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DeKALB – El Jimador Mexican Grill will be taking part in a fundraiser for Tails Humane Society on Tuesday to help care for hundreds of homeless pets.
Any patron who dines-in, carries out or orders delivery all day and mentions the Tails fundraiser will have 20% of their bill donated to the Tails Humane Society, said Rosalie Trump, event manager for the humane society.
“One of the owners of El Jimador has been involved with Tails for a long time and reached out saying he’d like to do a fundraiser with us,” Trump said.
Proceeds will help Tails in their efforts to care for hundreds of homeless pets and aid in their adoption efforts, Trump said.
DeKALB – The week of March 1 is going to be mostly sunny and cold, with temperatures hitting the 40s most days, according to the National Weather Service. Monday Monday will be mostly sunny with a high of 32 degrees with winds speeds from 5 to 10 mph. Monday night will be clear with a.
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DeKALB – Harbor Freight Tools, a hardware supply retailer, will be opening a new store in DeKalb this summer.
Craig Hoffman, Harbor Freight’s director of corporate communications, said the opening date for the company’s 34th location in Illinois is not set yet, but said the company is aiming for early summer.
The new 17,000 square foot store will be located at 2569 Sycamore Road, in the space previously occupied by Aldi in the Target shopping center, Hoffman said.
The company, which has over 1,100 stores nationwide, will be making renovations to the building before opening, including upgrading the loading dock and gutting the interior, Hoffman said.
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DeKALB – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth said she believed the democratic system in the U.S. is already strong, but had been tested by recent events while speaking at the first lecture of NIU’s “Rebuilding Democracy” series. Duckworth, a first-term Democrat, spoke at the lecture Thursday via Zoom. She said the democratic process could be strengthened.