The state’s unpaid bills starting to add up for the Rockridge School District. Superintendent Perry Miller released a district-wide communication Wednesday showing the district is owed over $409,000 in mandated categoricals, which support such things as transportation and special education. …
Legislation from Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos and fellow Illinois Congressman Rodney Davis aims to bring fairness to FEMA’s disaster declaration process. The measure has received unanimous support. Davis says he’s weary of seeing rural communities in Illinois fighting a…
A special use permit for a proposed rehab center between Coyne Center and Sherrard has been tabled. The non-action was from the Rock Island County Zoning Board of Appeals. The project includes a 12,900 square foot, 24-bed facility on 312…
Another delay in the federal case against two men arrested on child porn charges in Mercer County. Attorneys for Aaron Beauchamp of Matherville and William Ashby of East Moline asked for the continuance today at U.S. District Court in Rock…
Monitoring already underway for West Nile Virus in Mercer County. It starts with the bird population says the Mercer County Health Department’s Kyle Lloyd. There was one human case of West Nile Virus in Mercer County last year.
Illinois set for another festival season. And a good way to start it is with the Stark County Morel Mushroom Festival this Saturday. Duke Frisby started the event back in 2009. And as far as the morel mushroom season so…
The Mercer County Board is exploring a raffle ordinance. County Board Chairman Joe Vann of New Boston says it would require organizations to get an annual license at a nominal fee. Vann says organizations that have multiple raffles would need…
Planting was rolling along at a good pace in Western Illinois until heavy rains moved through over the weekend. Mercer County Farm Bureau president Michael Zecher on his progress so far. Other than stalling planting, the weekend rains haven’t caused…
A new sentencing date has been scheduled for a former Mercer County man in a sex abuse case. 47 year old Loren Jasper was originally sentenced to 28-years in prison for Class X and Class 1 felonies in February of…
Aledo’s Monument Park getting some upgrades. The park includes a memorial honoring the 352 Mercer County soldiers killed during the Civil War says Aledo Economic Development Director Tarah Sipes. The park was originally dedicated in 1868. It’s located just south…
