Through the halfway point of 2018, 60 homes have sold in Mercer County. That’s 33 less than the same period a year ago, according to recent numbers released by Illinois REALTORS. The median sales price in Mercer County for 2018…
The City of Aledo accepting purchase proposals for the Button Building through next month. Economic Development Director Tarah Sipes says the deadline to submit proposals is August 31. For more information, you can contact Sipes at 582-7241 or tsipes@aledoil.org.
Local State Senator Neil Anderson of Andalusia sponsoring a free job fair later this month in the Quad Cities. The job fair will be held Tuesday, July 31st from 9 a.m. to Noon at The Spotlight Theatre and Event Center—located…
Mercer County residents have an opportunity later this month to learn about the Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation and the resulting Mercer County: Better Together effort. New Boston sisters Dorothy Looser-Flake and Roberta Looser left a $6-million estate gift to enhance cultural,…
Mercer County should have a new animal control facility by the end of this year. Ground was broken this morning for the approximate $200,000 project. FurEver Friends for Mercer County Animals is contributing $140,000…
Construction set to begin early next month on a new weight room and wrestling room addition at Sherrard High School. Sherrard superintendent Alan Boucher says the 6,900 square foot project is being funded through proceeds from the 1-percent school facility…
Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputies assisting the Aledo Police Department in locating an area man wanted on a Rock Island County warrant. Lucas Jacobson of Taylor Ridge fled on foot in the Aledo area yesterday, but officers were eventually able to…
It’s Bath, Illinois and the 13th Annual Redneck Fishin’ Tournament early next month. That means you fish without a pole. Organizer Betty DeFord says the event serves several purposes—it brings attention to the Asian Carp issue, it removes the invasive…
Here’s an exhibit you don’t see that often at county fairs. A calf birthing center. It’s new this year at the Rock Island County Fair and it’s the idea of area dairy farmer Jim Bohnert. Bohnert farms in East Moline.
Local State Representative Dan Swanson hosting a Veterans’ & Seniors’ Resources Fair in Mercer County next week. The event is Tuesday, July 24th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Mercer County VFW in Aledo.
