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By Christopher Hosken

DeKalb, IL – 14th District Congressman Bill Foster - the Democrat facing Republican Jim Oberweis in next month's election - formally announced that he and others have secured six million federal dollars for cancer treatment and research at NIU. WNIJ's Christopher Hosken reports.

By Dan Klefstad

DeKalb, IL – WNIJ continues our series on northern Illinois Congressional Districts with a look at Districts 17 & 10. WNIJ predicts District 17 will go to incumbent Democrat Phil Hare. Why are we so certain a month before the election? Because Hare has no opponent. District 10, however, IS contested...and it's a tossup. Dan Klefstad discusses these races with NIU political scientist Matt Streb.

By Guys Stephens

By Dan Klefstad

DeKalb, IL – Republican incumbent Peter Roskam will likely hold on to the Illinois 6th Congressional District seat, according to Northern Illinois University Political Science Professor Matt Streb.

Roskam first won the seat in a hotly contested race in 2006 against Iraq veteran Tammy Duckworth. His current Democratic rival, Jill Morgenthaler, is also an Iraq war veteran.

By Guy Stephens

DeKalb, IL – The string ensemble Camerata Chicago gives a concert tonight (Friday, September 26th) in DeKalb. It's an opportunity to show off a new addition to its ranks. He's best known as the former member of another, more famous, chamber group. WNIJ's Guy Stephens has more: