In the 2023-24 school year, 21.7% of the students in Hinckley-Big Rock Community Unit School District 429 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 25.5% of the students in Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 28% of the students in Indian Creek School District 425 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 31.7% of the students in Sandwich Community Unit School District 430 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
There was one company in a city associated with DeKalb County that received an FDA inspection in the first quarter of 2025, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association.
In the 2023-24 school year, 34.2% of the students in Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 35.5% of the students in Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 38% of the students in Indian Creek School District 425 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 40% of the students in Genoa-Kingston Community Unit School District 424 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 48.4% of the students in Sandwich Community Unit School District 430 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 52.5% of the students in Hinckley-Big Rock Community Unit School District 429 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 56.9% of the students in Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
There were 43 offenders released on parole during 2024 that live in DeKalb County, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by DeKalb Times.
There were three offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons living in DeKalb County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2024, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the DeKalb Times.