The Illinois Department of Public Health will provide a temporary, drive-through COVID-19 testing site in Mercer County from Monday, August 31st– Thursday, September 3rd. It will be held at the Mercer County Health Department, 305 NW 7th Street, Aledo. Testing…
The Mercer County unemployment rate at 8.1 percent. The number is for July and is four-percent higher compared to the same time last year. Unemployment is also higher from year over year levels in Henderson, Henry, Knox, Rock Island and…
The Illinois Farm Bureau continues to have great success with the “Adopt-A-Legislator” program. It pairs county farm bureaus with legislators from the Chicagoland area says Illinois Farm Bureau’s Mark Gebhards. The program was created in 2001. Locally, the Mercer…
Friday was supposed to be a night of high school football openers in Illinois, but not this fall. In lower Rock Island County, Rockridge was scheduled to play Sherrard, where Scott Monson is head coach. The high school football…
A threat for some severe weather Friday in the WRMJ listening area. That’s meteorologist Andy Ervin with the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities. He spoke with WRMJ Thursday morning.
A Joy man facing a Class 1 felony charge of Possession of Explosive Device. 34 year old Michael D. Ellis was taken into custody on Wednesday. He remains in the Mercer County Jail on $50,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is…
The following is from Dr. Karissa L. Niehoff, Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). How do we begin to describe the past six months in high school sports and performing arts? Strange, bizarre and…
The QC Sewing Angels have delivered for Rockridge. The group has sent over 1,200 hand-made cloth masks to the local school district. Shelli Eng of Erie is involved with the effort. She spoke with WRMJ News Director Jim Taylor Wednesday…
It’s not one or the other. You can support both says Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos. She was asked about supporting law enforcement, but also supporting Black Lives Matter. Bustos made a campaign swing through Aledo Central Park Wednesday…
WRMJ News Director Jim Taylor spoke with Suzy Bogguss Wednesday morning. The Aledo native just released Live at Caffe Milano, the rare and only live album she ever recorded, on all digital streaming platforms via Time Life. The recording was…
