Month: March 2026

Incumbent Mercer County Treasurer Bev Lower has won the Republican primary election for the position. Lower defeated Mindy King in the primary election by a margin of 1,140-851 on Tuesday. No Democrats ran in the [FULL STORY]

Casey Switzer has won the Republican primary election for Mercer County Sheriff. Swizter, a long-time deputy for the department, defeated Clayton Brendal and Thomas Smith in the primary election on Tuesday. Switzer won with 940 [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County School District has named Stacey Day its deputy superintendent. Day returns to the Mercer County School District after serving as Mercer County High School principal from 2014-2022. She previously worked as a [FULL STORY]

Voters in the New Boston-Eliza Fire Protection District will decide on a proposed ambulance tax aimed at restoring an ambulance service to the district in Tuesday’s primary election. Voters in the New Boston-Eliza Fire Protection [FULL STORY]

Mercer County voters will be electing a new sheriff during Tuesday’s primary election. The three candidates, Casey Switzer, Thomas Smith, and Clayton Brendal, are all running in the Republican primary. Switzer and Brendal are both [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County School District has scheduled a special school board meeting to hire a deputy superintendent this week. The meeting scheduled for Tuesday lists creating a deputy superintendent position and hiring a deputy superintendent/superintendent [FULL STORY]

UPDATE: This event has been canceled due to the weather. An Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate is hosting a rally in Galesburg with local candidates for U.S. Representative, state representative, and state senate on Monday. Darren [FULL STORY]