City of DeKalb Exploring Relocation of City Hall

The DeKalb Park District and the City of DeKalb announced that the City Council is interested in relocating “city hall” to the Park District’s downtown property at 164 E. Lincoln Highway. The former Nehring building is an his...

Looking Inside Out: An Introduction to Indoor Air Quality

 On Thursday, June 6, at 5:10 P.M., the City of DeKalb Citizens’ Environmental Commission will sponsor a presentation on major sources of indoor air pollution. The presentation will be held in the City of DeKalb Council Chambers at 200 ...

2019 Paint-A-Plug Program

Spring appears to have finally descended upon the northern Illinois region, and with the season’s arrival, the City of DeKalb is refreshing its Paint-A-Plug fire hydrant art program.

The Paint-A-Plug program was initiated by the city’s ...

2019 CDBG Proposed Annual Action Plan

The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) is a federally funded program intended to increase affordable housing, and community and economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income residents of the City of DeKalb. 

The Department of Housing a...

Greek Housing Fire Safety Act

The Illinois General Assembly enacted the Greek Housing Fire Safety Act (110 ILCS 130/1), which mandates all properties housing Greek Organizations be outfitted with a full, automatic fire sprinkler system by January 1, 2019.

Curbside Yard Waste Pickup Resumes April 1st

Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS) will resume landscape waste collections on your regularly scheduled pickup day beginning April 1.

Oversized Vehicle Restrictions

Beginning March 14, 2019, at 12:01 A.M. the City of DeKalb will prohibit over-sized vehicles from traveling on specific roads.

Safe Exchange Zone Now Available

On March 5, 2019, the DeKalb Police Department announced the addition of a Safe Exchange Zone. The Safe Exchange Zone is located in the front parking lot of the DeKalb Police Department at 700 W. Lincoln Hwy. The Safe Exchange Zone will provide a safe are...

Lakeshore Recycling Systems Launching Hazardous Household Waste Collection Program

Beginning April 2019, Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS) will offer DeKalb residents Hazardous Household Waste (HHW) home collection services.

E-Waste Collection Schedule For 2019

Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS) will continue to collect electronic waste (E-waste) from households through the winter and throughout all of 2019. December’s E-waste collections are scheduled for next week on the 5th, 6th, and 7th.

ComEd LED Streetlighting Program Update

The first phase of ComEd’s LED Street Lighting Program in DeKalb is complete. Over 800 ComEd-owned sodium-vapor streetlights have been replaced with LED streetlights.

MetroNet to Begin Construction of Fiber Optic Network in DeKalb August 1

Beginning August 1, 2018, MetroNet, Inc. will begin the process of installing a fiber optic network that will bring their high-speed internet, television, and phone service to DeKalb.

In April 2018, the City Council approved a non-exclusive cable televisio...

Fire Truck Naming Contest

Website Updates Introduction

City of DeKalb staff is hard at work maintaining and updating its website to ensure the best user experience possible for DeKalb citizens. This page will serve as landing page for large website updates and additions. The website update newsflash will incl...Read on...