AMBOY – For the 26th time the Amboy Fire Protection District was able to successfully improve the skills of firefighters from Illinois and departments in other states during its Amboy Fire & Extrication School held on Friday and Saturday, April 12-13.
AMBOY – The Amboy City Park will have an additional attraction this spring.
AMBOY – For the last few years, the Amboy Lion’s Club has been interested in further developing parks in Amboy.
A 35-acre timber fire engulfed property on Halligan and McCoy Road in Amboy. There were no injuries or fatalities.
AMBOY – When Barb Harrison bought The Last Alarm on April 1, 2004, it wasn’t an April Fool’s Day joke.
Elizabeth Clarida was named the First National Bank in Amboy Student of the Month for April.
A tradition started in 1997, honoring a loved one’s memory by naming a street after them, is being done again this year.
AMBOY – There will be a large gathering at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 at Amboy Central Elementary School.
AMBOY – At the beginning of March two boxes found their way into Amboy High School.
The Amboy Lion’s Club held its annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 30 at Amboy City Park.
AMBOY – Lee County Farm Bureau (CFB) recently joined forces with Lee County Ag in the Classroom (AITC), Regional Office of Education (ROE) #47, and Facilitating Coordination in Agriculture Education (FCAE) to co-host a symposium aimed at bolstering agriculture education in the region.
AMBOY – The March 18 Amboy City Council Meeting was full of positivity and optimism since it addressed fun and exciting city projects.
AMBOY – Amboy Community Unit School District #272 is similar to most education districts where they’d like to see students and staff blossom with opportunities.
AMBOY – If you asked Joe Heavner where he spent his summer vacations, he wouldn’t say Disney World, a secluded tropical island, or a music festival.
Maurice Zimmerlein, the president of the Sublette Farm Toy & Antique Tractor Show Board, said the turnout for both Saturday, March 16 and Sunday, March 17 were fantastic. The buildings were full to the brim with farm toy shoppers and onlookers while each of the approximate 120 tractors were examined. Ethan Orzech’s model train display was also a hit.
SUBLETTE – Sublette Village President John Stenzel had something he wanted to address at the March 11 Sublette Village Board meeting at the Ellice Dinges Center.
DIXON – On March 15, 2024, at approximately 3:26 P.M., Deputies from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on IL Rt. 26 near South Eldena Rd. in rural Dixon, Lee County, Illinois. The vehicle was pulling a small utility trailer with no visible registration.
AMBOY – On March 15, 2024, at approximately 3:24 P.M, Deputies from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of US Route 30 and US Route 52, in rural Amboy, Lee County, Illinois.
Mike Anderson, holding scissors on left, and Mary Anderson, fourth from left, recently cut the ribbon for Laundry on Main along with Amboy Mayor Frank Stenzel, holding scissors on right, and Amboy Aldermen.
SUBLETTE – During the 1990s and the early 2000s, Max Armstrong spent many second weekends of March at the Sublette Farm Toy & Antique Tractor Show.
SUBLETTE – Albert Borell isn’t going to be at the Sublette Farm Toy & Antique Tractor Show in its entirety on Saturday and Sunday.
AMBOY — Brennan Blaine, son of Brian and Amanda Blaine, has been named The First National Bank in Amboy Student of the Month for March.
OTTAWA – As part of an ongoing commitment to transform, preserve and sustain evolving health care along the entire I-80 corridor, OSF HealthCare plans to build a new inpatient hospital in Ottawa, Ill.
AMBOY – The City of Amboy was in a promoting mood during its Monday, Feb. 19 meeting.
SPRINGFIELD – More than 400 Illinois Farm Bureau members gathered in Springfield for IFB’s Governmental Affairs Leadership Conference (GALC) on Feb. 20. Local, state, and national political leaders and legislators met with Farm Bureau leaders from across the state, including six members of Lee County Farm Bureau to discuss IFB’s 2024 legislative priorities.