already greenlit preliminary plans for a fourth

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DeKalb monthly social hours for those experiencing memory loss

DeKALB – Those experiencing memory loss and their caregivers are invited to monthly social hours hosted in DeKalb, where they can do crafts and participate in sing-alongs and other activities.

The next free monthly session will start at 10:30 a.m. May 16 in the library’s Nancy D. Castle Collaboration Studio, 309 Oak St.

The events, dubbed “Memory Cafes,” are meant to provide a safe space for people dealing with memory loss.

Features include sing-alongs; a “get to know you” question; a presentation; and a craft, game or shared reading activity, according to a news release. Coffee, snacks

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Patrons shop the booths and food trucks during opening day for the DeKalb Farmers Market on June 1, 2023, at Van Buer Plaza in downtown DeKalb. This year’s market will run from June 6 through Sept. 19. See story, page 6. Mark Busch file photo

fire station, which officials have said is needed due to a high volume of 911 calls on the city’s southwest side and slower-than-desired response times.

In February, Fire Chief Mike Thomas said a fourth fire station would allow the city’s first responders to expand their reach and shorten those response times, particularly where he said “holes” were, including in subdivisions at the Knolls, Devonaire Farms and homes south of there.

Thomas previously said the city’s response times to those areas were greater than the industry standard of four minutes because it takes longer to get to those areas. A fire station in that spot in town would help alleviate that, he previously said.

The City Council on July 23, 2023, threw their unanimous support behind a five-year Fire Department plan that also included constructing a fourth station. The council approved an architectural agreement Aug. 28, 2023, with a Chicago-based firm to help prepare plans for a three-bay, 7,780-square-foot station. On

and tea are provided. The event also features a table with free resources, giveaways and books to check out.

First-time attendees must provide care partners’ and guests’ names.

To submit names or for information, email susang@dkpl.org or call 815-756-9568, ext. 2114.

DeKalb library to host Opportunity DeKalb booth May 21 and 22

DeKALB – Residents are invited to learn about a new entrepreneur program piloted by nonprofit Opportunity DeKalb at informational sessions this month.

The DeKalb Public Library will host a free Opportunity DeKalb booth for patrons to

Sept. 11, 2023, the City Council approved a $4.3 bond to fund the station and on Feb. 14 approved plans to allow the station on South Malta Road, documents show. The city went out to bid for the project April 23.

The full Irving Construction contract proposes constructing the fire station at 1130 S. Malta Road for $3,680,000, according to the signed contract.

Among its portfolio of work in DeKalb, the 50-year-old business also has done almost $2 million of renovation work for DeKalb School District 428; about $1.1 million of work for the DeKalb Park District including work on pickleball and tennis courts and playground renovations; built the 70,000-square-foot DeKalb Police Department for $12 million in 2013; did about $6.5 million work for the Egyptian Theatre’s additions and HVAC upgrades and built the new home for First United Methodist Church of DeKalb for $5 million, according to city documents.

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learn about its Project Launchpad initiative from 5 to 7 p.m. May 21 and 9 to 11 a.m. May 22 in the library’s main lobby, 309 Oak St.

Attendees can learn about the initiative’s Community Business Academy. Participants also will learn about Opportunity DeKalb’s organization partners for community revitalization goals, according to a news release.

Project Launchpad connects urban and rural communities and lives through entrepreneurship and employment. No registration is required.

For information, email samanthah@dkpl. org or call 815-756-9568, ext. 1701.

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Sycamore Music Boosters

awarded $1,500 from Bockman’s Auto, Truck and Tire

SYCAMORE – The Sycamore Music Boosters recently received a $1,500 donation from Bockman’s Auto, Truck and Tire to support Sycamore School District 427 music programs.

The check was presented at a Sycamore Music Boosters meeting March 21, according to a news release.

The donation was given to Sycamore Music Boosters President Jenelle Robers by Jon Bockman, owner of Bockman’s Auto, Truck and Tire.

The repair shop had more than 90 customers donate Rewards Dollars at a fundraising campaign.

Bockman’s Auto, Truck and Tire is an auto repair shop that provides customers vehicle repair, maintenance and upgrades.

The Sycamore Music Boosters supports students in K-12 music programs offered within District 427.

For information, visit sycamoremusicboosters.com.

DeKalb County Forty and Eight annual Memorial Day breakfast set for May 27

DeKALB – The DeKalb County Forty and Eight, Voiture 207 will host its annual Mayors’ Memorial Day breakfast to celebrate Memorial Day.

The breakfast will be from 6:45 to 7:15 a.m. May 27 at the DeKalb Elks Lodge 765, 209 S. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. A motorcycle ride and escort for the DeKalb Memorial Clock Ceremony will be

staged from 7:30 to 8 a.m., according to a news release. The escort departs for the ceremony at 8:10 a.m. The ride also will escort the DeKalb, Sycamore and Genoa Memorial Day parades after the ceremony. Participants are encouraged to attend the breakfast early.

The breakfast costs $10 in advance by check or $15 at the door. Reservations are encouraged to attend. To RSVP, call 815-758-5788, email ffb66@juno.com, or visit state Rep. Jeff Keicher’s office, 158 W. State St., Sycamore.

DeKalb library to host study hours for students’ finals

DeKALB – Are you in ninth through 12th grade with second semester finals coming up? The DeKalb Public Library will host special study hours for teenagers later this month.

The free study hour sessions will run from 5:30 to 8 p.m. May 20 and 21 in the library’s Teen Room, 309 Oak St. Attendees can study for finals in a comfortable setting. Television and video games will not be available. Snacks also will be provided. No registration is required to attend. For information, email stevenm@dkpl. org or call 815-756-9568, ext. 3400.

