Area towns to light up the sky with fireworks

Amboy There will be no fireworks because of cost. Fireworks still are scheduled, however, for the Depot Days Festival, Aug. 21 - 24. Dixon 9:30 p.m. Sunday on the river. Fireworks will be launched from the south side of the Rock River near the 900 block of West First Street. Synchronized music will be played on River Country 101.7 FM. Spectator seating will be allowed on both sides of the river. Mount Morris 9 p.m. Friday at Worley Field, behind Mount Morris Junior High School, 105 W. Brayton Road. The fireworks will cap the town's annual "Let Freedom Ring" festival. They will be preceded by a parade at 2 p.m., and the Kable Concert Band, which will perform at 8 p.m. at the school. Prophetstown Because of recent flooding at Prophetstown Sta