Month: May 2023

Black Hawk College recently hosted the 5th Annual T-Joint Fillet Weld Invitational at the college’s Welding and Skilled Trades Center in downtown Kewanee. The goal is to provide a competitive welding contest in a state-of-the-art [FULL STORY]

Creative arts organizations in Mercer County are invited to apply for grants from the Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation. Up to $100,000 total will be available to organizations that participate in the collaborative grant application process, which [FULL STORY]

There’s a new Mercer County School Board president. Bill Smock was elected to the position last week. Smock is a 1992 Aledo High School graduate.

An Aledo man being held in the Mercer County Jail on $150,000 bond facing a weapons charge.  20-year-old Tristan J. Louton was taken into custody on a Mercer County warrant charging him with aggravated unlawful [FULL STORY]