DeKalb church to host hymn sing May 15

DeKALB – Glad Tidings Church, 2325 N. First St., DeKalb, will host a hymn sing at 1:30 p.m. May 15.

Admission to the hymn sing is free. For information, call 815-758-4919.

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the 2024-2025 academic year. OSU Associate Dean Cynda Clary (left) and OSU Agriculture Vice President and Dean Jayson Lusk presented Hemann (center) the scholarship.

LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS

Genoa resident receives OSU agriculture scholarship

GENOA – Genoa resident Delaney Hemann was named an Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture scholarship recipient for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Hemann is studying animal science at OSU.

The scholarship is part of more than $1.8 million the university and its departments awarded to students. Students of all study areas can apply for the scholarships. The scholarships also can be combined with college and departmental opportunities. For information, visit agriculture. okstate.edu.

Indian Valley Theatre accepting summer workshops registration

SANDWICH – Indian Valley Theatre is accepting registration for its Summer Children’s and Teen workshops.

The classes will be held at the Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St. The children’s workshop is open to students entering first through sixth grade. Attendees will perform “It’s a Hard Barked Life!” Classes will run from 9 a.m. to noon June 10-21. Performances will be June 21-22. The class costs $95 per child.

The teen workshop students will perform “The 12 Daughters of Hercules” by Ben Kingsland. The workshop is intended for teens in seventh grade through senior year. Classes will run from 9 a.m. to noon July 15-26. Perfor-

mances will be July 26-27. The class costs $100 per teen.

Students must attend all classes and final performances. Registration is required; visit indianvalleytheatre.com/ info-sign-ups, sites.google.com/view/ ivtsummerworkshops/2024-childrens-workshop, or sites.google.com/ view/ivtsummerworkshops/2024-teen-workshop.

Indian Valley Theatre is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the appreciation and development of the performing arts in the Fox Valley area.

For information, email ivtchildrensworkshop@gmail.com or send a message on the IVT Facebook page.

Second

annual DeKalb Has Talent Show set May 17

DeKALB – The second annual DeKalb Has Talent Show will kick off May 17 at the DeKalb Public Library and feature performances from area grade school students.

The free show will run from 7 to 9 p.m. May 17 in the library’s main lobby, 309 Oak St.

The talent show will feature singers, bands, dancers, rappers, poets and comedians. Performers must be in third through eighth grades. Prizes will be awarded to first- and second-place winners in each category. Registration is required to participate. To register, visit dkpl.org.

For information, email stevenm@dkpl. org or call 815-756-9568, ext. 3400. – Shaw Local News Network

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Genoa resident Delaney Hemann was named an Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture scholarship recipient for

McDavid named principal of new elementary school

By MEGANN HORSTEAD mhorstead@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – DeKalb School District 428 has tabbed Maurice McDavid as the principal of Dr. Leroy A. Mitchell School, 1240 Normal Road, DeKalb.

McDavid, a longtime DeKalb resident, former DeKalb High School dean and chairman of the DeKalb Citizen Police Review Board, said he’s excited to get to work at the district’s new elementary school.

The school board week unanimously approved a $111,000 employment contract for McDavid that is effective July 1, school board documents show.

“I grew up in Edens Garden [Apartments,] and I understand some of the stigma Uptown receives,” McDavid said. “I’m looking forward to being able to serve, and we’re going to have success. I think that we’ll be able to silence some of the haters is honestly part of the idea. So I’m looking forward to that.”

The $33.8 million school building, once renovated from the former Northern Illinois University School of Nursing building, will serve 450 to 500 students, 53 teachers and 41 parapro-

fessionals, according to the district.

McDavid, who was most recently an elementary school principal in West Chicago, describes his leadership style as collaborative.

Maurice McDavid

“I definitely am a servant leader,” he said. “I really consider the primary work that I do as a principal is to remove any and all barriers from our students, our families and our staff. I think if there’s something that’s getting in the way of our staff being able to do the job that they’re tasked with I recognize. Our teachers are the ones at the ground level sitting in front of the kids putting in the work. So being able to remove any barrier from that teaching and learning process, I really see myself as a servant leader. I’m certainly a relational leader, somebody for whom relationships is really, really important. I want to know about my staff, students and families.”

McDavid said he’s up for the challenge that comes with leading a new school that is named after Leroy A. Mitchell, a staunch advocate for edu-

cation in the community.

“I’m excited about that challenge, honestly,” McDavid said. “One of the things that I think will help with that is I get an opportunity to be intentional with hiring and who is going to be part of that team. … I need them to have high expectations and I need them to have high love. And if we can have a high amount of love and a high amount of expectations, I think that we will be able to see some great things happen.”

McDavid said he plans to use his voice to be an advocate for literacy.

“I think literacy has to be key to have all our students in our building reading at or above grade level will be a primary focus,” he said. “I think some ways we’re going to get there are through full on use of culturally responsive pedagogy. I’ve done a lot of professional development, a lot of presentations and a lot of writing in the area of culturally responsive pedagogy as well as really thinking about the science of learning.”

While he works as a principal at Turner Elementary School in West Chicago, McDavid previously held positions as an assistant principal at Cortland Elementary School and dean of students at DeKalb High School. His wife, Samantha McDavid, is a former

DeKalb school board president who resigned in July 2023 to pursue a new professional opportunity.

McDavid holds a bachelor of arts degree in elementary education from Knox College, a master of education in educational administration and an education specialist degree in superintendency leadership, both from NIU. He said he believes it’s his passion for education that made him the right fit for the DeKalb job.

The new school is expected to open its doors to students in time for the start of classes in the fall of 2025.

McDavid made a plea to the community to remain engaged.

