Month: October 2021

Local State Representative Dan Swanson honored by the Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts. He has received the IAFPD 2021 Don L. Moffitt Legislator of the Year Award. Swanson has worked on a number of [FULL STORY]

Dennis Palmer, D.O., who has been serving the health needs of Aledo and Mercer County residents since 1976, has received the Rural Physician Lifetime of Service Award from the Illinois Rural Health Association. In a [FULL STORY]

Mercer County has been issued a tentative property assessment equalization factor of 0.9797, according to David Harris, Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue. The property assessment equalization factor, often called the “multiplier”, is the [FULL STORY]

An Aledo preservation project being recognized this month by Landmarks Illinois. The former Mercer Carnegie Library property is receiving an Adaptive Use Award says Landmarks Illinois CEO Frank Butterfield.  The building is now home to [FULL STORY]