The Daily Chronicle is a newspaper which covers DeKalb County in northern Illinois. DeKalb County is a County located in the US state of Illinois. Its newsroom and press are located in DeKalb, Illinois, a city about 60 miles west of Chicago along Interstate 88. DeKalb is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 39018 at the 2000 census. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. History Prior to its designation as an Interstate Highway the route was known as IL 5, and before that IL 190. The paper has a daily circulation of 9,968 and a Sunday circulation of 10,719, as of September 30, 2006. [1] On June 3, 2005 Lee Enterprises completed acquisition of the Daily Chronicle from Pulitzer, Inc.. Lee Enterprises ( is a publicly traded American media company Founded by yellow-journalist Joseph Pulitzer (who also funded the Pulitzer Prizes, which are not affiliated with the company Pulitzer Inc The Chronicle was acquired along with 13 other daily newspapers and more than 100 non-daily publications. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. [2] Shaw Newspapers of Dixon, Illinois acquired the newspaper in late 2007. Dixon is a city in Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15941 at the 2000 census [3]