“Part of the work that I’ll be doing over the next year before the building opens is to really be intentional about building a sense of community around this building,” he said. “I will be part of hosting some more of those community conversations. I want people to come out. I want people to be part of the decision-making process as we make some important decisions about Mitchell Elementary School in the next few months to a year. I know that I cannot do this on my own. So I am imploring community members to continue to be a part of this process.”

A CLOSER LOOK

‘You’ve got to buy local’

Vendors talk success of downtown farmers market, benefits to vendors and patrons

By CAMDEN LAZENBY clazenby@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – A panel of DeKalb Farmers Market stakeholders recently said the weekly summertime event is an opportunity for residents to find fresh food, support small business, and enjoy community.

The May hybrid Brown Bag Lunch and Local Lore series at the Ellwood House Museum included a panel discussion between the market organizer, a well-known vendor and a vendor who’s become a market sponsor about how they’ve found value in the summertime tradition.

The DeKalb Farmers Market will be held from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. every

Thursday starting June 6 through Sept. 19 in the Van Buer Plaza at the corner of Second and Locust streets in downtown DeKalb.

Dan Dietz, owner of Slow Smoke BBQ & Catering, 265 W. Peace Road, No. 102, Sycamore, said his family operates a food truck at the DeKalb Farmers’ Market on a weekly basis. He said he provides “good food, timely” to market patrons, but he also appreciates the fresh produce farmers markets are known for.

“Being able to get stuff fresh that’s locally grown, there’s just nothing better. If you want to make sure that your health is the most important thing and you’re eating the best, you’ve got to buy local,” Dietz said.

DeKalb Chamber of Commerce Marketing and Events Manager Virginia Filicetti has organized the DeKalb Farmers Market since 2019. She said the market averages about 25 vendors and has live music thanks to the Egyptian Theatre.

Gavin Wilson used to be one of those more than two dozen vendors. The co-owner of the former Hillside Restaurant was known for selling pies but now he’s known as a Country

Financial agent, whose office, 213 E. Locust St. in DeKalb, is walking distance from Van Buer Plaza.

“It’s actually my No. 1 source of new business, and it’s my responsibility to maintain my current customers and it’s my No. 1 random way of seeing my current customers,” Wilson said. “That’s why I started sponsoring it because it’s bringing me, I’d say above

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Ellwood House Curator of Education and Interpretation Aubrey King moderated a panel discussion May 2 between DeKalb Farmers Market stakeholders Dan Dietz, Virginia Filicetti and Gavin Wilson inside the Ellwood House Museum in DeKalb.

Slow Smoke BBQ & Catering owner Dan Dietz (left), seated alongside DeKalb Chamber of Commerce Marketing and Events Manager Virginia Filicetti and Country Financial agent Gavin Wilson, talks about his experiences as a vendor at various farmers markets in northern Illinois during a hybrid Brown Bag Lunch and Local Lore series event hosted May 2 at the Ellwood House Museum.

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Genoa Days scholarship finalists named

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GENOA – Finalists for the 2024 Genoa Days King and Queen Scholarship Competition were announced Thursday by the Genoa Area Chamber of Commerce.

The finalists will compete on the first day of Genoa Days set for June 5 on the main stage in downtown Genoa. Those crowned will be awarded $1,000.

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average amount of exposure just being out in the community.”

Wilson owned the now closed Hillside Restaurant in DeKalb from 1989 until 2023, and said he’s happy to no longer be laboring over his pies, although he said he often gets requests to return his pie booth to the market. He said he’s proud of his involvement in the market, both as a vendor and a sponsor, but said DeKalb Chamber of Commerce is the reason the market persists.

“The reason the market is so successful is because we have a really good Chamber of Commerce, so I’m proud of my connection and being an ambassador,” Wilson said.

Filicetti said there are aspects of the DeKalb Farmers Market she’s particularly proud of, including the fact the market allows consumers to use an Illinois Link Card. The card is issued to anyone receiving cash assistance or is a part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

“Usually you can only use those at a grocery store, you can only buy cer-

The scholarship contest is open to all graduating seniors in Genoa or Kingston who intend to further their education at a four-year university, two-year college, trade school or technical college, according to the Chamber.

Finalists are: Rylie Stoffregen, Hannah Langton, Taylor Fry, John Krueger, John Wolcott, Brady Brewick, Steffini McDowell, Connor Leahy, Anelyse Williams and Hawke Mitchell.

tain items with them, and it’s not as easily accessible for customers with a link card to go to a farmers market and get local produce,” Filicetti said. “A couple of years ago we signed up for the program and now anyone with a Link card can purchase produce and other eligible items at the market from local vendors. So not only are the Link customers getting fresh local produce, but the vendors are also gaining income from their purchases.”

Filicetti said that’s a “win-win” for local vendors and consumers, but the efforts to help food insecure individuals don’t stop there. DeKalb Farmers Market offers a Link card match program. Customers who tell someone at the market’s information booth that they’re spending $25 on a Link card will be given an additional $25 to spend on more Link card eligible items.

“They can get $50 worth of produce for just $25, so again they get more fresh produce, healthier foods and the vendor gains more income,” Filicetti said. “We’re allowed to do that through a grant program through the state and, again, it’s a win-win for everyone involved and it is a large draw to our market.”

Photo provided by Genoa Area Chamber of Commerce

The 2024 Genoa Days King & Queen Scholarship Competition finalists are (from left) Rylie Stoffregen, Hannah Langton, Taylor Fry, John Krueger, John Wolcott, Brady Brewick, Steffini McDowell, Connor Leahy, Anelyse Williams and Hawke Mitchell.

