The impacts of Dollar General Stores on Rural Illinois Communities is the focus of a webinar co-hosted by the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) and University of Illinois Extension. The webinar is Thursday, October 8 at Noon. You can…
The River Bend Mobile Food Pantry making a stop in Mercer County this weekend. Mike Miller is CEO/President of the River Bend Food Bank. Food distribution will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Community Bible Fellowship Church in Aledo.
An area farmland auction brings over $13,000 an acre. The sale was in Henry County says Dale Jones with Sullivan Auctioneers. The sale occurred Monday.
Mercer County VFW Post 1571 hosting a Memorial Ride this weekend. That’s Nick Seefeld. He’s helping organize the event.
The Mercer County Health Department has announced five additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the county’s total to 140 cases. The latest cases include: one male in his 20s, one male in his 40s, one female in her 30s,…
It appears high school football will remain a spring sport this season. Governor J.B. Pritzker says he has not been talking with the Illinois High School Association about moving football up to this fall. There have been several “Let Us…
A local labor union says “shame on Mercer County.” Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers is protesting outside of the Mercer County Courthouse claiming the Mercer County Board is committing unfair labor practices involving labor talks with…
The Hawthorn Ridge era coming to end this week. The golf course has been sold and is slated to become an RV Park. Paul Flint was the first ever course manager and he was joined by former IHSA state golf…
Some rain possible for the WRMJ listening area this weekend. And then some cooler fall temperatures. That’s meteorologist Dave Cousins with the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities. He spoke with WRMJ Friday morning.
The Mercer County unemployment rate at 7.2 percent. The number is for August and is three-percent higher than the same period a year ago. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, unemployment is also up from year over year…
