by Jim Taylor • • Comments Off on Aledo Main Street Farmers Market Opens June 9
The Aledo Main Street Farmers Market season opens next month at Aledo Central Park. Main Street manager Lindsey Dunn says local, fresh produce will be available every Thursday starting June 9 and running through the end of September. Click here…
by Jim Taylor • • Comments Off on WRMJ Interview: Going Out With Speech; Good Way To Finish Senior Year For Sherrard’s Lily Kregel
WRMJ visited with Sherrard senior Lily Kregel. The FFA secretary has enlisted in the Illinois Army National Guard. She is delivering a speech at Sunday’s graduation ceremony.
by Jim Taylor • • Comments Off on Mercer County Meth Defendant Facing New Charges While Out On Bond
A New Boston man awaiting trial in a 2020 meth case has been arrested this week for resisting a peace officer. 54-year-old Lester Ward was taken into custody Wednesday on a Mercer County warrant. He is being held in the…
by Jim Taylor • • Comments Off on Youth Code Camp This Summer At High-Tech Small Town
High-Tech Small Town is planning youth code camps for this summer at the former Mercer Carnegie Library site. To sign up click here or contact High-Tech Small Town’s Kenzi Lafferty at kenzi@hightechsmalltown.com
by Jim Taylor • • Comments Off on 5th Grade Field Trips Return To Essley-Noble Museum
It’s been several years but Mercer County area fifth graders return to the Essley-Noble Museum this week for a field trip. It’s good to have them back, says the museum’s Shannon Boynton. The museum’s spring and summer hours are Thursdays,…
by Jim Taylor • • Comments Off on Criminal Sexual Assault Charge Filed Against Keithsburg Man
A Keithsburg man arrested on a criminal sexual assault charge. Gavin T. Fullerton was taken into custody late last week following an investigation by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department. He is facing a Class 1 felony. Fullerton was transported to…
by Jim Taylor • • Comments Off on Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s In Memory Program Honors Aledo Veteran
An Aledo veteran is among more than 500 Vietnam veterans to be inducted into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s (VVMF) In Memory Program in 2022. The honor goes to the late Richard Mason Anderson. He served in the Navy and…
by Jim Taylor • • Comments Off on WRMJ Audio: Year Two For Danndee Flowers Includes Corn Maze
WRMJ visited with Kate Danner of Danndee Flowers, located west of Aledo along Illinois Route 17. Their second season opens July 16. She details some of the new attractions along with her sunflower setting.
by Jim Taylor • • Comments Off on More TIF Action For Aledo City Council
A new TIF district is moving forward in Aledo. The Aledo City Council took action on a couple of ordnances Monday night. Steve Kline is serving as TIF consultant for the city. Aledo’s original TIF was created in 1986. Also…
by Jim Taylor • • Comments Off on Highway Dedication To Honor Two Keithsburg Veterans
Local State Representative Dan Swanson passed House Joint Resolution (HJR) 28 that designates 76th Street in Keithsburg from Jackson Street to IL-17 as the “PO2 Robert Holloway and PO3 Ronald Crose Memorial Highway.” State Senator Neil Anderson was the Chief…