Month: May 2021

The start of the go-kart season will be delayed in Mercer County.  Too much rain this week will force postponement of tonight’s races at Viola Boyz Backroad Speedway. Track owner Chad Kinsey recently spoke with [FULL STORY]

Plans moving forward for an addition at Mercer County Intermediate School. The Unit 404 Board of Education took action on that issue this week says Superintendent Scott Petrie. 5th graders will be relocated to Apollo [FULL STORY]

An open house set for this week to show off new projects in downtown Aledo. The event is from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday says Mayor Chris Hagloch. The Aledo City Council’s Public Property Committee [FULL STORY]

The school year ends Thursday for the Mercer County School District. Superintendent Scott Petrie believes a more normal schedule when classes resume in the fall of 2021. Classes were dismissed in the noon hour this [FULL STORY]

Illinois residents might want to tighten the lids on their trash cans. Springtime means black bears are making their way down from Wisconsin and passing through Illinois in increasing numbers. Eric Schauber, an Illinois state [FULL STORY]

A mass COVID vaccine clinic for students in the Mercer County and Sherrard school districts this week. The numbers from Mercer County Health Department administrator Carla Ewing. Nurses with the Mercer County and Sherrard school [FULL STORY]

Side-by-sides will be allowed to operate on Preemption Township roads this summer. But more discussion will occur on the topic in late August says Township Supervisor Larry Adams. Over 20 people attended Tuesday night’s Preemption [FULL STORY]