The start of the baseball and softball post season opened with some tight contests involving our local schools. In softball, Mercer County rallied from a 7-0 deficit to beat Orion. In baseball, Mercer County scored four runs in the top…
A new TIF district is moving forward in Aledo. The Aledo City Council took action on a couple of ordnances Monday night. Steve Kline is serving as TIF consultant for the city. Aledo’s original TIF was created in 1986. Also…
Local State Representative Dan Swanson passed House Joint Resolution (HJR) 28 that designates 76th Street in Keithsburg from Jackson Street to IL-17 as the “PO2 Robert Holloway and PO3 Ronald Crose Memorial Highway.” State Senator Neil Anderson was the Chief…
Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos announcing that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded the Swedona Water Association $845,000 in grants and loans to improve wastewater infrastructure. The funding comes through the USDA Rural Development Water and Waste Disposal Loans and…
Blood supplies and donations normally run short during summer months, but Mercer County residents can help out this week. The regular monthly Mercer County American Red Cross blood draw is Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Mercer…
WRMJ visited with Rockridge High School principal Katy Hasson this week. She also serves as IHSA board president, only the second woman to do so since the organization’s inception in 1903. During her term as IHSA board president the 50th…