The federal case against two men arrested on child porn charges in Mercer County has been continued to later this month. Pre-trial conferences for Aaron Beauchamp of Matherville and William Ashby of East Moline will be held April 18th at…
Efforts continue to raise funds for a dog park to be built in Viola. A fundraiser is planned for this weekend with Joanne Heil leading the charge. The proposed dog park would be constructed near the Viola Cemetery.
A Henderson County couple is dead after striking equipment that had fallen off a trailer along U.S. 34 in Galesburg. The equipment had struck the underside of an overpass last night. A vehicle traveling behind the trailer was unable to avoid…
A Western Illinois state lawmaker wants to see a contractor reimburse a number of townships for damages caused to roads during a power line project over the winter. State Representative Dan Swanson says a couple of road commissioners put damage…
A Mercer County woman identified as the highway maintenance worker killed in an accident in Davenport earlier this week. 54 year old Jacklyn Ferguson of New Windsor died Monday night at Genesis Medical Center in Davenport after her pick-up truck…
Aledo Police Chief Chris Sullivan hopes to have additional community meetings in the future. He hosted two last month. The meetings were March 23rd geared toward the business community and then March 30th for other interested parties.
Incumbents retain their seats on both the Sherrard and Mercer County School Boards. The winners in the Sherrard School District on Tuesday night were Rhys Fullerlove, Kimberly DeBlock, Dan Helm and Troy Wolford. The results include precincts in both Rock…
There were seven contested races for Township Road Commissioners throughout Mercer County Tuesday night. The winners were Dan Cheline in North Henderson Township; Donald Fowler in Rivoli Township; Thomas Slavish; in Preemption Township; Michael Miller in Mercer Township; David Lloyd…
New Boston Mayor Chris DeFrieze won reelection Tuesday night, defeating Rodger Raine 171-to-33. Also, Joy Village President Todd Heath was reelected, defeating Kaylee Willits 71 to 13 and Ernest Dillie, Don Wilken and Paul Hampton won contested Village Board seats.…
Aledo Mayor Chris Hagloch wins reelection. He defeated challenger Ryan Maynard 667 to 273. In the lone contested Aledo City Council race, Terry Bewley wins reelection defeating challenger Patti VanGetson 146 to 69.
