Government
Waterloo OKs grocery tax
With an Oct. 1 deadline looming, the Waterloo City Council opted by a 5-3 vote to maintain a 1 percent grocery tax the state has left in the hands of…
Read MoreOak Hill, taxes and levees… oh my!
Monroe County officials did not wait long to install a new administrator at Oak Hill in Waterloo following the abrupt resignation of the acting director of the county-owned senior living…
Read MoreWaterloo water test issues persist
Continuing a trend since its new water plant became operational in December, the City of Waterloo announced Friday it failed to provide required water samples within the designated timeframe as…
Read MoreSolar farm proposed near Waterloo
The ramifications of 2023 state legislation promoting renewable energy in Illinois may soon be realized in rural Waterloo. Next month, the Monroe County Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals…
Read MoreOak Hill director exits among other county biz
Less than a week after a scathing report from auditor James Schmersahl regarding accounting incompetence at Oak Hill, the facility’s director is no longer employed with the county-owned senior living…
Read MoreFederal spending law makes waves
The massive domestic policy law known as the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4, and as much of the act’s…
Read MorePostage increase sets in
The United States Postal Service raised the price of its first-class stamp and other products on July 13. The Postal Regulatory Commission – the federal agency that oversees the USPS…
Read More‘Significant changes’ needed at Oak Hill
While the audit of Monroe County finances resulted in a “clean” opinion, serious concerns were raised about the accounting practices at Oak Hill, the county-owned senior living and rehabilitation center…
Read MoreTopics du jour for Columbia
While record rains in April have long evaporated from the area, Columbia officials are still dealing with the aftermath in two different parts of the city. Columbia City Engineer Chris…
Read MoreWaterloo OKs vehicle purchases
The Waterloo City Council approved the purchases of vehicles for its utilities and police departments during a brief meeting Monday night at City Hall. First was a new tandem dump…
Read MoreBost seeks audit of St. Louis mail operations
U.S. Representative Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) wrote a letter June 25 urging the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General to audit the St. Louis Processing and Distribution Center. Bost cited…
Read MoreColumbia counters in water war
The City of Columbia has filed a response to an April 11 complaint for declaratory judgment entered by the City of Waterloo in regards to water service rights between the two…
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