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New Windsor Drill Team With Special Performance Saturday Night

August 14, 2020 Ty Taylor

We’re without the New Windsor Rodeo this summer, but the New Windsor Drill Team will still be performing this weekend. Drill Team leader Nan Martin says the free performance is Saturday night at 7:30 at [FULL STORY]

Tick Borne Illness Continues To Be Threat In Western Illinois

August 14, 2020 Ty Taylor

A couple of new threats with tick borne illnesses in western Illinois. An update from Jennifer Russell of rural Aledo. She is the executive director of the Illinois Lyme Association. You can find more information [FULL STORY]

Teenager Becomes Mercer County’s 76th COVID-19

August 13, 2020 Ty Taylor

The Mercer County Health Department (MCHD) on Thursday announced the 76th resident from Mercer County to test positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus). This case is a male in his teens. Due to Federal privacy restrictions, release [FULL STORY]

Could COVID-19 Waiver Provide Path Forward For High School Sports in Illinois? Downstate Football Coach Says Yes

August 13, 2020 Ty Taylor

WRMJ Sports Director Jim Taylor visited with Maroa-Forsyth head football coach Josh Jostes Thursday morning. The two discussed the status of high school sports in Illinois and the path to moving forward. Among the many [FULL STORY]

Three Rivers Conference Spring Football Schedule Released

August 13, 2020 Ty Taylor

The Three Rivers Conference spring football schedule has been set. The conference is taking weeks 3 through 9 from original fall schedule and applying it to 7-week spring schedule. Games would begin March 5.

Virtual U-of-I Extension Agronomy Field Day in Western Illinois Friday

August 13, 2020 Ty Taylor

A virtual field day set for this week in western Illinois. It involves the University of Illinois Northwestern Illinois Ag Research & Demonstration Center in Monmouth says Extension Field Crops Pathologist Nathan Kleczewski. The [FULL STORY]

25-Percent Of Mercer County School District Students Go With Remote Learning To Begin School Year

August 13, 2020 Ty Taylor

Mercer County School District students return to the classroom next Monday. Parents can choose between an in-class or remote learning model says Superintendent Scott Petrie. Petrie says the Illinois Department of Public Health just [FULL STORY]

Mercer County Man Arrested For Sex Offender Registration Violation

August 13, 2020 Ty Taylor

Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputies arresting a Preemption man for a sex offender registration violation. 33 year old Richard J. Harper-Layman was taken into custody on a warrant Wednesday. He is being held in the Mercer [FULL STORY]

WRMJ Interview: New Sherrard Cross Country Coach Joe Lopez

August 12, 2020 Ty Taylor

1976 Alleman grad Joe Lopez is the new cross country coach at Sherrard. He replaces Ryan Buchanan, who’s now at Assumption. Lopez has had coaching stints at Bettendorf, Alleman and Rocky and was Buchanan’s assistant [FULL STORY]

WRMJ Interview: Getting The Feel For New School Year; Many Challenges Says Rockridge’s Miller

August 12, 2020 Ty Taylor

Rockridge students haven’t been in a classroom since March 13th. They are scheduled to return next Tuesday, Aug. 18. WRMJ News Director Jim Taylor spoke with Rockridge superintendent Perry Miller about the new school year [FULL STORY]