Local Sports
WRMJ Interview: Hutton Ready For Last Hurrah
WRMJ checked in with Sherrard boys basketball coach Brian Hutton this week. He is retiring at the end of this season. His coaching career began in 1987.
Month: November 2021
Western Illinois Today
Construction Underway For Mercer County Intermediate School Addition
Foundation work has begun for the new addition at Mercer County Intermediate School. An update from Unit 404 Supt. Scott Petrie. The addition includes five new classrooms. Beginning next fall, 7th and 8th graders will [FULL STORY]
Local Ag News
WRMJ Audio: Rockridge’s Reid To Serve As Student Moderator In IHSA/Midwest Dairy Collaboration
WRMJ visited with Rockridge senior Desiree Reid this week. She is serving as a student moderator on November 18 for a Live Virtual Dairy Farm Tour. The event is a collaboration between the IHSA and [FULL STORY]
Western Illinois Today
WRMJ Audio: Cheerleading and Marine Corps Make Perfect Combination For Sherrard’s Fern Ericson
WRMJ visited with Sherrard High School senior Fern Ericson this week. She participates in competitive cheerleading and was a football cheerleader in the fall. She has enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and will leave [FULL STORY]
Western Illinois Today
Bustos: Infrastructure Package Should Lead To More Broadband Expansion Like 2017 Viola Home Telephone Project
$100-million in funding for Illinois rural broadband part of last week’s infrastructure package passed by Congress. Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos wants to see internet service providers like the Viola Home Telephone Company receive support. [FULL STORY]
Western Illinois Today
Defense Motion Granted In Mercer County Meth Case
A judge grants a defense motion for production and disclosure of identity of confidential informant in a rural New Boston’s meth case. The ruling was handed down Tuesday in Mercer County Circuit Court by Judge [FULL STORY]
Western Illinois Today
Alexis Man’s Sex Assault Case Delayed To January
A Mercer County man’s criminal sexual assault case has been continued to next year. A pre-trial conference has been continued to Jan. 11 for 51-year-old Robert Breshears Jr. The date was set this week in [FULL STORY]
Western Illinois Today
MCHD Working On Final Details For Vaccine Clinics At Schools
A busy Wednesday at the Mercer County Health Department. The health department’s Carla Ewing will soon be offering clinics in the Mercer County and Sherrard school districts for 5-to-11 year olds. To making a testing [FULL STORY]
Western Illinois Today
Community Thanksgiving Meal Offered By First Baptist Church Aledo
A local church again offering a community Thanksgiving meal. It will be pick-up or delivery this year says Pastor Seth Bowker with the First Baptist Church in Aledo. A total of 900 meals have been [FULL STORY]
Local Sports
WRMJ Interview: Kirby & West Central Heat One Win From State
WRMJ caught up with West Central head football coach Jason Kirby this week. The Heat play in the Illinois 8-Man Football Association semifinals this Saturday at 1 p.m. in Biggsville vs. Polo High School.