Month: May 2020

Every year near the date of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, Michael Zecher visits all third and fourth grade classrooms in Mercer County (New Boston, Apollo, Winola and Sherrard) to talk about Abraham Lincoln’s life and times.  [FULL STORY]

They’re starting to get more attention. A growing flock of turkey vultures continues to perch high atop an Aledo water tower in the southwest part of town. It’s even a subject that’s been brought up [FULL STORY]

“Something tech” is how Aledo Mayor Chris Hagloch described the future plans for the former Mercer Carnegie Library building. The Aledo City Council approved an up to a $50,000 forgivable TIF loan for W.J. Albertson [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County Health Department will be submitting dead birds to the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab at the University of Illinois for West Nile virus testing. Birds may be submitted May through October. In addition to [FULL STORY]

Up to $50,000 in TIF funding being sought for the former Mercer Carnegie Library building. The request is from W.J. Albertson and Perryton LLC. The money will be used to replace the HVAC system, roofing [FULL STORY]

The community turned out. Two local residents donated money from their stimulus checks to help put together a fundraiser for Wheeler’s Café in Seaton over the weekend and it was a whopping success. Owner Kelly [FULL STORY]

The monthly Mercer County American Red Cross blood drive set for this week and donors are needed.   The Red Cross’ Trish Burnett says the draw is Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at [FULL STORY]

Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos votes in favor of the latest stimulus bill called the Heroes Act. It passed out of the House, but faces an uncertain future in the Senate. The roughly three-trillion dollar [FULL STORY]