Athletes in Action tracks players with ties to local communities as they compete at the collegiate level. The following football players will compete during the week of September 21 to September 28.
In a year when 91 percent of Hinckley-Big Rock High School seniors graduated on time, 13 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
Northern Illinois University football brought in $71,108 per athlete in revenue in 2016, making it the third highest-grossing football program in the state that year, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of U.S. Department of Education data.
In a year when 90 percent of Somonauk High School seniors graduated on time, 32 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
In a year when 95 percent of Sycamore High School seniors graduated on time, 36 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
Shabbona Fire Protection Department, Somonauk Fire Protection District and Malta Fire Protection District reported responding to the most vehicle fire incidents per capita in DeKalb County in 2017, according to the latest state report.
Dekalb Community Unit School District 428 was among those in Illinois that reported the highest rate of boys suspended for any reason during the 2016-17 school year, according to the latest report from the Illinois State Board of Education.