Amboy News

Terese Almquist, Illinois Regional Publisher for the Clinton Journal and News Media Corporation was recently appointed to the Illinois Press Association's Board of Directors. via Clinton Daily Journal

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“Their three dogs are dead, and they were like their children”

Donations are being requested for Amboy residents Justin and Michelle Clayton, whose rental home at 300 W. Bacon St. via The Daily Gazette

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“I've been thinking a lot since last year about going into engineering, because it sounded more fun and I can make enough money”

The car wouldn't budge. "It looks like it will work," said Charles Atchley, professor of physics and mathematics at Sauk Valley Community College. via The Daily Gazette

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“As you develop that north end, it is just going to get worse.”

Residents on the north side of Amboy looking for an end to constant flooding on their properties will have to wait a little longer for relief. via The Daily Gazette

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“It's the younger people who should get those (organs) if they're available”

In 1927, she taught at a country school north of Tampico, and got to the job in a Model T Ford. via The Daily Gazette

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“They could call me Miss Tobiaski or Grandma, but Tobiaski is kind of hard. Grandma is just easier”

Tobiaski is in her 60s, with no children or grandchildren of her own, but for seven hours a day, she's one of 79 local grandmas and grandpas assisting scores of struggling students in the Tri-County ... via The Daily Gazette

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“We cleared 78 percent of criminal investigations. We feel it should be more than that”

Thinking about a career change? The Sterling and Amboy police departments are understaffed and looking to hire. via The Daily Gazette

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“We're trying to make students see how they're responsible for their own behavior”

Despite a protracted union negotiation that has landed the Amboy School District in labor court and a big question mark over whether the district's special-needs students will receive special-education services ... via The Daily Gazette

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“Even if he wasn't aware, ignorance of the law is no excuse.”

An Amboy man who publicly has pleaded with officials not to enact an ordinance that would ban sex offenders like him from the public library was arrested Wednesday - at the library - for allegedly using the ... via The Daily Gazette

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“I just saw a fish in the eagle's mouth!”

They weren't disappointed; nearly 500 of the white-headed raptors descended along the Iowa bank of the Mississippi River, hoping to catch a meal - and not just fish. via The Daily Gazette

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