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Rollover crash near Maeystown
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 6:25 p.m. Wednesday to a single-vehicle rollover crash in the area of 4600 Maeystown Road just north of Maeystown. The vehicle, a white Chevy pickup…
Read MoreOutdoor burning calls for fire departments
Area fire departments were paged late Wednesday afternoon to multiple incidents involving outdoor burning. The first call went out about 3:10 p.m. for the Red Bud Fire Department to respond…
Read MoreMan charged after Columbia standoff
A local man was finally taken into custody early last Wednesday afternoon after he barricaded himself inside a Columbia residence as part of a several-hour standoff with police. The Monroe…
Read MoreVehicles stolen in Millstadt
Police are investigating the early Saturday morning theft of two vehicles from the same residence on Diamond View Court near Millstadt’s village park. There was no forced entry, Millstadt police…
Read MoreStructure fire in rural Waterloo
The Waterloo Fire Department and Monroe County EMS were paged just before 8 p.m. Friday for a report of an active structure fire in the ceiling of a residence in…
Read MoreJuly event organizers face felonies
The organizer of “Red, White and Blue in the Loo” held July 3-4 at the Monroe County Fairgrounds in Waterloo was taken into custody Monday on multiple felony charges stemming…
Read MoreFatal crash near Valmeyer
A local man died in a foggy rollover crash Tuesday morning north of Valmeyer. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said in a press release Tuesday afternoon that the crash occurred…
Read MoreSunday fire call for WFD
The Waterloo Fire Department and Monroe County EMS responded shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday to a smell of gas at a residence in the 500 block of South Main Street…
Read MoreEarly morning fire call in Columbia
The Columbia Fire Department responded shortly after 4 a.m. Friday to a residence on Rowan Oak Lane off Gall Road after a haze of smoke was observed in the second…
Read MorePropane line struck in Burksville
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Waterloo Fire Department responded just after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday to a call of a propane line struck at a residence in the 5700 block…
Read MoreTuesday crash in Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to a multi-vehicle crash on Columbia Avenue at Route 3 in Waterloo. Police said one person was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital…
Read MoreTuesday crash near WHS
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 7:40 a.m. Tuesday to a two-vehicle crash on South Market Street at Bulldog Boulevard near the entrance to Waterloo High School. There was road blockage…
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