Month: July 2024

The Mercer County unemployment rate at 5.8 percent. The number is for June and compares to a 4.4 percent figure the same time a year ago. Unemployment is also higher from year over year levels [FULL STORY]

A New Boston man has been jailed on drug induced homicide and methamphetamine delivery charges. 42-year-old Dale Robert Woodsmall was arrested Wednesday following a suspicious death investigation near Seaton that began last May, according to [FULL STORY]

The Looser-Flake Foundation has committed $250,000 over the next five years to the Aledo Park District to support the construction of the Aledo Aquatics Center. Mercer County Family YMCA will manage and staff the new [FULL STORY]

It’s a Central Park Grooves this weekend at the Aledo Central Park Band Shell. Monica Austin takes to the stage. She was originally scheduled to play last month but was weathered out. Her performance this [FULL STORY]

Paying tribute to late Aledo sign painter Michael Clark. The Walldogs, of which Clark was a member, painted a new Welcome to Aledo mural this week on the side of the former Gun Report in [FULL STORY]

A commemorative street sign now in place honoring Aledo Rhubarb Fest founder Darlene Johnson. It’s at North College Avenue and NW 7th Street says City Administrator Mike Chausse. Johnson died last December.

The Mississippi River expected to fall below flood stage at both Lock And Dam 17 in New Boston and Keithsburg later this week. The river level at Lock and Dam 17 is 17.7 and falling. [FULL STORY]