Malta News

Back when Richard Sanderson was still in the service he kept his brand new 1948 Studebaker convertible with him while moving to various Army bases across the country.

Zachary Bordron, 2, of Copenhagen, Denmark, examines a metal garden sculpture Sunday at the Art at Ellwood art fair and sale in DeKalb.

SYCAMORE – A Malta woman has been charged with multiple counts of cruelty to animals after police say she starved several pets.

Fay Allen, of Malta, gets her hair cut by stylist Amie Bemis at Unique Concepts in Sycamore, Ill., on Tuesday June 23, 2009.

Editor's note: Information in Police Briefs is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department and city police departments.

DeKALB – Thousands of items will be for sale Saturday during an auction at The Salvation Army food pantry in DeKalb.

DeKalb native completes Army basic training Army Pvt. Adam S. Peters of DeKalb has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, Peters studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military ...

A dekalb county man is killed after being thrown from his motorcycle early this morning.

A Malta man died early Saturday morning after being involved in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident.

One of the four horses involved in a Route 64 trailer rollover accident on Tuesday had to be euthanized.

MALTA – Enrollment is open for Our Place, a program at Kishwaukee College for young adults between 16 and 21 who have dropped out of high school.

In a tight race, both DeKalb and Sycamore schools came out ahead in the end to win the 2009 spring semester of The Stock Market Game – DeKalb County Challenge.

Homer Grady, of DeKalb, shows off a century old silver dollar to a group of second graders from Brooks School during a show and tell at the DeKalb Senior Center in DeKalb, Ill., on Thursday May 28, 2009.

MALTA – DeKalb County is one step closer to seeing more than 100 wind turbines erected on its landscape after the county board planning and zoning committee voted unanimously Wednesday night to grant a conditional special-use permit to NextEra Energy Resources that would allow the company to build the turbines.

It's a thought that many DeKalb County residents have had since the 2009 tax bills arrived in mailboxes during the past month.

The Malta elementary music teacher, Jill McCormick, is to be commended for the excellent show, “Dateline Rock and Roll.” It was presented recently at the Northern Illinois University Music Building's Boutell Memorial Concert Hall to an overflowing appreciative crowd! Oh, such fun.

DeKALB – The DeKalb School Board approved the issuing of $142,000 in Health/Life Safety bonds Monday to repair boiler systems in two district buildings.

Family and friends watch as Kishwaukee College students take part in the school's 2009 commencement ceremonies Saturday at the Malta school.

DeKALB – A Malta man was jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail after his arrest late Thursday on charge of predatory criminal sexual abuse of a child.

The Kishwaukee College theater department held an acting showcase on April 28, featuring the talents of 12 beginning and advanced acting students under the direction of Nadine Franklin.