Month: July 2021

WRMJ News Director Jim Taylor spoke with Sherrard School District Superintendent Alan Boucher Monday morning. The two discussed CDC guidance released last week stating that non-vaccinated students and staff “should” wear masks when returning to [FULL STORY]

Two Quad Cities residents arrested in New Boston on escape warrants out of Scott County. 20-year-old Danielle Huston and 43-year-old Rickey Raines, both of Davenport, were taken into custody Saturday. The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department [FULL STORY]

The Rockridge School Board looking at developing a master facility plan. The work will be done by BLDD Architects. An agreement to retain them is on Monday night’s school board agenda. The master facility plan [FULL STORY]

The Illinois Department of Public Health adopting school COVID-19 prevention guidance put out by the CDC. Under the guidance, teachers and students who are fully vaccinated do not have to wear a mask, but it’s [FULL STORY]

Over 90 side-by-side stickers have been sold in Mercer County. Mercer County Economic Development Director Kasi Henshaw spoke with WRMJ Friday morning. Again, the website is visitmerco.com. The physical address is 129 West Main Street [FULL STORY]

For 4-H members, the county fair is an exciting time where they get to put the 4-H “learn by doing” motto into action. Mercer County 4-H members will showcase their projects July 12 – 16 [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County Health Department continues to offer the Pfizer COVID vaccine to youth ages 12 to 17. Twenty-seven percent of that population has now been vaccinated in Mercer County, according to Mercer County Health [FULL STORY]