Amboy

Fire damaged a Sterling apartment building Tuesday night, causing three people to suffer smoke inhalation symptoms and two cats to be resuscitated.

Football players from Princeton, Bureau Valley and Amboy co-op were named All State by the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association.

Kenley Wilson plans to earn a doctor of optometry degree.

Lee County voters support Amboy, Harmon fire departments' merger.

Here are the unofficial results for the 2024 November election for the Whiteside and Ogle county boards and referendum questions for Whiteside County, the Walnut Public Library District and Amboy Fire Protection District.

The measure was approved after receiving a vote of 173 in favor and 50 against, according to unofficial election results posted on the Lee County elections website.

Fire districts' residents will decide whether to merge departments to ensure coverage for Harmon area, fire official says.

A look at the first-round playoff matchups for the Princeton and Amboy co-op football teams.

Wednesday morning's fire damage was limited to Country Inn and Suites' room 102, with water damage reaching the hallway.

Sublette and Amboy’s fire departments responded around 4 p.m. Thursday to reports of a structure fire at Woodhaven Lakes, according to a Facebook post.

Need something to do this winter? The Whiteside County Extension has you covered with several classes, workshops and other activities.

A look at the regular season finale matchups for the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall-Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Fieldcrest and Amboy co-op football teams.

Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan got emotional while presenting life-saving awards to Amboy Officer Tom Lehman and Deputy Kyle Kellen, who saved the life of Last Alarm employee Roberta Glenn after she collapsed and became unconscious behind the bar.

Here's a list of trick-or-treat hours, parades and trunk or treats on tap to celebrate the spooky season.

A look at the Week 8 matchups for the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall-Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Fieldcrest and Amboy co-op football teams.

The Hall-Putnam County football team stayed with Monmouth-Roseville in the first half Friday before losing 35-14 and more football, soccer and volleyball results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at the statistical leaders in the NewsTribune area through Week 6 of the 2024 season.

A look at the Week 7 matchups for the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall-Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Fieldcrest and Amboy co-op football teams.

Amboy High School senior's plan is to become a labor and delivery nurse.

Amboy co-op beat Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland while Mendota, Fieldcrest dropped conference games Friday.

A look at the statistical leaders in the NewsTribune area through Week 5 of the 2024 season.

A look at the Week 6 matchups for the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall-Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley and Amboy co-op football teams.

A look at the Week 5 matchups for the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall-Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Fieldcrest and Amboy co-op football teams.

A look at the Week 4 matchups for the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall-Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Fieldcrest and Amboy co-op football teams.

A look at the Week 4 matchups for the Princeton, Bureau Valley, St. Bede, Hall-Putnam County and Amboy co-op football teams.

Sophomore Ruby Acker led the Princeton girls country team to a second-place finish in its own Gary Coates Invitational on Saturday, while Princeton's Tyler VandeVenter and Augustus Swanson placed fifth and sixth in the boys race.

Mendota senior Anthony Kelson won the Gary Coates Invitational for the second year in a row, while the La Salle-Peru boys took the team title. Host Princeton placed second in the girls team standings.

The Amboy co-op football team beat Galva and more football and golf results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup

Centennial, quasquicentennial, sesquicentennial, bicentennial, dosquicentennial - Lee County can observe all of them in 2024.

Alainie Wittenauer's hope for the future is to become a teacher and be the teacher that makes an influence on kids' lives.

A look at the statistical leaders in the NewsTribune area through Week 2 of the 2024 season.

A look at the Week 3 matchups for the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall-Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Fieldcrest and Amboy co-op football teams.

Here are the La Salle County marriage licenses from Aug. 16 through Aug. 30, 2024.

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Friday that weather permitting, construction will begin Monday, Sept. 9, on the Illinois 26 bridge over Coon Creek in Lee County.

The Fieldcrest and Bureau Valley football teams lost and more local results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at the statistical leaders in the NewsTribune area through Week 1 of the 2024 season.

A look at the La Salle-Peru, Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Fieldcrest, Henry-Midland and Amboy co-op girls cross country teams for the 2024 season.

A look at the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall, Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Fieldcrest, Henry-Midland and Amboy co-op boys cross country teams for the 2024 season.

Lee County sheriff’s deputies arrested Jerry W. Juzwiak Jr., 35, after a traffic stop around 6:15 p.m. Monday on U.S. Route 52 near Searls Road, south of Amboy, according to a news release issued by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

The St. Bede football lost to Tri-Valley, while Bureau Valley and Amboy co-op earned season-opening victories.

Erie-Prophetstown football held off Kewanee and a number of Sauk Valley area 8-player teams earned wins, including West Carroll snapping a 24-game losing streak in its 8-man debut

A look at the Week 1 matchups for the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Fieldcrest and Amboy co-op football teams.

Amboy capped off its popular Depot Days festival Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, with the annual car, truck and bike show. The event is also famous for big money coming from a 50/50 drawing. Bill Karper of Oregon took home the nearly $118,000 top prize.

Amboy Fire Chief Jeff Bryant Sr. said the four-year grant helps pay for recruitment marketing efforts and covers the cost of onboarding, training and gear for new volunteer firefighters.

Firefighters were able to use rescue tubes to get the victim free, with farm vehicles stationed nearby just in case they needed to drain the corn from the bin.

The Late Nite Blues Brothers will appear with the Dixon Municipal Band for the final Summer Sounds 2024 concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, at Dixon’s Page Park Band Shell.

The Regional Office of Education No. 47 is piloting a new student mentor program at Amboy Junior High School and Amboy High School during the 2024-25 school year that could help it and other districts ultimately find ways to improve student behavior, grades and attendance.

The dean’s list honors students with a semester grade-point average of 3.5 or higher. Students named to the president’s list received a semester GPA of 4.0.

Sunday, July 28, 2024, marked the final day of the Lee County 4H Fair, which took place in Amboy.

Sunday’s activities include horse novelty classes in the arena and shooting sports with the Rock River chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.