Ball State Cardinals (9-9, 3-3 MAC) at Northern Illinois Huskies (4-14, 0-6 MAC) DeKalb, Illinois; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Northern Illinois will try to break its six-game skid when the Huskies take on Ball State.

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Illinois hosts Ball State after Chelby Koker scored 23 points in Northern Illinois' 78-70 win against the Eastern Michigan Eagles. The Huskies are 3-5 on their home court. Northern Illinois is second in the MAC with 25.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Brooke Stonebraker averaging 5.6.

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) Brant Byers' 17 points off of the bench and Miami (Ohio) beat Northern Illinois 84-69 on Tuesday night for its sixth straight victory. Byers shot 5 for 7 from beyond the arc for the RedHawks (12-4, 4-0 Mid-American Conference).

Northern Illinois University recently announced its dean's list for the fall 2024 semester. The list honors students with a minimum semester GPA of 3.5 in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology or a minimum GPA of 3.

As some northern Illinois counties fall under an Extreme Cold Warning, some school districts have announced they will be closed on Tuesday. Stephenson, Jo-Daviess, and Carroll County in northern Illinois as well as Green,

According to the drought monitor map, much of northern Illinois is in a moderate drought. “This is an awful time of the year for monitoring drought because it’s winter,” Ford said. “The drought we’re experiencing is mainly a result of an extremely dry September and October.” It was dry in a lot of Illinois last spring.

Jakobi Heady's 16 points helped Central Michigan defeat Northern Illinois 71-66 on Saturday. Heady also added nine rebounds for the Chippewas (8-9, 2-3 Mid-American Conference). Cayden Vasko scored 15 points and added five assists.

Area students attending Northern Illinois University have been named to Northern Illinois University’s fall 2024 Dean’s List.

Police agencies in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, including Rockford, DeKalb, Beloit, and Janesville, issued policy statements on immigration enforcement to address questions from the region’s migrant community in the wake of President Donald Trump’s return to office.

Miami (OH) RedHawks (11-4, 3-0 MAC) at Northern Illinois Huskies (4-11, 0-3 MAC) DeKalb, Illinois; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: RedHawks -13; over/under is 146.5 BOTTOM LINE ...

Northern Illinois and Western Michigan will square off in a matchup of MAC opponents. The teams square off Saturday for the first time this season.

Northern Illinois head coach Thomas Hammock has enjoyed quite the year. Not only did his Huskies pull off the upset of the season in their win over Notre Dame, a win that provided quite the spotlight for his program the next several weeks,