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Garbage truck crashes in Monroe County
No injuries were reported following a Wednesday morning crash involving a garbage truck in Monroe County. Shortly before 8 a.m., a garbage truck crashed and overturned in the area of…
Waterloo schools ‘sock it’ to cancer
This year, Rogers Elementary, Gardner Elementary and Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic School raised the most money they ever have through the Kellsie’s Hope Foundation’s Sock it to Childhood Cancer…
Columbia receives positive audit
Financially, the City of Columbia has successfully navigated problems associated with the COVID pandemic thus far, according to an audit report given at Monday night’s Columbia City Council meeting. Jim…
Funding campaign for new pool underway
Waterloo Citizens for a Pool hosted a town hall meeting last Tuesday night to address community questions and concerns, as well as to officially kick off a capital campaign. As…
County road plans discussed
The Monroe County Board met in regular session Monday, with the primary topic of conversation being roads. Monroe County Engineer Aaron Metzger gave commissioners a review of upcoming highway department,…
Disturbance at Waterloo McDonald’s
Police were on the lookout for a silver Hyundai Elantra with paint missing from a bumper and driven by a White male wearing a gray shirt and white hat following…
Services honor the ‘strength of our nation’
After COVID-19 caused unique Veterans Day celebrations last year, Monroe County and surrounding areas were back to in-person Veterans Day tributes last week. This is not to say the celebrations…
Waterloo OKs tax levy increase
The Waterloo City Council approved a tax levy for the current fiscal year on Monday night, but the vote to do so was not unanimous. The tax levy request is…
Supply chain issues threaten feast
Between higher costs and bigger birds, holiday dinners may look different this Thanksgiving. Like many others in the meat industry, Schneider’s Quality Meats in Waterloo and Schubert’s Smokehouse & Meat…
Mixed bag for Waterloo School Board
Masks, vaccines and taxes were topics at Monday night’s Waterloo School Board meeting, with the board, building administrators and public gathering in the Gardner Elementary cafeteria. COVID chatter Prior to…