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Waterloo event organizer charged
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 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…
Read MoreSaturday crash in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded about noon Saturday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 southbound at Valmeyer Road in Columbia. Responding agencies included the Columbia police and fire departments and Columbia…
Read MoreThursday crashes in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded Thursday afternoon to two separate minor crashes in Columbia. The first such crash occurred shortly before 1 p.m. on North Main Street at East Whiteside Street and…
Read MoreThursday morning crash on I-255
Emergency personnel responded about 9:30 a.m. Thursday to a crash on I-255 eastbound just on the Illinois side of the Jefferson Barracks Bridge near Columbia. Illinois State Police said a…
Read MoreInjury crash at Route 3 and Hanover Road
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 4:10 p.m. Monday to a two-vehicle crash with injuries and road blockage on Route 3 at Hanover Road just north of Waterloo. Traffic on Route…
Read MoreMonday crash in Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 1:30 p.m. Monday to a multi-vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 3 and North Market Street in Waterloo. The vehicles involved were a blue…
Read MoreRV fire in Columbia
The Columbia Fire Department responded about 1:45 a.m. Monday to an RV on fire in the backyard of a residence in the 200 block of East Crestview Drive at North…
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