Month: April 2017

WRMJ and the Relay For Life of Mercer County team up for a Radiothon and raise $3,500 for the effort. Organizer Mary Flint says plenty of pledges were made Monday from 6 a.m. to 1 [FULL STORY]

Mercer County Crime Stoppers seeking information regarding a break-in to an Aledo area business. The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department and Aledo Police Department responded to Hyett Furniture/Radio Shack Monday morning at 5:30 a.m. after receiving [FULL STORY]

WRMJ News Director Jim Taylor spoke with Rockridge High School Vocal Director Curtis Fischer-Oelschlaeger this morning. The school claimed its third straight state title in the IHSA music sweepstakes over the weekend.  

A group of Sherrard High School students earning statewide recognition for a teen dating violence awareness video they produced. The “NO MORE Teen Dating Abuse Video Challenge” competition was through the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic [FULL STORY]

As a Mercer County woman awaits trial in a meth case, a plea date has been scheduled for her attorney charged in a separate controlled substance case in Rock Island County. 45 year old John [FULL STORY]

The Sherrard Board of Education has approved three year contracts for all building administrators. The action taken earlier this week and includes Sherrard Elementary School principal Konnie Fry; Winola Elementary principal Kari Roberts; Sherrard Junior [FULL STORY]

The Rockridge FFA judging team wins the Section 4 FFA Livestock Judging Contest. Eliza Lilliman was 1st Overall Novice Individual, Carter Gualey was 5th Overall Novice Individual, and Mia Freyermuth was 7th Overall Novice Individual. [FULL STORY]