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AMBOY – The annual spectacle known as the Amboy High School Prom took place Saturday, May 3.

DIXON – At approximately 7:06 p.m. Sunday, May 4, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office received a call for a multiple vehicle crash in the area of Rt. 2 and Plock Rd. in rural Dixon.

AMBOY – Similiar to years past, the Amboy American Legion Post #453 will perform its traditional Memorial Day services for both Amboy and Sublette on the national holiday, Monday, May 26.

LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Sheriff’s Office announced it issued 23 citations for hands-free law violations, along with four speeding citations, one driving while license revoked, one no valid driver’s license and one other citation for a moving violation during April’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month enforcement campaign.

DIXON – State Representative Bradley Fritts (R-Dixon) will be hosting a prescription drug drop-off event from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, May 13.

DIXON – State Senator Li Arellano, Jr (R-Dixon) and his staff will continue their Mobile Constituent Services program across the 37th Senate District with ten stops scheduled for May.

AMBOY – Spring has been extremely busy for the Amboy Community Unit School District No. 272 Board.

SUBLETTE – There are two big projects the Village of Sublette has been working on over the last six months to a year.

AMBOY – Expectations have been set high.

AMBOY – The Illinois Campground Association held its annual Spring meetings on April 8-9 with a robust number of member and non-member parks represented at each location.

AMBOY – The Amboy School District is accepting nominations for the 2024 - 2025 District Staff Member of the Year and Teacher of the Year.

SPRINGFIELD –State Representative Bradley Fritts (R-Dixon) welcomed Dallas Knack and Dr. Jennifer Hintzsche to the Women to Watch Event in Springfield.

DIXON – State Senator Li Arellano, Jr (R-Dixon) is proud to announce more than $34,000 in state-sponsored library grants have been awarded to public schools throughout his district.

AMBOY – The annual spring tradition of the Cliff Walter Easter Egg Hunt took place on Saturday, April 19 at Amboy City Park.

SPRINGFIELD – Lee County has been issued a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000, according to David Harris, director of the Illinois Department of Revenue.

DIXON – OSF HealthCare Saint Katharine Medical Center is relocating its anticoagulation clinic from the hospital to the OSF Saint Katharine - Center for Health, located at 102 S. Hennepin Ave., within the Family Health Center in suite LL102.

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois wheat producers approved a measure to bring a wheat check-off program to the State of Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would tighten homeschooling regulations in Illinois missed a key deadline on Friday. But its sponsor, Rep. Terra Costa Howard, said it’s still alive — and she’s working on changes recommended by fellow lawmakers to get it passed.

DIXON – The Lee County Sheriff’s Office proudly announced the successful resolution of a significant narcotics investigation which led to the arrest and sentencing of 47-year-old James L. Ballard.

SPRINGFIELD – Last week, State Representative Brad Fritts (R-Dixon) passed four local initiatives through the Illinois House of Representatives. 

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Senate Republican Deputy Leader Sue Rezin (R-Morris) and State Representative Jed Davis (R-Yorkville) held a press conference Thursday, April 10 alongside advocate …

MALTA – Kishwaukee College selected Tanisha Jones-Robinson as the 2025 Paul Simon Student Essay Contest winner and Hilda Osei as the 2025 Gandhi/King Peace Scholarship winner.

SPRINGFIELD – Legendary rock band The Black Crowes are bringing electrified guitar strings, and stripped, bare-boned rock & roll to the Illinois Lottery Grandstand Stage on Saturday, August 9.

AMBOY– Derrek Barlow’s life changed about five years ago.

AMBOY – There was only one race on the April 1 Consolidated election with opposition for Amboy, four-year member of the Community School Unit District #272.

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