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NFHS: Aerosol Study Offers Strategies for Conducting High School Performing Arts Programs

August 12, 2020 Ty Taylor

As state associations have been developing plans for a safe return to high school sports, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and other national organizations have been working overtime to preserve opportunities [FULL STORY]

New Face For Former Mercer Carnegie Library Building; Renovation Project Underway

August 12, 2020 Ty Taylor

More details involving the future of the former Mercer Carnegie Library site. Mackenzi Lafferty with the group Lead For America spoke at Tuesday’s Aledo Main Street Networking at Noon event. She is working with W.J. [FULL STORY]

Lost Kayaker Found Safely On Edwards River

August 12, 2020 Ty Taylor

Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputies respond to reports of a lost kayaker on the Edwards River in rural Joy. They were dispatched Tuesday night with the MedForce Helicopter also being deployed. The kayaker was eventually located [FULL STORY]

WRMJ Audio: Pandemic Causing Added Financial Pressures For Local Schools As Students Head Back To Classroom

August 11, 2020 Ty Taylor

WRMJ News Director Jim Taylor spoke with Sherrard School District superintendent Alan Boucher Tuesday afternoon. The two discussed added financial pressures for local schools due to the pandemic. Sherrard is hiring two additional nurses, two [FULL STORY]

Derecho Weather System Tracks 770-Miles; Impacts Mercer County & Western Illinois With Straight Line Winds

August 11, 2020 Ty Taylor

Learning about the weather term derecho. It happened Monday as a severe weather system barreled through Iowa and northern and central Illinois along with other parts of the Midwest. The strong winds—approaching 100 miles in [FULL STORY]

Mercer County Census Response At 70-Percent

August 11, 2020 Ty Taylor

What has the 2020 census response been like in Mercer County? Kyle McEwen with Mercer County Better Together has been involved with the effort. Mercer County census project coordinator Kasi Henshaw says an accurate [FULL STORY]

Three Year Prison Term Handed Down In Rural Aledo Child Abuse Case

August 10, 2020 Ty Taylor

A rural Aledo man has been sentenced to three years in prison for abusing a three-year-old child. 32 year old Robert Gates received the punishment Monday afternoon in Mercer County Circuit Court after pleading guilty [FULL STORY]

Swanson Hoping Legislative Oversight Committee Pushes Back On Pritzker

August 10, 2020 Ty Taylor

A legislative oversight committee meets this week to consider mask enforcement rules pushed by Governor J.B. Pritzker. Local State Rep. Dan Swanson wants the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules or “JCAR” to oppose the governor’s [FULL STORY]

New Windsor Man’s Child Porn Case Continued To September

August 10, 2020 Ty Taylor

A New Windsor man charged in a child porn investigation has had his case continued to next month. The new date for 59 year old James Pierson was set during a Monday morning pre-trial conference [FULL STORY]

WRMJ Audio: Tracking High School Football Winners In Illinois; List Goes Way Back & Continues To Be Updated

August 10, 2020 Ty Taylor

High school football is not being played in Illinois this fall, but high school football historian Kev Varney has released the list for best winning percentages of Illinois prep football programs. Click here for list.