LOOKING BACK

1924 – 100 YEARS AGO

DeKalb at this time is without a noon train east, and many of the merchants and townspeople believe it is a matter for the Chamber of Commerce to investigate and secure some action. The Sycamore Chamber of Commerce has held several meetings with the officials of the Chicago Great Western and it is reported that plans are now being made to put on a noon train to Chicago. Other cities on the North Western, on other divisions, have been able to get their old trains back in service, with a little pressure, and it is believed that DeKalb should take some action.

Work of tearing down the grandstand and bleachers at Pershing Park and removing it to the grounds of the Community Swimming pool on the Malta road, which was started last year by the Rotary club, has begun, and there is a number of baseball fans in the city who do not approve of the change, believing it means the end of baseball in DeKalb. It is reported today from good authority that the American Legion team has been carefully considering the move to Pershing Park from Electric Park, although no action has been taken. Of course, if the bleachers and grandstand are torn down and moved from the park there will be no more ball games there.

Following the accident earlier in the week in which the large plate glass window at the M. F. Malone store was broken, some comment has been heard regarding the service Mr. Malone received in getting the glass replaced. The day after the accident the plate glass company of Ottawa was on the ground with its big red truck and before the day was over the new window had been placed. It is reported this is about the quickest service ever received by any merchant in the city.

One of the large gates at Fourth Street and Lincoln Highway, at the North Western crossing, was broken late yesterday when an autoist was caught between the gates. The driver of the machine, it is reported, had started across the tracks after the gates had started down, and was unable to get all the way across before the west gate was nearly down. Rather than stop in front of an approaching train, the autoist kept on going, and broke the gate, doing some damage to his machine.

1949– 75 YEARS AGO

Miss Bergstrom’s first grade pupils at Ellwood School have started work on a circus mural. The children are cutting out pictures of animals and pasting them on paper to form a circus parade. They are also studying about trains and are drawing the different kinds of freight trains.

A new modern building is about to spring up in Hinckley. Edward Freundt Sr., announced this week that plans were completed for the erection of a 100-foot square business block on his property across from the Hinckley Implement house. Mr. Freundt will build a large super service station on the east end of the property.

The Wurlitzer bowling team left today for North Tonawanda, N.Y., where they will engage the Wurlitzer plant from that city in an intra plant bowling match. The matches between these two plants are an annual affair and are looking forward to by both plants.

Sycamore police are determined to halt the wild driving which has been prevalent on the street in recent weeks. No less than three men have been hauled in the last day or so and paid fines of $5 and $4.40 costs, assessed by Justice of the Peace A. C. Taylor.

Governor Adali Stevenson will land at the DeKalb Municipal Airport tomorrow morning shortly before 10 o’clock from

in the Illinois House Tuesday. The passenger train also would serve Rochelle, Sterling and Rock Falls.

Employees at Lehan Drugs, 1328 Sycamore Road, are taking a full inventory to determine the number of drugs stolen early Tuesday morning. Police officers said the thieves took the drugs and $200 cash. The thieves entered the story by chopping a hole in the roof of the building.

“Instead of a tiger, we have a chicken in our tank.” With that sendoff from its developer, a large sedan powered by a combination of refined chicken manure, pig manure and shredded palm fronds began a historic journey around a campus foundation at the University of Hawaii. The automobile, which runs on methane gas made from local organic waste, leaves nothing in its wake except nonpolluting water vapor.

the state capitol. He will be taken under state police escort to the college where he will take part in the academic procession and the inauguration of Dr. Leslie A. Holmes as president of Northern Illinois State Teachers College.

Airport operators of DeKalb County and neighboring counties held their second regular luncheon meeting at the Rochelle Airport yesterday noon with nine people in attendance. At this time plans were drawn up for an overnight cross country trip on May 20; a spot landing contest at Rochelle at 12 o’clock in June and a fly-in breakfast at Rockford on June 4.

Sunday afternoon, May 15, at 1 o’clock the Marie Louise Olmstead Memorial Museum at Somonauk will be open to the public and will be open throughout the afternoon. The museum has been enlarged and many valuable and interesting additions have been made to the collection.

1974 – 50 YEARS AGO

The first real step toward hiring a full-time department head was taken last night by the County Board’s Forest Preserve Committee. The forest preserve district is the only function of county government which does not have a department head to administer its programs.

Legislation to restore passenger train service to DeKalb cleared the first hurdle

1999 – 25 YEARS AGO

Police officers throughout DeKalb County will be armed with a new weapon thanks to a donation from Wal-Mart and Fugi Photo Film Company Ltd. Two companies donated 150 disposal cameras to local law enforcement to help police gather evidence on domestic violence cases.

After serving Kishwaukee College for 31 years, President Norman Jenkins has announced his retirement. Jenkins has worked for the community college since its founding in 1968. He has been president for the last 21 years.

DeKalb City officials have announced a series of measures to slow traffic on Hillcrest Drive, in hopes of soothing the DeKalb neighborhood’s concerns about speed and safety.

DeKalb police have arrested four people accused of a string of armed robberies that targeted pizza delivery drivers in late January. All four of the suspects are from the Genoa/Kingston area and are friends.

The DeKalb City Council is scheduled to vote tonight whether to spend $10,500 to update a 4-year-old hotel study, in hopes of attracting a full-service hotel to the city. Local business leaders have long cited the city’s lack of a large hotel with conference rooms.

– Compiled by Sue Breese

Photo provided by DeKalb County History Center

Lindstrom’s Groceries & Meats at the corner of 10th and Franklin streets in DeKalb is seen in 1950. Joseph Lindstrom (and, in later years, with his sons) operated the store from 1913-1949, before the family sold the store in May 1952.

