Warm temps will continue through mid-week in the WRMJ listening area and not many rain chances. Andy Ervin is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities. He spoke with WRMJ Monday morning.
Lake George at Loud Thunder Forest Preserve hosting an agriculture conservation education event later this week. Rock Island County Farm Bureau’s Tara Mayhew is helping promote the effort. The effort is this Saturday, July 31 from 10 a.m. to 1…
Mercer County’s unemployment rate is now at 4.9 percent. The latest number is for June and compares to last year’s figure of 11.4 percent according to data released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Unemployment is also lower from…
Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos has announced that the portal where small towns and cities in Illinois can register to receive American Rescue Plan COVID-19 relief funds is now open. The Non-Entitlement Units Portal will allow many of the towns…
Mercer County residents who have been adversely affected due to the pandemic can get help with the aid of the Pandemic Health Navigator Program. Hannah Lingle is one of the persons who can help you deal with a variety of…
Residents of the Mercer County School District will receive a survey to get their input concerning the district’s facility study. Superintendent Scott Petrie says it will be sent out in early August. The survey was discussed at Wednesday night’s regular…
Genesis Medical Center in Aledo has added a tele-health station at their specialty clinic. Administrator Ted Rogalski says this has been a nice addition so patients won’t have to travel as much. Rogalski also says their walk-in clinic will conduct…
Sunflower season is here. Kate Danner and her husband Jason have started Dandee Flowers on their family farm, west of Aledo. The grand opening is this weekend. Dandee Flowers is open Saturdays and Sundays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting…
The Mercer County School Board had a lengthy discussion about the district’s Return To Learn plan for the upcoming school year at Wednesday night’s meeting. Superintendent Scott Petrie says the plan right now is to make the start of the…
The number of new persons receiving a Covid-19 vaccine in Mercer County has slowed considerably. Genesis Medical Center in Aledo’s administrator Ted Rogalski said they aren’t seeing many new people getting vaccinated. Rogalski said if people still have concerns about…
