AMBOY – The yearly extravaganza known as the Lee County Fair & 4-H Show is returning to Amboy Thursday to Sunday, July 25-28 at the Lee County Fairgrounds, located at 1196 Franklin Road.
AMBOY – Fireworks lit up the sky Saturday, July 6 in celebration of the Fourth of July.
David Howe, a paleontologist who shares his dinosaur dig discoveries through his program T-Rexplorers, interested children and adults during an exhibit at the Pankhurst Memorial Library Tuesday, July 2 in part of the library’s Summer Reading.
DIXON – Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan is excited to announce the release of a custom smartphone application. The app will serve as an innovative way for the Sheriff’s Office to connect with Lee County residents and visitors, providing information quickly and efficiently to anyone with a smartphone.
AMBOY – Summer meetings for Amboy Community Unit School District #272 Board of Directors usually don’t have much meat.
AMBOY – The June 17 meeting for the Amboy City Council was uneventful.
The Lee County Council on Aging and Teen Turf partnered for a flower arrangement class during the last week of June.
NEW YORK, NY – For the fourth year, Amboy, Illinois based Vanguard Safety Wear and Dinges Fire Company made the trek to New York, New York to present a sizeable check to the family of fallen FDNY 9/11 Firefighter Michael Kiefer. On June 21, Vanguard Safety Wear presented a $25,000 to the Michael Kiefer Fund, benefiting the FDNY Fire Family Transport Foundation and the NY Firefighter Burn Center. Over the past 5 years, VSW has donated over $60,000 to this foundation.
AMBOY – Sublette resident and 2024 Amboy High School graduate Emma Dinges has spent the last four years enthralled in the National FFA Organization.
AMBOY – There are many programs flourishing at Amboy High School.
AMBOY – For the last 30 years Teen Turf has been helping children and families in any way possible.
Congratulations to the fourth quarter and year end honor roll members for Amboy Junior High School.
STERLING – History was made at CGH Medical Center in Sterling, IL, on May 30, 2024, when Dr. Shawn Hanlon and Josh Wade, PA-C, MS (Orthopaedic Surgery), performed the first CGH robotic-arm assisted total knee replacement with the Stryker Mako Robotic Arm!CGH Medical Center is the only Sauk Valley area hospital to offer Mako SmartRobotics™ for Total Knee Replacement.
AMBOY – Amboy Fire Chief Jeff Bryant Sr. is always a busy man.
SUBLETTE – The date reminder section on the Village of Sublette Board agenda sheet for the June 10 meeting at the Ellice Dinges Center didn’t disappoint if you’re looking for something to do during the summer.
Amboy Civic Organization assists Pankhurst Memorial Library once again.
DIXON – In a report made by Ogle County Sheriff Brain E. VanVickle, three members of the Ogle County Emergency Response Team (ERT) were shot as well as suspect, Jonathon G. Gounaris, in a crossfire Wednesday, June 12.
BLOOMINGTON – Illinois’ top newspapers were honored at the Illinois Press Association’s annual convention at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Bloomington on June 6. Nearly 100 daily and nondaily newspapers competed in 39 editorial categories.
SUBLETTE – Established in 1854, Sublette needs a proper 170th birthday or anniversary.
The Amboy Civic Organization donated a book to the Pankhurst Memorial Library in the name of LaVina Marschang.
WALNUT – Instead of dwelling on tragedy, the Monier family uses it to fuel a fight. The fight against ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
AMBOY – When you see Jessica Meusel in the halls of Amboy Central Elementary School, she’s moving fast as she’s going to her next duty as the principal.
AMBOY – Each year the Amboy High School Honors Night sees multiple kids awarded and recognized for all of their hard work whether it’s by receiving an award or a college scholarship.
SPRINGFIELD – Following the passage of the FY25 budget, State Representative Brad Fritts (R-Dixon) released the following statement.
Amboy High School announces it's Spring 2024 Honor Roll students.