Mercer County Health Department announcing a sharp increase in the number of COVID tests conducted and the number of positives this week. An update from administrator Carla Ewing. The Mercer County Health Department is currently offering COVID-19 vaccine clinics weekly…
The Illinois Commerce Commission is announcing a new phone area code. The new 861 area code will cover the current 309 area code as the supply of numbers under 309 dwindles. The 861 code will begin to be issued in…
WRMJ caught up with Mercer County High School junior Rylan Marr on Tuesday. He plays trombone in the pep band.
Mercer County hunters take in 548 deer during the first firearm weekend Nov. 19-21. That figure is up 16 from last year’s total. The rest of the first weekend numbers—269 in Henderson; 280 in Henry; 738 in Knox; 417 in…
The Mercer County Highway Department being impacted by the shortage of CDL drivers. In a public notice, the department says the shortage will directly impact snow removal operations this winter season and occasionally, roads will not be cleared of snow…
WRMJ caught up with Rockridge High School student council president Kaelyn Causemaker Tuesday morning. The group led a food drive to help out the Rockridge Area Food Pantry.
The Sherrard School District naming a new superintendent. Dr. Carl Johnson will officially be hired by the Sherrard Board of Education on Wednesday night. He is a 1990 Sherrard High School grad. Johnson currently serves as superintendent of the K-through-8…
WRMJ caught up with local high school football referee Steve Spivey of New Windsor. His crew worked last Friday’s IHSA 2A state championship game in DeKalb.
The Mercer County School District is now accepting applications for the high school principal position. The job is for the 2022/2023 school year. Current principal Stacey Day is resigning at the end of the school year. She has accepted the…
A top ag education honor for a local administrator. Mercer County School District Superintendent Scott Petrie is receiving the 2021 Illinois Agriculture Education Advocacy Award. The recognition is from the Illinois Leadership Council for Agricultural Education. Petrie will be presented…
