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…
Another Lincoln Trail Conference team is going to 8-man football. The Alwood and Cambridge school boards have both approved the move for the Ridgewood co-op beginning next fall. West Central joined the 8-man ranks last school year.
The Mercer County Golden Eagles beat the Orion Chargers 46-34 at the 10 & 32 Tip-Off Classic Friday night. Mercer County led the game 21-0 late in the second quarter. The Chargers came back to cut the lead to 29-28…
The Mercer County unemployment rate at 3.3 percent. The number is for October and compares to a 4.8 percent figure recorded the same time a year ago, according to data released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Unemployment is…
The late Brian Dennison being inducted into the Mercer County High School Hall of Fame this winter. He taught and coached in the Mercer County and former Aledo school districts and was also a standout student-athlete at the former Westmer…
The City of Aledo hopes to access funding from the state’s Rebuild Downtown and Main Streets Capital Grant Program. Aledo Mayor Chris Hagloch says the Aledo City Council approved an agreement last week for engineering services with HDR Engineering. They…
Seaton native Neil Orth receives one of the livestock industry’s most prestigious awards. The 1959 Aledo grad was officially inducted into the Saddle and Sirloin Club portrait gallery last week. WRMJ spoke with him last summer just shortly after it…
A long-time Aledo holiday tradition continues this year. The Aledo Exchange Club is again selling Christmas trees at Aledo Central Park. The inventory arrived over the weekend says exchange club member Doyce Hiscocks. Hiscocks has been an exchange club member…
Dan Pearson was a guest on the WRMJ Sportsline program Saturday. He is with Fellowship of Christian Athletes and well known for his television work.
Mercer County erased an eight point halftime deficit to come back and beat Ridgewood 43-40 in overtime Friday night. The Golden Eagles were led by Kierston Cox with 20 points. She scored all of her points in the second half…
