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Home rule fails in Columbia
Columbia voters decided the fate of a home rule referendum on Tuesday, with the question failing by a nearly three-to-one margin as of press time. The vote tally was 1,989…
Clearing up home rule in Columbia?
The City of Columbia and a group of realtors are headed for a showdown about the home rule referendum on the April 4 ballot. A community meeting hosted by the…
Columbia learns about home rule
Columbia city officials joined residents Thursday evening for a town hall discussion about home rule. Aldermen voted at the beginning of the month to propose a referendum question on the…
Columbia hones in on home rule
Consideration of Columbia becoming a “home rule” municipality continued during Monday’s meeting of the Columbia City Council. Home rule cities are able to operate with greater flexibility as they are not…
Columbia OKs home rule question
The Columbia City Council voted to approve its first resolution of the year Tuesday night. The action will give voters a chance to decide whether or not the city should…
Columbia talks ‘home rule,’ passes levy
The Columbia City Council approved a tax levy and special use permit, discussed park rules and seated a new alderman, but a majority of the meeting was dedicated to the…
Moving back home | Mark’s Remarks
While I was in college, I lived in my own apartment. By the time I got to college, I had already been to junior college for a couple of years…
New rules for Freedom Lake
Freedom Lake was once again the primary topic of discussion for the Monroe County Zoning Board of Appeals last week following a discussion last month about various issues at the…
Hawks rule roost early on
All four of Monroe County’s high school soccer teams have posted wins in the early going, but only one has not lost. The Gibault Hawks are riding high under new…
Piranhas rule the pool again
The Waterloo Piranhas opened their 2022 summer swim season with victories already this month over Greenville and Sparta, offering continued promise for a program that displayed a return to its…
Rules? What rules? | Mark’s Remarks
Have you noticed these days that there is an increasing number of people who think the rules don’t apply to them? Because I am trying very hard to show grace…
Witness ruled unreliable in Goleaner case
Judge Dennis Doyle ruled recently that a state’s witness in the Julie Goleaner case was unreliable. According to Monroe County State’s Attorney Chris Hitzemann, the witness in question was…