Month: March 2018

An evening of listening to community priorities and learning about community expectations has been scheduled for Tuesday, April 10th by the Mercer County Board of Education. The Community Forum will be built around a structured, [FULL STORY]

Another mural could be coming to downtown Aledo. The new one would be at the Aledo Police Station says Mayor Chris Hagloch. The new police station mural and repair of fire station mural at the [FULL STORY]

Aledo Main Street again offering three scholarships to graduating Mercer County High School seniors.  Voting underway at participating businesses with each dollar spent equating to one vote for the consumer says Main Street Executive Director [FULL STORY]

Unemployment at 6.0 percent in Mercer County. The number is for February and represents a 1.3 percent improvement from a year ago, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security.  Unemployment is also down from [FULL STORY]

The Henderson County Sheriff’s Department has made a fourth arrest in connection with break-ins to 20 cabins.  The burglaries occurred last New Year’s Eve at the Get Away cabins in rural Gladstone. Taken into custody [FULL STORY]