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Real Estate Transactions | Dec. 22-26, 2025
The location of real estate transactions with only the parcel number listed may be viewed be entering the number on the Monroe County GIS website ‘Parcel Viewer.’ All transactions may…
Brush fire near Paderborn
The Hecker Fire Department responded shortly before 4:55 p.m. Tuesday to an out-of-control brush fire in the backyard of a farm property in the 4600 Mueth Road north of Paderborn…
Tuesday brush fire near Columbia
The Columbia Fire Department responded shortly before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to a brush fire reported in the 1900 block of Columbia Quarry Road. The fire, reported to be about a…
CFD called to Columbia substation
The Columbia Fire Department responded shortly before 3 p.m. Monday to a small explosion heard at the Ameren substation in the 200 block of North Briegel Street, resulting in a…
Structure fire at farm near Red Bud
Multiple departments responded shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday to a large machine shed fire at a farm in the 8500 block of LL Road north of Brickey Road near Red…
2025 Year in Review
January The City of Waterloo announced the opening of its new water treatment facility in late December. The new city service was described as a comprehensive infrastructure project that also…
Weilbacher retires from KRPD
The Kaskaskia Regional Port District has changed a great deal in the past 15 years, increasing tonnage and traffic drastically and cementing itself as both a core part of the…
New year, new laws
In 2025, Illinois lawmakers passed over 460 new laws. Courtesy of Capitol News Illinois and illinoislegalaid.org, below are several key laws going into effect in 2026. Unless otherwise noted, these…
Local school FOIA policies challenged
A St. Louis attorney and his acolytes have brought a mission of judicial reform to Southern Illinois, and Monroe County school districts are the latest public entities being used to…
Vocation, renovation talk in Columbia
Presentations concerning vocational training and a student organization focused on friendship dominated much of the Columbia School Board’s December meeting earlier this month, though the final tax levy for the…