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DeKalb middle school music teacher earns award

By MEGANN HORSTEAD mhorstead@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – A DeKalb middle school music teacher was recently honored with the Wirtz Award for Excellence in Education by DeKalb School District 428.

The school board showered Gregory King with praise during its meeting May 7. King is choir director at Clinton Rosette Middle School.

King gave kudos to everyone who was nominated for the award, saying it means a lot to him to receive the recognition.

“I wish that every teacher could have the feeling of appreciation and joy that I felt when I received this,” King said. “Education is a selfless job. The nominees that are up here are all worthy of this award.”

The Wirtz Award is a districtwide honor bestowed annually to an educator who demonstrates innovation, a love for students and goes above and beyond.

LOCAL NEWS BRIEF

Upcoming NIU STEM Cafe to explore physical therapy’s health improvement role

DeKALB – The next Northern Illinois University STEM Cafe will explore physical therapy’s role promoting lifelong health.

The program will be held at 6:30 p.m. May 15 at Fatty’s Pub and Grille, 1312 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Featured speakers include NIU physical therapy students and Sarah Greenhagen, NIU assistant clinical professor.

According to a social media announcement from the DeKalb Education Foundation, which administers the award, King’s recommendation letters from teachers, students and graduates pointed to his teaching skills and highlighted positive relationships he has with his students.

Recipients of the Wirtz Award are all nominated by a peer. Each nominee has letters of support written by teachers, administrators, and students and their families.

Nominees for the award also included Sarah Haughee, Cherish Jackson, Michael Lofthouse, Samantha Peters, Amy Russell and Rhonda Schultz.

DeKalb Education Foundation President Cindy Lofthouse said it’s been a wonderful year for the Wirtz Award.

“This year it was just an awesome group of people that were nominated,” Lofthouse said. “The letters of support were unbelievable. There was one that was written that I just cried over.”

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Clinton Rosette Middle School choir director Gregory King gives remarks at the DeKalb School District 428 board meeting May 7.

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Sycamore OKs next phase of new fire station planning

By CAMDEN LAZENBY clazenby@shawmedia.com

SYCAMORE – The new Sycamore Fire Station 1 moved one step closer to reality May 6 after the Sycamore City Council unanimously approved an agreement with an architecture firm.

Sycamore City Manager Michael Hall told council members the vote was not about whether to approve the fire station, but instead to allow Oak Brook-based FGM Architects – the firm Sycamore hired in 2023 to design a new fire station – to continue its services into the next phase of design necessary to take the project out to bid with contractors.

“This is the design, development phase,” Hall said, before saying two optional additions to the proposed fire station are included in current cost projections.

One of those options, a regional emergency operating center, has received several endorsements from area law enforcement officials, including DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Sullivan and Northern Illinois University Chief of Police Darren Mitchell, Hall said.

The other option, an expanded lobby area or museum – officials have

used both words to describe the optional building addition – would house Sycamore Fire Department’s 1923 Stutz firetruck, officials have said at previous meetings.

Regardless of what the City Council decides to do about the proposed building additions, the new fire station would be built on the southeast side of town, on property donated by Ideal Industries.

This next design phase will run May through July, Hall said. The project will likely go out to bid and construction begin in 2025.

Hall said the city also has applied for a grant that could provide up to $4.2 million for the new fire station. In April, representatives from FGM Architects said their first option for a new facility could cost $10.4 million to $11 million.

“The grant is for 35%; not very many people get 35%. We’re shooting for the moon. It’s $4.2 million, but again, not very many people get that. We’re hoping we will. We asked for endorsements from others,” Hall said.

The Sycamore Park District, Sycamore Chamber of Commerce, 1st Ward Alderwoman Alicia Cosky and Sycamore Community School District 427 also endorsed the city’s effort to secure

I don’t have a crystal ball, so I’m not sure where things are going to drop, but if the true desire is to be less than what we presented early on, we had some contingency built in there, we’ll work our best with everyone to get there.”

Ben Bumpus, Sycamore Fourth Ward alderman

the grant.

The project would also be paid for using debt, a process that would begin in January and likely see approval in March 2025.

Fourth Ward Alderman Ben Bumpus asked when council members will be able to “take a look at the actual proposed total amount of what we’re looking to design.”

Mike Elliott, with FGM Architects, said once the design development phase is complete and estimated costs of the building and expanded spaces are determined, the City Council could make a decision on whether to pursue

the proposed emergency operations center and museum.

“I describe our work as – I’ve used this scenario before to where our initial work that we presented – we were doing work with like a Sharpie pen,” Elliott said. “As we go to this next level of work, we’ll have a much finer pen as we go through, to work out much more of the detail, and all that, to get more accurate with the pricing and dial those things in.”

The City Council will make its firm yes-or-no decision on what’s included once it has gone to bond counsel and determined how much the city should borrow, Hall said.

Bumpus asked if prices “could come in lower” than estimated, and Elliott said things have stabilized in the bidding market.

“If it is the desire to where we want to be lower than what we presented is what I’m hearing, we’ll have to make those adjustments to pull that in,” Elliott said. “I don’t have a crystal ball, so I’m not sure where things are going to drop, but if the true desire is to be less than what we presented early on, we had some contingency built in there, we’ll work our best with everyone to get there.”

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This is historic, I don’t care where you’re at on this issue. This is someone that is claiming back what was taken, all of us should feel some sense of endearment, satisfaction and congratulatory spirit and it would be shameful if someone sitting here doesn’t feel that.”

Tensions run high as DeKalb County Board again considers support of Potawatomi Nation

By CAMDEN LAZENBY clazenby@shawmedia.com

SYCAMORE – Tensions ran high during a May 8 DeKalb County Board committee meeting, as members discussed whether a resolution congratulating the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for regaining sovereign lands should get a County Board vote.

