Month: August 2018

The exterior project at Aledo City Hall nearing completion.  An update from Director of Public Works Justin Blaser. Work remains on the north side of the building. Blaser says the Aledo City Council approved a [FULL STORY]

It’s out of the classroom and back in the classroom for 2014 Mercer County High School graduate Adam Lloyd.  He just received his teaching degree last spring from Oklahoma State University and has already been [FULL STORY]

Roosevelt Military Academy cadets return to Aledo this weekend.  1947 grad Mel Bogus is looking forward to the reunion visit. Bogus is now 88 and resides in Houston, Texas. Among the activities on Saturday, RMA [FULL STORY]

A Quad Cities woman arrested on meth and retail theft charges at the New Windsor Rodeo over the weekend. 30 year old Lindsey Rebecca Casel of Moline was taken into custody Saturday after the Mercer [FULL STORY]

The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that work will begin on Illinois 17, about five miles west of Joy on Monday (8/20). The project involves replacing the bridge that carries Illinois 17 over the Edwards [FULL STORY]

A missing jet skier from Keithsburg campground found safe. The scare occurred Saturday, according to a release from the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department. Crews from New Boston, Keithsburg, Oakville and Wapello Fire Departments, Illinois Conservation [FULL STORY]

A Joy man flown to University Hospitals in Iowa City following a weekend accident in Mercer County. The crash occurred Saturday on 110th Street near Joy. A Mercer County Sheriff’s Department report indicates 49 year [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County School District bookkeeper charged in a theft investigation has stepped down from her position. Angie Dellitt’s resignation is on next Wednesday’s Unit 404 Board of Education agenda. She had been on paid [FULL STORY]