Western Illinois Today
WRMJ Audio: Pep Band Season In Full Swing; Rockin’ Time For Ruggles & Eagles
WRMJ caught up with Mercer County High School band director Rusty Ruggles Thursday night, the first pep band performance of the season.
Year: 2022
Western Illinois Today
Mercer County Senior Center Meets Fundraising Goal For Bathroom Upgrade
The community responds to the need at the Mercer County Senior Center. Senior Center executive director Kim Schaefer says the final push occurred during Giving Tuesday. The Senior Center is participating in Aledo Holly Days [FULL STORY]
Local Sports
Golden Eagles Drop LTC Opener; Sherrard Beats Rockridge
United edged Mercer County 24-22 Thursday in the Lincoln Trail Conference Opener for both teams. United was 4-17 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter but were able to hold on for the [FULL STORY]
Local Sports
High School Spotlight: Pickens Ties School Record With 7 Three-Pointers
WRMJ talked with Sherrard High School senior basketball player Addison Pickens for the High School Spotlight Thursday. Pickens tied a program record with seven three-pointers in Sherrard’s 64-30 win over Morrison Wednesday. She scored a game-high 26 [FULL STORY]
Funerals
Marna Jane Stewart – Services 12/5/22
Marna Jane Stewart, 86 of Keithsburg, Illinois, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister, left this world on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 – gone too soon. Visitation is at Keithsburg First Christian Church from [FULL STORY]
Local Sports
Mercer County 7th Grade Girls Punch Ticket to IESA State Tournament
Mercer County beat Illinois Valley Central 37-16 to win the IESA 3A 7th grade girls basketball sectional championship at Rockridge. The Golden Eagles improve to 25-0 with the win. With the win, Mercer County advances [FULL STORY]
Western Illinois Today
Mercer County Authorities Arrest Man For Violating Sex Offender Registration Act
Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputies serving an arrest warrant on a man for violation of the Sex Offender Registration Act. 50-year-old Chad Allen Kemper was taken into custody Wednesday. He is being held in the Mercer [FULL STORY]
Western Illinois Today
Two Arrested In Aledo Area Burglary
A burglary in progress report in Aledo leads to two arrests. A Mercer County Sheriff’s Department report reveals that 40-year-old Brandon DeWayne Biesler of Galesburg and 54-year-old Danny William Dickerson of Biggsville were taken into [FULL STORY]
Uncategorized
Skinner’s Fills Christmas Tree Void
When the Aledo Exchange Club informed the community that they lost their Christmas tree provider and weren’t going to be able to have their annual tree sale, a local Aledo business stepped up to fill [FULL STORY]
Western Illinois Today
Swanson Introduces ‘Deputy Nick Weist Memorial Highway’ Resolution
The Illinois House of Representatives adopted House Joint Resolution 93 Wednesday morning which designates U.S. Route 150 from Galesburg Main Street to the intersection of U.S. Route 150 and Illinois Route 17 in Alpha as [FULL STORY]