The U.S. Department of Interior placed the reservation, which is in Shabbona, into a trust for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, according to an April 19 news release from the department. Some DeKalb County Board Executive Committee members were unsure if DeKalb County government should congratulate the Nation for having the first federally recognized reservation in Illinois within the boundaries of DeKalb County.

“Everybody wants their piece but they forget whose piece it was,” said DeKalb County Board member Terri Mann-Lamb, a Democrat from District 7, after a contentious committee discussion.

The committee elected to put forward a vote – expected May 15 – that would be largely symbolic and have no bearings on public policy. Instead, board

members will vote whether to back a resolution – a letter of congratulations –for the Potawatomi Nation’s recent trust acquisition.

Chairman Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation told the DeKalb County Board committee that land the Nation previously repurchased are the only parcels that have been placed into a trust. Thirty landowners have property that exists within the boundaries of the reservation, however.

“That’s it, that boundary still exists, that reservation still exists,” Rupnick said. “We live on a reservation in Kansas that many consider checkerboard. That means there are actually nontribal folks that actually own land on the reservation, and we are in that same, similar situation here today. There are folks that have land, that have owned for, geez, I don’t know how long, and we hope that we can pass federal legislation that would clear their title.”

Rupnick, a direct descendent of Chief Shab-eh-nay, maintains that under the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, the Potawatomi Nation ceded 5 million acres of land to the U.S. government, but some land was previously set aside in the 1829 treaty of Prairie du Chien for Chief Shab-eh-nay

and his descendants because of his peacemaking efforts.

Rupnick said properties on land set aside for his ancestors have “clouded titles” because title searches on the properties will have a disclaimer stating the property is subject to any sale or conveyance by Chief Shab-eh-nay and his descendants. He said the Nation hopes to gain the right of first refusal for the land if current property owners go to sell.

Two pieces of federal legislation, which Rupnick said would clear the clouded titles, were filed in 2023. U.S. Reps. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, D-Chicago, Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, and four others cosponsored House Resolution 3144. And U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall, both Kansas Republicans, cosponsored Senate Bill 1492. Neither bill has received action from legislators in a year, however.

The legislation would do more than clear titles. It would establish a federally recognized narrative of the events that lead to the creation and theft of the Nation’s land, and $50 million in compensation.

According to the filed legislation, the Potawatomi Nation and other tribes ceded land in northern Illinois in a

treaty signed July 29, 1829, commonly known as the Second Treaty of Prairie du Chien.

Potawatomi Chief Shab-eh-nay and his Band at their village near Paw Paw Grove, however, were allowed to keep two parcels of land, totaling 1,280 acres. That land became known as the Shabeh-nay Band Reservation, which is now in Shabbona and much of it includes Shabbona Lake State Park. In 1849, while Shab-eh-nay was visiting relatives who had been forced to move to Kansas, the land was sold by the General Land Office of the United States at a public auction, according to the bills filled in Congress.

According to those federal documents, land within the reservation or reservation replacement area may not be acquired by condemnation or eminent domain and can be acquired only through purchase with payment of the land’s fair market value.

Becky Oest, a Shabbona resident and administrator of a Facebook group called Shabbona Lake friends against Potawatomi takeover, attended the May 8 committee meeting to speak against the proposed resolution.

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This aerial drone image shows the lake and boat dock at Shabbona Lake State Park on April 27.

Ellingsworth Webb, Democrat and DeKalb County Board chairman

All DNA evidence to be allowed at June Sycamore double-murder trial

By KELSEY RETTKE krettke@shawmedia.com

SYCAMORE – Prosecutors’ requests were granted by a judge May 7 in their plan to use DNA as key evidence in an upcoming double-murder trial to allege that Jonathan Hurst, formerly of Chicago, brutally beat to death a Sycamore mother and son in 2016.

Patricia A. Wilson, 85, and Robert J. Wilson, 64, were found dead inside their rural Sycamore home on Old State Road on Aug. 15, 2016. Authorities believe they were killed the night before, however.

Much remains unknown about the violent way an elderly mother and active member of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Sycamore, and her son, known affectionately as “Smiley,” the president of Sycamore Moose Lodge, met their end. Police haven’t said how the attacker got to Sycamore and entered their home, what was used to bludgeon them to death or why anyone would do such a thing.

Lead prosecutor Suzanne Collins said the state believes they know who did it, though, and DNA evidence will point to Hurst, now 55.

Buick ruled May 7 that no DNA evidence will be barred from being presented during the trial, which is set to convene June 24. Hurst’s defense lawyer, Chip Criswell, had asked Buick to bar specific evidence from being used, such as samples taken from an upstairs bathroom sink faucet, from the handle of a bayonet and from the right-hand fingernails of Patricia Wilson.

“It is a very high burden for the court to rule that relevant evidence should be barred from trial … under the defense’s argument here the court cannot make this finding,” Buick said. “DNA evidence is evidence and it can be considered by the jury. The jury can determine what weight should be given to the evidence. DNA, like the evidence, is subject to witnesses testifying, and DNA evidence test results are subject to cross-examination.”

Some of the objects Hurst’s defense had sought to exclude are items prosecutors have alleged had Hurst’s DNA on them, according to court records.

Prosecutors allege that Illinois State Police forensic results show Hurst’s DNA was identified on the front and back sides of a pillow in the downstairs laundry room, on the handle of a large chef’s knife, a Diet Coke can found in the kitchen, the handle of

a bayonet found in the lower-level bedroom, the handle of the upstairs bathroom sink faucet, a Gatorade bottle found in the garage, a bathroom mirror and a sliding glass door.

