The Mercer County unemployment rate is at 5.7 percent. The number is for February and compares to a 7.5 percent figure that was recorded the same period a year ago. Unemployment is also down from year over year levels in…
Dozens of employers will be available to meet in person with job seekers from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, March 31, at the 2022 Career Fair at Black Hawk College. The fair will be at the college’s Quad-Cities Campus,…
Mercer County Sheriff Dusty Terrill warning residents of another scam. He says the latest attempt involves an unsolicited call. Terrill says his office was notified of the scam call Monday.
Mercer County authorities are seeking information regarding the whereabouts of a man failing to register as a sex offender. His name is Alan Dean Secrist. He is 46 years old. If you know his location, you’re asked to contact Mercer…
A local job fair being planned for later this spring involving Mercer County employers. Darren Winsor, who serves as small business navigator for Mercer County Better Together is helping organize the event. The job fair will be Saturday, May 14…
WRMJ talked bass fishing with Mercer County High School senior Ben Bishop Tuesday afternoon.
Heavy rain in play for the WRMJ listening area on Wednesday. Meteorologist Alex Gibbs is with the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities. He spoke with WRMJ Tuesday morning.
The addition project on schedule at the Mercer County Intermediate School in Aledo, which will become the district’s junior high campus next school year. An update from Unit 404 superintendent Scott Petrie. As the school year winds down, Petrie says…
Local State Representative Dan Swanson sponsoring legislation classifying “emergency medical dispatchers” as “first responders.” According to Swanson the initiative recognizes that dispatchers respond to the same traumas as first responders and suffer from the same stresses and are subject to…
WRMJ spoke with new Mercer County Fair Queen Shalyn Lucas Sunday afternoon following her crowning ceremony at Mercer County High School.
