Columbia provides project updates
With COVID restrictions delaying a number of projects in 2020, the City of Columbia is looking forward to resuming or beginning a number of...
Vaccine hesitant explain stance
(Editor’s note: The Republic-Times is not presenting these viewpoints in this story as fact. The objective of this story is to provide insight from...
Recovery residence vote tabled
Near the end of an over two-and-a-half hour meeting Monday night in the Waterloo High School auditorium, the Waterloo Planning Commission decided to not take...
Outgoing Columbia officials reflect
At the May 3 Columbia City Council meeting, Jim Agne, Gene Ebersohl and Wes Hoeffken were recognized for their contributions to the community –...
Langsdorf ‘privileged and honored’ to serve
In the small Valmeyer community, many public servants have been helping the village in one form or another for decades.
One fewer person will now...
IDPH adds COVID death; low turnout for vaccine clinic
The Illinois Department of Public Health added another death Friday to Monroe County's death toll from the novel coronavirus, putting the total at 93....
Night Ranger, Josh Turner headline Songs4Soldiers
Songs4Soldiers announced that country star Josh Turner and 1980s rockers Night Ranger will headline this year’s benefit concert in Columbia.
The annual concert, which was...
Vaccine clinics scheduled, but demand in question
The Monroe County Health Department will host two vaccination clinics in the next week.
The first is set for Thursday from 2 p.m. to 6:30...
Lawsuit filed in toddler’s death
The parents of a 17-month-old boy who died after choking at a Columbia child care center in January filed a 32-count lawsuit in Monroe...
Harlin reflects on service
One of the most well-known members of one of the least spotlighted governing bodies in Waterloo is retiring after 20 years of service.
Joann Harlin...
‘Get it now,’ Wagner says of vaccine
The Monroe County Health Department announced that the next COVID vaccine clinic will take place this coming Monday.
There will be a clinic with...
Man aims to keep Monroe County beautiful
John Steingruby of Maeystown wants to keep Monroe County beautiful, and he has a plan to do just that.
He recently addressed the Monroe County...