AMBOY – Natalie Pratt held up a corn cob and pronounced, “Corn is the best superpower,” to a group of fifth graders Friday, April 19 at the Lee County Ag Expo on the grounds of the Lee County 4-H Center.
SUBLETTE – The Sublette Fire Protection District is set to receive $25,200 after being named a recipient of the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal 2024 Small Equipment Grant Program.
What is the most fitting environment for the last lesson in Ag in the Classroom’s pizza unit?
On Wednesday, April 17, the officer team was elected for Illinois Association FFA Section 2.
DIXON – To celebrate National Ag Week this past March, Lee County Ag in the Classroom sponsored a coloring contest. More than 215 students from seven Lee County representing grades Kindergarten through eighth entered.
AMBOY – Dinges Fire Company is pleased to announce it has hired Tim Salo as Fire Apparatus Specialist. Tim recently retired from the Byron Fire Protection District (BFPD) in Byron, Illinois as Deputy Chief. He spent 32 plus years of service at BFPD. Tim will work alongside Orin Snodgrass, who he worked with at BFPD for 24 years, selling fire trucks throughout the Midwest.
AMBOY – The Amboy City Council meeting held Wednesday, April 15 had many options to discuss as projects are keeping Mayor Frank Stenzel and the aldermen busy.
AMBOY – Yvonne Vicks and Andrew Full began the Amboy School Board meeting on Thursday, April 18 with a slide show presentation of Amboy Junior High School testing results from STAR Assessments, Learning Renewal Interim Assessments (LRIA), and Response to Intervention (RTI).
SUBLETTE – Last month, chickens were addressed at the Sublette Village Board meeting as Lee County mentioned they may change the county’s residential zoning ordinance to include residents to house chickens in their yards.
Amboy senior Elizabeth Clarida walked across the Sauk Valley Community Stage Friday, April 19 to accept her certificate for her Pathways Education endorsement.
AMBOY – On Sunday, April 28, First Baptist Church of Amboy will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the old red brick church meeting house located at 24 N. Mason Ave.
AMBOY – Last fall, Amboy resident Kirstyn Carter wanted to try some different food. Instead of going elsewhere and enjoying by herself, she invited numerous food trucks to come to Amboy.
PERU – Over the last 1 ½ years there has been a major healthcare issue in the Illinois Valley after the hospital in Peru closed.
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.