Month: July 2021

Rockridge High School grad Rachel Johnson enjoying her reign as Rock Island County Fair Queen. Johnson is majoring in early child education at St. Ambrose University.

Lake George at Loud Thunder Forest Preserve hosting an agriculture conservation education event later this week. Rock Island County Farm Bureau’s Tara Mayhew is helping promote the effort. The effort is this Saturday, July 31 [FULL STORY]

Mercer County’s unemployment rate is now at 4.9 percent. The latest number is for June and compares to last year’s figure of 11.4 percent according to data released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. [FULL STORY]

Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos has announced that the portal where small towns and cities in Illinois can register to receive American Rescue Plan COVID-19 relief funds is now open. The Non-Entitlement Units Portal will [FULL STORY]

Mercer County residents who have been adversely affected due to the pandemic can get help with the aid of the Pandemic Health Navigator Program.  Hannah Lingle is one of the persons who can help you [FULL STORY]

Residents of the Mercer County School District will receive a survey to get their input concerning the district’s facility study. Superintendent Scott Petrie says it will be sent out in early August. The survey was [FULL STORY]

Genesis Medical Center in Aledo has added a tele-health station at their specialty clinic. Administrator Ted Rogalski says this has been a nice addition so patients won’t have to travel as much. Rogalski also says [FULL STORY]