Those items were listed in court records filed when prosecutors sought a judicial order to collect DNA samples from Hurst in July 2020.

Hurst previously denied ever being in Sycamore. He pleaded not guilty to his charges in March 2020.

Prosecutors said authorities could still place him at the murder scene, however.

Both Wilsons died of blunt-force head trauma, the DeKalb County Coroner’s office ruled. They were found fully clothed in separate rooms. Robert Wilson also suffered stab wounds, according to autopsy records obtained through public records requests.

Hurst, of Cincinnati, Ohio, appeared for his hearing virtually May 7 from where he’s been held without bond at the DeKalb County Jail for the past four years since his February 2020 arrest. He could be seen taking notes during the proceedings. At certain points, he squinted his eyes, shook or

nodded his head.

If convicted, he faces a life sentence. By the time a jury convenes, the loved ones of the Wilsons will have waited almost eight years to find out what happened.

Patricia Wilson’s 2010 Chevrolet Impala was found nine days after the attack on Stockton Avenue near Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, where Illinois Route 64 – which runs north all the way to the Wilson home – ends, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. The Impala’s location was just a short walk from where Hurst lived in Chicago, police said at the time.

The Wilsons likely were killed between 7:43 p.m. when Patricia was last on the phone with her sister, and sometime shortly after midnight, because about 12:44 a.m. Aug. 15, 2016, surveillance footage picked up Patricia’s car traveling east on Route 64. Footage does not show who the driver is, however, police have said.

His cellphone records also put Hurst in the area at the time the Wilsons were killed, Sheriff Andy Sullivan, then chief deputy, said at the time.

Also at the request of prosecutors,

Buick banned the word “polygraph” and any references to polygraph testing from use at trial. She said case law has proved that such tests are not reliable.

Against the defense’s objections, Buick will allow statements from an Aug. 14, 2016, phone call allegedly between Patricia Wilson and her sister to be used at trial. Prosecutors have said they intend to bring in those statements to prove what Patricia was doing the night of the attack.

“It will be the jury’s responsibility to weigh such evidence and draw reasonable inferences from the evidence at trial,” Buick said.

Hurst is expected to appear at 9 a.m. May 29 for one of his final hearings before his trial. Buick set that day as a deadline for his defense to show who they intend to bring forward as reputation witnesses on his behalf.

Other witnesses expected to be called during the trial include detectives from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office who interviewed Hurst, Wilson family members, forensic experts, and other law enforcement officials who responded to the double homicide.

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Jonathan Hurst (right) talks to his attorney, Chip Criswell, in Judge Marcy Buick’s courtroom April 29 at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore during a hearing on his case. Hurst is charged with murder in the August 2016 slayings of mother and son Patricia A. Wilson, 85, and Robert J. Wilson, 64, of Sycamore.

Kishwaukee College students inducted into Phi Theta Kappa

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MALTA – Kishwaukee College recently welcomed 32 new members to the Alpha Rho Eta chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society for the 202324 academic year.

The chapter inducted nine of the new members during a candle-lighting ceremony April 17 at the college, 21193 Malta Road, Malta, according to a news release.

Attendees were welcomed by Tim Anderson, PTK chapter adviser and

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“We feel people need to be more educated on what is going on around us,” Oest said.

Her private Facebook group has more than 200 members as of Thursday.

“It keeps being stated that our titles are cloudy. We are bonafide purchasers. We have an attorney that we have spoken to several times, and he does not believe that titles being cloudy is even a legal term,” Oest said, before alleging the jargon is being used in an attempt to make landowners not related to the Nation “look bad.”

Oest wasn’t the only member of the public to speak against the reservation’s recognition. Keith Haag, another Shabbona resident, said he was flabbergasted when he heard the news.

Haag, a retired DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputy, said he’s concerned property values will go down if the Nation is given right of first refusal for land sold within the reservation’s boundary by current property owners.

associate professor of philosophy; Makenzie Moser, PTK chapter member; Barbara Leach, vice president of instruction; and Michelle Rothmeyer, vice president of student services.

The students inducted at the ceremony include:

• Grace Barnes

• Kalyn Brackemyer

• James Dreska, who joined in spring 2023

• Benjamin Dries

• Anna Ratliff

• Minerva Sandoval

• Angela Trujillo

“I want you to imagine that you had a piece of property in a place you just bought, and you love it, and all of a sudden it’s going to be taken away from you,” Haag said. “By taken away I mean, they’re not going to take away your property but they want to have right of first refusal.”

Haag said he’s worried the Potawatomi Nation will be the only party interested in purchasing the property.

The committee voted 6-3 to send the resolution to the full DeKalb County Board for a vote, expected May 15. If approved, the resolution will issue public congratulations to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation on regaining sovereign lands in DeKalb County. The resolution also would state that the DeKalb County Board looks forward to building a positive working relationship with the Nation.

Five Democrats on the committee –Scott Campbell, from District 7; Rukisha Crawford, from District 6; Michelle Pickett, from District 8, DeKalb County Board Chair Ellingsworth Webb, from District 9, and Mann-Lamb – voted in

• Silvina Vargas

• Andrea Weitenbeck

Students inducted during the 2023-24 academic year include Viwassi Agbetrobu, Ethan Byham, Eric Conklin, Emily Corbin, Olivia De La O, Brittney Duncan, Kevin Farlinger, Julias Ferguson, Emily Garcia, Ashley Griffin, Melissa Huneke, Zara Hussain, Benjamin Lam, Dan Le, Peyton Manis, Catherine Marsh, Asia Miller, Tijana Milovancevich, Gabriella Norman, Vincent Pinter, Caleb Romanowitz, Rebecca Seldal, Juliana Torres and Asher Wiegartz.

favor of sending the resolution to the full board for a vote.

