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Examining COVID claims

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As the coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the world, it has had far-ranging and disparate effects. One of those has been the spread of misinformation about...

COVID cases continue

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Monroe County recorded 75 COVID-19 cases over the past week, bringing the overall total to 291 cases and 13 deaths. Eleven new cases were added...

Tracing tracks from Waterloo’s past

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BY JOEY BIRRITTIER On June 15, hundreds of people gathered near the Monroe County Courthouse for “Waterloo Speaks” to protest racial inequality and police misconduct. The...

Fair set records in recent years

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Editor’s note: This is the third and final entry in our series looking back through the history of the Monroe County Fair, which was...

New library director oversees change

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It has been a year of change at Morrison-Talbott Library in Waterloo. In addition to changes in service due to COVID-19, construction of a major...

Efforts continue for PDR, fort

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Those who want to see Prairie du Rocher carry on for another 300 years received some help from U.S. Congressman Mike Bost when he...

No reprieve from virus

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Monroe County has recorded 41 new coronavirus cases in the past nine days, bringing the county’s overall total to 232 cases and 13 deaths...

Fair’s growth continued into ‘90s

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Editor’s note: This is the second entry of our three-part series looking back through the history of the Monroe County Fair, which was canceled...

COVID cases spike in and around Monroe County

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Monroe County just experienced its largest single-week jump in coronavirus cases since late March and early April, with more than 50 new cases reported...