Month: September 2022

A local health care leader is stepping down at the end of the year. Carla Ewing is retiring as Mercer County Health Department administrator. Ewing says the biggest challenge has been the last few years, [FULL STORY]

A solved missing persons’ case in the Quad Cities makes us think of a missing persons case from Aledo. Gary James Swanson was last seen in May of 2003. His abandoned and burned vehicle was [FULL STORY]

The Aledo City Council’s Personnel Committee has recommended temporary compensation increases for Police Lieutenant Nick Seefeld, Police Sergeant Adam Baker; Office Manager/City Clerk Jarod Dale; and Public Works Director Justin Blaser. The temporary compensation is [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County Jail continues to house a steady stream of foreign inmates. Most are from the U.S. Marshals Service, but inmates are also from county jails in Cook and Warren in Illinois and Scott [FULL STORY]