A weekend domestic disturbance in rural Aledo leads to an arrest. According to a Mercer County Sheriff’s Department report, Morgan Welch was taken into custody on Saturday for aggravated battery of a police officer, resisting arrest, criminal damage to property…
Official National Weather Service statement on flood warnings for Keithsburg and Lock & Dam 17 in New Boston: THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT NEW BOSTON LD17. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 4:00 AM SUNDAY THE…
Mercer County School District superintendent Scott Petrie has resigned as president of the Alwood School Board. The decision was made last week. The Alwood-Cambridge consolidation question will be on the ballot in April. If approved, the consolidation would take effect…
WRMJ Sports Director Jim Taylor spoke with Brian Adams, Sam Graves and Andrew Hofer on the WRMJ Sportsline this morning. Brian Adams: Sam Graves: Andrew Hofer:
SCORES FROM 9.23.16 LINCOLN TRAIL Annawan-Wethersfield 27 Mercer Co. 20 Princeville 28 United 6 West Central 24 Mid-County 14 Stark County 42 Ridgewood 14 TRAC Orion 37 Rockridge 21 Sherrard 52 Hall Twp. 25 St. Bede 24 Kewanee 21 Fulton…
WRMJ News/Sports Director Jim Taylor spoke with Alwood High School senior Jack Bumann this morning. Bumann’s idea is now law in Illinois–allowing students an excused absence for sounding “taps” at military honors ceremonies for deceased veterans. Local State Representative Don…
WRMJ Sports Director Jim Taylor spoke with Sherrard girls golf coach Mike Kelley this morning. The Tigers claimed their second consecutive Three Rivers Conference title earlier this week.
Mercer County Judge Richard Zimmer declares a New Boston dog vicious, but the animal will not be destroyed. Instead the pit bull/terrier mix–owned by Cindy Ellsworth–will be subject to an enclosure and other strict conditions. The case involved the attack…
The Mercer County unemployment rate is at 5.3 percent. The August number represents a 4-point improvement from the same period a year ago, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Unemployment is also slightly lower from year over year…
