Month: September 2021

The Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation showing support for the Mercer County Mental Health Action Program. A grant awarded over three years will partially fund salaries for two mental health case managers in the Mercer County and [FULL STORY]

Mercer County School District enrollment remains steady. An update from Unit 404 Superintendent Scott Petrie. Prior to the Aledo-Westmer consolidation, this year’s enrollment was projected at 1,054, and again, current enrollment sits at 1,285 students.

A Quad Cities man arrested on a Mercer County forgery warrant. 35-year-old Walter M. Howard of Davenport was extradited from the Scott County Jail on Monday. He is being held in the Mercer County Jail [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County Health Department now accepting appointments for the Pfizer COVID booster. They will typically give out the booster on Tuesdays going forward. The guidelines on the booster are now out from the CDC [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County Family Crisis Center hosting a bike ride this weekend to bring awareness to domestic violence. The Break the Cycle of Domestic Violence Ride is Saturday morning. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month [FULL STORY]

A former Aledo resident happy to be playing a key role in another downtown Aledo project. W.J. Albertson acquired the former Aledo Jr. High property, which is being transferred to the Rock Island Economic Growth [FULL STORY]

The City of Aledo receiving $466,000 in Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery funding. Mayor Chris Hagloch says the city council must determine how to use that money. Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos announcing over the weekend [FULL STORY]