The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is sending out a message of caution in the wake of two recent reports of suspicious interactions involving children in Franklin Grove and Amboy.

The grant provides an opportunity for the Sublette and Amboy communities to double their impact for Amboy Community Unit High School students attending Sauk Valley Community College.

Illinois State Police special agents began an investigation after receiving a cyber tip in January regarding the dissemination of child sexual abuse materials in Lee County.

Work on an 8-mile stretch of U.S. 52 from Eldena Road south of Dixon to just south of U.S. 30 will start May 11.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for April 20-24, 2026.

Almost 300 Lee County fifth-grade students swarmed the Lee County 4-H Fairgrounds in Amboy on Friday during the Lee County Ag Expo.

A Lee County sheriff’s deputy was honored Thursday for controlling the bleeding of an Amboy man’s partially amputated leg at the scene of a Feb. 12 single-vehicle crash near the Green River.

Fifth graders from Lee County attended the 20th Ag Expo at the Lee County Fairgrounds on April 24.

The investment, announced Thursday, advances the campaign to 40% of its fundraising goal.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for April 13-17, 2026.

The 8,700-square-foot, accessible and inclusive playground will provide all the traditional playground toys, including swings, climbing toys, a slide and a seesaw.

Does Amboy Junior High School have a math problem? For a group of parents of seventh grade students, the answer equals yes.

The NWS said locations that could experience flooding include Dixon, Rochelle, Byron, Oregon, Mount Morris, Amboy, Polo, Davis Junction, Forreston, Hillcrest, Stillman Valley, Franklin Grove, Ashton, Paw Paw, Lost Nation, Sublette, and Woodhaven Lakes.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lee County until 8:15 p.m. Friday, April 17.

An Amboy woman was taken into custody Thursday night in Dixon on an outstanding warrant for seven felony drug charges and subsequently charged with four additional felony drug offenses.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for April 6-10, 2026.

Food Truck Mondays, a monthly event featuring regional food trucks in downtown Amboy, kicks off from 4-8 p.m. Monday in the Depot Museum parking lot in downtown Amboy.

Amboy High School's old bleachers at The Harbor have sailed to a new port just a few miles down the road.

Isabella Yanos plans to attend a four-year university to major in nursing.

Working as a home health care aide at night, Michelle Wiemken for years had a picture in her mind. It was her own bakery, shelves lined with breads, cookies, cakes, pies and the other sweet treats she loved to bake.

The Amboy Lions Club all-inclusive park, planned for the former Amboy Junior High School site, will take another step toward becoming reality on April 13.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for March 30 to April 3, 2026.

It was a breezy and chilly day, but kids hit the ground running Saturday for an Easter egg hunt in Amboy.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for March 23-27, 2026.

The first yard waste pickup of the year for Amboy will be Thursday, April 23, according to Melissa Eisenberg, Amboy city clerk.

Amboy Auto Repair will formally open for business Monday, April 13. Owner Mike Hambley, who owned Ashton Auto Repair, is looking forward to that day. But a Sunday in late August is the day he's really, really looking forward to.

Here is a list of Easter egg hunts taking place in the Sauk Valley from now until Easter weekend.

Students in the Amboy School District will start school Aug. 14, according to the 2026-27 school year calendar approved by the Amboy School Board.

Woodlawn Arts Academy is proud to exhibit artwork from talented students and staff from all over the Sauk Valley area and is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 student-teacher art exhibit.

The Amboy City Council directed one of its police officers Monday to find information about Flock cameras and any possible grants for them.

Several schools throughout the Sauk Valley on Sunday announced weather-related cancellations and remote-learning plans for Monday.

The Whiteside Area Career Center has announced its students of the month for February.

On this episode of Talk Line, host Brandon Clark talks with Courtney Ligtenberg from the 1st National Bank in Amboy about private banking, and how they can help customers leverage those services to enhance their financial portfolio. 

The University of Illinois Extension invites local youths to participate in the 2026 Pawsitive Leaders 4-H SPIN Club, a hands-on dog training program. Sessions will be held at the Lee County Fairgrounds on March 21, April 4 and 18, May 16 and 23 and June 6.

Local youths interested in rabbits and small animal care are invited to participate in an upcoming 4-H rabbit workshop. The workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to noon April 18 in the Rabbit Barn at the Lee County Fairgrounds.

Lee County 4-H is excited to announce Project Pool, an engaging and educational event for youths 5-18. This event will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. March 28 at the Lee County Fairgrounds.

Olivia Ketchum will attend Northern Illinois University to major in music education.

Trent Schafer, 21, of Kasbeer, is charged with one count of arson in connection with the 5-alarm fire that firefighters from nearly a dozen departments fought throughout Friday

Around half of the over 200 students at Amboy High School are enrolled in at least one class, with enrollment in the agriculture program hovering right around 105 students.

"Agriculture education is big." That was not the theme but it was the message Friday at the fourth Cultivating Connections in Agriculture, which celebrates agriculture education and FFA in the Sauk Valley and the larger northern Illinois region.

An Ohio, Illinois, volunteer firefighter has been charged in Lee County with felony arson, accused of setting a grass fire Friday in the Green River State Wildlife Management Area that burned 700 acres

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for Feb. 16-20, 2026.

Cultivating Connections in Agriculture, an FFA event in Nachusa, brought together FFA programs from across the area to meet, learn and exchange ideas.

A majority of the students in Kelly Viall's seventh and eighth grade agriculture classes at Amboy Junior High School probably have never met an emu. But those students may have the chance to meet five of them soon.

OSF HealthCare has announced that Stephanie Amor‑Arteaga, APRN, will be joining the care team at the OSF Saint Katharine Center for Health – Amboy, expanding access to primary care for individuals and families in the community.

The First National Bank in Amboy invites residents to take part in National Consumer Protection Week from March 1-7.

Two area students have been named to the dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for the fall semester of the 2025-26 academic year.

Created in honor of Dennis Gillan, a lifelong resident of Bureau and Lee counties, the scholarship reflects his dedication to hard work and community, according to a news release.

Aug. 14, 2026, will be the first day of school in the Amboy School District for the 2026-2027 year, the school board has learned.

Firefighters from 13 departments battled a hay bale fire at a farm in the 6000 block of West Pines Road, between Oregon and Polo, Monday afternoon.