Western Illinois Today

Progress continues on a new fire station in New Windsor. Construction on the project started last September. Rivoli Fire Protection District Board of Trustees President Russell Robb provides an update. Robb says he expects the [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County Historical Society is holding its spring Open Meeting on Monday. The presentation will be on the Cannon Bronze factory that was located in Keithsburg. A.P. Cannon, an early Keithsburg resident, established the [FULL STORY]

A Viola business is reopening Monday after it sustained damage when another round of severe weather rolled through the area on Friday night. On its Facebook page, The Bean Field said it would be open [FULL STORY]

The City of Aledo’s Independence Day celebration will look different this summer. To honor the United States’ 250th anniversary, the city has added some new features and events to the schedule around the holiday. On [FULL STORY]

Mercer County EMT trainees gained first-hand experience by responding to a mock car accident simulation over the weekend. Nearly 25 people in the county are enrolled in EMT training classes that are being offered in [FULL STORY]

Legislation sponsored by local State Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) to expand the scope of ovarian cancer screenings has passed the Illinois House. House Bill 4203 provides that “surveillance tests for ovarian cancer” means all medically [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County unemployment rate is at 6.5 percent. The number is for January and is compared to an unemployment rate of 6.2 percent at the same time a year ago. Unemployment rates also worsened [FULL STORY]

The City of Aledo is shifting its annual Spring Clean Up to June amid an ongoing transition of its trash vendor. Due to a transition in waste collection service from LRS to Quick’s Dumpster and [FULL STORY]