Three Republican Board members on the committee voted against the measure, including Executive Committee Chair John Frieders from District 12, Kathy Lampkins from District 2 and Roy Plote from District 11.

Before the vote, Plote – whose constituents include Shabbona Township residents – asked to have DeKalb County State’s Attorney Rick Amato look over the congratulatory resolution before the DeKalb County Board meeting May 15.

Campbell argued other resolutions are brought to a full board vote without that step, or while the review is pending.

“We have routinely had resolutions for amendments to county code, and various things that have actual weight of law that we review in executive committee – and somebody questions some of the language or asks the state’s attorney, and we forward it on pending that review. And to stop this because of that, I’m sorry, is disingenuous,” Campbell said. “Now this is a resolution congratulating somebody of something, this has no weight of law. This is us saying that

To be eligible for induction, students must have completed at least 12 credit hours toward an associate degree and earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher. Inductees must maintain high academic standing while enrolled at Kishwaukee College. Membership is by invitation only. Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in higher education. The society recognizes community college students’ academic achievements and provides opportunities to grow as scholars and leaders. For information, call 815-825-9484 or email tanderson@kish.edu.

we recognize a historic injustice has moved forward toward justice, and there shouldn’t be a reason to not say congratulations to people that accomplished that.”

Frieders said he’s worried the county is being put in the middle, between Shabbona residents and the Potawatomi Nation. Lampkins pondered aloud the difference between a symbolic vote of congratulations and an endorsement from the County Board.

Patrick Deutsch, from District 2, was the first Republican up to vote in the roll call, and was the lone member of his party to vote in favor of sending the resolution to the DeKalb County Board.

Before the vote commenced, Webb stressed the significance of the first federally recognized reservation in Illinois being within DeKalb County.

“This is historic. I don’t care where you’re at on this issue,” Webb said. “This is someone that is claiming back what was taken, all of us should feel some sense of endearment, satisfaction and congratulatory spirit and it would be shameful if someone sitting here doesn’t feel that.”

Photo provided by Kishwaukee College Kishwaukee College recently welcomed 32 new members to the Alpha Rho Eta chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society for the 2023-24 academic year. Tim Anderson (from left), Anna Ratliff, James Dreska, Benjamin Dries, Andrea Weitenbeck, Grace Barnes, Kalyn Brackemyer, Silvina Vargas, Angela Trujillo and Minerva Sandoval are seen April 17 during a candle-lighting ceremony at the college.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DEKALB COUNTYSYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

Nationstar Mortgage LLC

PLAINTIFF

Vs Deanna Y. Griffiths; et al DEFENDANTS

No 2023FC000108

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 02/22/2024 the Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois will on June 13, 2024 at the hour of 1:00 PM at Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Sycamore IL 60178, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of DeKalb and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 06-31-402-066

the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all info rmation.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDAN CE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-23-06256. I3242994

subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 ho urs, by certified funds No refunds The property will NOT be open for inspection.

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Defendants, 22 FC 96

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Defendants, 22 FC 96

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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause the Sheriff of DeKalb County will on Thursday, June 13, 2024, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., DeKalb County Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 19-26-277-003.

Commonly known as 939 N. Wolfe St., Sandwich, IL 60548

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause the Sheriff of DeKalb County will on Thursday, June 13, 2024, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., DeKalb County Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 19-26-277-003. Commonly known as 939 N. Wolfe St., Sandwich, IL 60548

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act.

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For information call Mr James P. Palazzolo at Plaintiff's Attorney, Potestivo & Associates, P.C., 223 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (248) 853-4400 ext 1200. 315652 ADC SHERIFF I3243330

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Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxe s, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure take s place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4)

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALBSYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Planet Home Lending, LLC Plaintiff vs Kathy L. Ehr; Brian K. Hausler; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants, 22 FC 96

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause the Sheriff of DeKalb County will on Thursday June 13, 2024, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., DeKalb County Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: THE EAST HALF OF LOTS 5 AND 6 IN BLOCK 2 OF CHAMPLIN'S AND HOTTE'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANDWICH, DEKALB COUNTY ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 19-26-277-003. Commonly known as 939 N. Wolfe St Sandwich, IL 60548 The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds balance within 24 ho urs, by certified funds No refunds The

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 02/22/2024 the Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois will on June 13, 2024 at the hour of 1:00 PM at Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Sycamore IL 60178, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of DeKalb and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: UNIT 1 IN BUILDING 11 OF FOX BRIAR CONDOMINIUMS AS DELINEATED ON THE SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PARCEL OF REAL ESTATE: PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 31 TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN DEKALB COUNTY ILLINOIS, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT C TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP AND BY-LAWS, EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS AND COVENANTS FOR FOX BRIAR CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. 94014669 AS SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTER EST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS

PIN 06-31-402-066

Improved with Condo/Townhouse COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 572 South Peace Road Sycamore, IL 60178

Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxe s, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all info rmation.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDAN CE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-23-06256. I3242994

Published in The MidWeek, May 1, 8, 15, 2024

PUBLIC NOT ICE INVITATION FOR BIDS Kish waukee College is receiving Bids for Concrete Sidewalk Expansion. Bid documents may be found on the College Website link: http:// www.kish.edu/rfp Closing da te for Bids will be June 12, 2024 at 10am, at which time the sealed requests will be opened. Any specific questions should be directed to: Kris Rissman Director of Campus Operations Kishwaukee College 21193 Malta Road Malta, IL 60150 krissman@kish.edu

(Published in the Daily Chronicle & The Midweek May 15, 2024) 2163523