A recent Mercer County High School graduate has been elected to a key Illinois FFA leadership post. Rachel Hawk will [Read the full article...]

The local area well represented at the Illinois State FFA convention this week. Sherrard has several FFA members in Springfield [Read the full article...]

The Mercer County Family YMCA has a new executive director. Sarah Brown was named to the position this week. She [Read the full article...]

A location has been revealed for a new Maid Rite in Aledo. The project was discussed at last night’s Aledo [Read the full article...]

The Sherrard School District is looking for a new high school principal. Garet Egel has been hired by the Davenport [Read the full article...]

July court dates have been scheduled for an Aledo man charged in a sex assault investigation involving two different victims. [Read the full article...]

Dollar General is seeking a TIF grant from the City of Aledo. Aledo Economic Development Director Kathy Albert says the [Read the full article...]

Concealed carry is good for Illinois, so says local State Senator Darin LaHood. He was happy the Illinois General Assembly [Read the full article...]

Mercer County native Dan Zwicker will be the featured speaker at the Mercer County Farm Bureau’s upcoming Summer Outlook program. [Read the full article...]

A history lesson offered during last weekend’s Rhubarb Fest. A trolley tour was sponsored by the Aledo Area Chamber of [Read the full article...]

Law enforcement wants people to know that July 9 is the new deadline for the state to have a concealed [Read the full article...]

Local State Senator Darin LaHood talks pensions while making a stop in Mercer County. He was disappointed that the problem [Read the full article...]

The opening of the Fenton Park Pool has been delayed. The Aledo Park District’s Jason Snyder says there is a [Read the full article...]

WRMJ News Director Jim Taylor spoke with Rhubarb Fest founder Darlene Johnson Friday morning at Aledo Central Park as the [Read the full article...]

A juvenile has been arrested in a sex abuse investigation in Keithsburg. The youth was taken into custody by Mercer [Read the full article...]