Year: 2021

The Mercer County Fair Queen Pageant held Tuesday night. Brooklyn Newswander was crowned Mercer County Fair Queen. The Jr. Miss title was won by Ingrid Hays and Elsie Bieri took home Little Miss honors. Newswander’s [FULL STORY]

After a two-year hiatus because of flooding in 2019 and the pandemic in 2020, the Redneck Fishing Tournament returns in 2021 in Bath, Illinois in Mason County. WRMJ News Director spoke with organizer Betty DeFord [FULL STORY]

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]