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Five Classrooms Planned For Mercer County Intermediate School Addition; Project Out For Bids This Summer

June 28, 2021 Ty Taylor

The Mercer County School District moving forward with a building addition at the Mercer County Intermediate School campus. An update from Unit 404 Superintendent Scott Petrie. Petrie says the district should be able to pay [FULL STORY]

Kirwan Testifies In Front Of House Committee

June 28, 2021 Ty Taylor

Mercer County farmer Jeff Kirwan testified last week in front of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities chaired by Congresswoman Cheri Bustos. Kirwan says they discussed a number of topics during the hearing. [FULL STORY]

Plans For VFW Golf Outing Ramp Up

June 28, 2021 Ty Taylor

The largest fundraiser to support the Mercer County VFW in Aledo is ramping up. The fundraiser was almost ended but some “young blood” has stepped forward to help keep the event going. This year, the [FULL STORY]

Three Rivers Announces All Conference Baseball & Softball Teams

June 25, 2021 Ty Taylor

The Three Rivers Athletic Conference released their western division All Conference baseball and softball teams for the 2021 season. As expected, the state champion Rockridge Rockets dominated the softball selections while conference champion Sherrard has [FULL STORY]

Long Time Horticulture Educator To Retire

June 25, 2021 Ty Taylor

University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Martha Smith, who spent her 30 plus-year career helping others learn to grow, will have time to do more growing of her own when she retires at the end [FULL STORY]

Mercer Co. School Board Approves FY21 Budget

June 24, 2021 Ty Taylor

The Mercer County School district saw an increase in revenue but also a rise in expenses in the FY21 budget. The board approved the amended budget at Wednesday night’s meeting. Revenues increased from $16.5 million [FULL STORY]

Masks Next School Year? Pritzker Evaluating That Issue

June 23, 2021 Ty Taylor

Is it too soon to be thinking about next school year and what it might look like when it comes to public health measures? Governor JB Pritzker says no decisions have been made on a [FULL STORY]

COVID Test Positivity Rate Hits Zero Percent In Mercer County

June 23, 2021 Ty Taylor

Mercer County has reached zero percent in the COVID test positivity rate and nearly 41-percent of the population has now been vaccinated. Mercer County Health Department administrator Carla Ewing provided the update on the WRMJ [FULL STORY]

Luminaria Walk Saturday At Aledo Central Park; $30,000 Fundraising Goal

June 23, 2021 Ty Taylor

The Relay For Life of Mercer County planning a Luminaria Walk at Aledo Central Park this weekend. Organizer Stacey Dutton says the Luminaria Walk is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Fireworks Back This Summer In Mercer County; Aledo, Keithsburg & Matherville All Hosting Displays

June 22, 2021 Ty Taylor

The Aledo City Council and Mayor Chris Hagloch confirming this week that Fourth of July fireworks will be held at the Mercer County Fairgrounds. Matherville will host fireworks on July 3 on the shores of [FULL STORY]