Baby boom: 8 members of DeKalb, Illinois fire department welcome babies within months. By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team. ... -- There must be something in the water in DeKalb, Illinois!

This weekend in DeKalb, Illinois thousands will attend a meeting called "Witness Our Welcome" which is the largest ecumenical gathering of welcoming churches and individuals ever held.

Rubi Kumar and his wife, Suvarchala, arrived at DeKalb’s International Welcome Center at 8:30 a.m. Monday to register their 9-year-old daughter for the upcoming school year.