Tonight’s Sherrard girls basketball broadcast from the Monmouth College 2A Super Sectional will be streaming at this link https://network1sports.com/station/wrmjnet3. Broadcast time is 6:30 p.m.
Although there are now new co-chairs in charge of Aledo’s Rhubarb Festival, the organization process remains basically the same. Pam Myers and Pam Ricke are overseeing the event and Myers says help is always appreciated as the festival draws near.…
A leading farm management specialist tells Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa producers that he’s cautiously optimistic about the ag economy. Steve Johnson is with Iowa State University. He says since last fall’s harvest, all commodity prices are up and that’s…
Local superintendents heard Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner say “fully fund transportation” in his latest state budget address. Specific details haven’t been divulged as to how that will be accomplished, but to districts like Rockridge, fully funding transportation would be huge…
Black Hawk College East Campus hosting the 2017 Lincoln Trail Conference Scholastic Bowl Meet this weekend. This will be the sixth year Black Hawk College has hosted the event, which pits students from different high schools against each other to…
An order of protection violation also leads to methamphetamine charges against an Aledo man. Clay Mitchell was taken into custody yesterday by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies stopped him in New Boston, recognizing him as a wanted person on…
The Mercer County Family YMCA hears from a national Y rep. Rob Wilkinson was in town this week as part of a community assessment. Locally, over 100 people responded to a Mercer County Family YMCA survey says Y Executive Director…
The college basketball world is learning about the Ethan Happ story. It’s something his high school coach–Toby Whiteman–knew long ago. The latest to tell the Happ story is the Big Ten Network and their series The Journey. Whiteman was interviewed…
A car fire leads to charges against an Aledo man. Jaime Vance was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon for leaving the scene of an accident as well as a probation violation. According to the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department, deputies along…
In his speech to the General Assembly, Wednesday Rauner again called upon lawmakers to balance the calls for tax increases with reforms that would signal to businesses that Illinois is a place they can thrive. Rauner said that, had the…
