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Chilling temperatures forecasted County to experience blustery weather for next 10-14 days By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI jduchnowski@shawmedia.com Is this cold, blustery weather so typical of January here to stay? The verdict is still out, but it’s what DeKalb County is going to be experiencing for the next 10 to 14 days, Northern Illinois University Meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste said. DeKalb saw a few flurries about 1 p.m. Tuesday but the next chance for snow won’t be until this weekend. “The jet stream was forced to Siberia by what was left of Typhoon Nuri and as a result
of that, the jet stream is forced to drop back down to the United States,” Sebenste said. “When the air is coming from Siberia, you’d better believe it’s going to be cold.” The National Weather Service was predicting the overnight low would dip from 22 degrees Tuesday to 16 degrees Friday, with daytime highs hovering around freezing for the rest of the week. On Tuesday, the temperatures dropped from about 54 degrees around midnight to about 32 degrees around 5 p.m. While the forecast is chilly, the average temperature for
DeKalb’s chilling numbers n Tuesday’s high: 54 degrees n Warmest average high for
November: 57.4 in 2001 n Lowest average high for November: 36.6 in 1996
Source: National Weather Service this month isn’t on track to be record-breakingly cold. For the first 10 days or so of November, the average temperature for DeKalb has been 41.3 degrees, National Weather Service Meteorologist Amy
Seeley said. Since the weather service began tracking data in the area in 1966, the coldest average temperature for November was 29.5 degrees in 1995, Seely said. The warmest was 47.4 degrees in 2001. As far as snow, the DeKalb area experienced traces of fluffy flakes on Oct. 4 and Oct. 31, with a quarter-inch or so being typical of most snowfalls in November, Sebenste said. “The first inch of snow doesn’t happen, on average,” Sebenste said, “until the first week of December.”
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Football fans bundle up Tuesday night, braving the cold at the Northern Illinois University football game against Toledo at Huskie Stadium. The National Weather Service was predicting the overnight low would dip from 22 degrees Tuesday to 16 degrees Friday.
Timeline set for city inspection program
‘They fight for my freedom’
By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com
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Rocio Ramirez, of Military Warriors Support Foundation, and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (left), R-Channahon, present a key – representing a mortgage-free home – to retired Spc. Joseph Yancoskie and his family Tuesday at the Northern Illinois against Toledo football game at Huskie Stadium. Yancoskie received a Purple Heart, Combat Action Badge and an Afghanistan Campaign Medal with 2 Campaign stars for his injuries suffered during combat missions in Afghanistan. The home is in Lake in the Hills.
DeKalb County honors veterans By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Respecting veterans has been part of retired Army Spc. Tim Stewart’s life in a military family, but now he’s the one receiving handshakes and salutes on Veterans Day. Stewart, 30, returned to Sycamore in June after being medically discharged. His decade of service included deployment in Iraq from 2005-07 and in Afghanistan from 2010-11. Both trips left him with injuries he’s still dealing with today. But the most troubling came in Jan. 27, 2011, when he was thrown 300 feet from his vehicle and a turret landed on top of him, crushing his right side. “I don’t remember what happened,” Stewart said. “I had amnesia for three days, but I’ll never forget that date. That’s the day my
life changed. I shouldn’t have made it, but I did.” Stewart was among dozens of veterans honored during school events Tuesday and during programs planned around DeKalb County this week. Sycamore School District 427 schools are in session on Veterans Day, but dedicate the day to honoring and learning about veterans. Meanwhile, Hiawatha School District 426 in Kirkland gathered almost 600 students in the high school gym Tuesday morning for an assembly. At Northern Illinois University, U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who is an Air Force veteran, presented retired Spc. Joseph Yancoskie with a newly renovated, mortgage-free home in Lake in the Hills during the Huskie football game Tuesday night.
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Retired Army Spc. Tim Stewart stands Tuesday in the veterans memorial hall of Sycamore High School, where he graduated in 2003, after the Veterans Day march. Stewart, 30, returned to Sycamore in June after being medically discharged. His decade of service included deployment in Iraq from 2005-07 and in Afghanistan from 2010-11. VOICE YOUR OPINION: How did you commemorate Veterans Day? Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com.
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DeKALB – Mike Coghlan, the lawyer representing two local business organizations, said he doesn’t want city staff to serve as spokespeople for those groups. Nevertheless, city staff is meeting with members of the business community to discuss a commercial and industrial building inspection program and plans to bring a summary of those d i s c u s s i o n s Anne Marie to the DeKalb Gaura City Council on DeKalb city Dec. 8. manager “I have good news for you,” Coghlan said before presenting an ordinace from FOCUS DeKalb during Monday’s council meeting. “You don’t need all these meetings. You don’t need all this input and staff drafting, because I already met with them.” City Manager Anne Marie Gaura said officials have abandoned an earlier proposal presented in September, which would have required business owners to cover the costs of an expanded inspection program conducted by an outside inspection company. Since then, Gaura said they have met with several business groups. She hopes to have a meeting with all the groups Nov. 21 as part of a timeline the council Monday approved in a 5-2 vote. A summary of the group meeting will come to the council Dec. 8. A public hearing on the content of the program would happen Jan. 12, meaning City Council members could consider an ordinance and host a second public hearing as soon as Jan. 26. A second reading of a proposed ordinance could happen Feb. 9, Gaura said. Sixth Ward Ald. Dave Baker voted against the city’s timeline, asserting staff should rebuild an ordinance
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