The Aledo City Council has rejected all bids for selling the town’s water and waste-water systems. And an operator agreement has been reached with an Iowa firm says City Administrator Chris Sullivan. Also this week, two new Aledo police…
Black Hawk College is excited to announce that it has received a $1 million gift from BHC alumni Bob and Blenda Ontiveros. The donation comes to the college from the Bob and Blenda Ontiveros Fund at the Quad Cities Community…
Mercer County Public Defender Dan Dalton has been appointed to the bench. The Fourteenth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Dalton as an associate judge. Because of his move to the bench that has resulted in the appointment of an…
A rural New Boston man wants his bond reduced in a meth case. 52 year old Lester Ward made the request Tuesday morning in Mercer County Circuit Court. The issue will be considered at his next pre-trial conference scheduled for…
An animal cruelty case has been continued to this spring for a Sherrard woman. 56 year old Karen Plambeck appeared in Mercer County Circuit Court Tuesday morning for a pre-trial conference with the matter continued to April 6th. The case…
Mercer County is set to get a new state senator in the coming year. Republican Chuck Weaver is retiring from the position and will not seek re-election. Newcomer Win Stoller is running for the spot and has the support of…
Fire investigators in Mercer County are blaming Friday night’s hog barn fire near Sherrard on an electrical issue. The fire at the Gochee farm killed the hogs that were inside the barn. No people were hurt. Eight fire departments in…
Veterans issues will be a topic of conversation at the Aledo American Legion this week. Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos will be on hand to answer questions says George Howard with Mercer County Veterans Assistance. Again, the meeting will…
It looks like the City of Aledo will not be selling its water and waste-water systems. There are a couple of resolutions on next week’s City Council agenda that call for rejecting all bids and then approving an operation and…
Two arrested on meth charges after a search warrant is executed in New Windsor. The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department reports that 37 year old Marlena Walsh and 43 year old Matthew Walsh were taken into custody Friday. The two are…
