Business
Evergreen Pointe growing quickly near Oak Hill
If you haven’t driven past the Oak Hill senior care center recently, you’re in for a surprise next time you do. After weeks of earnest site preparation, excavation, concrete pad…
Read MoreFast Fitness Boot Camp coming to Waterloo
Valerie Skinner and her husband, Chad, started Fast Fitness Boot Camp in 2011 to give people a unique group workout and fat loss experience. With two locations in Glen Carbon…
Read MoreReward offered in jewelry store burglary
A $2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in connection with the Dec. 20 smash-and-grab burglary at JSR Jewelry in Waterloo. Waterloo police were dispatched at…
Read MoreUrgent care returning to Monroe County
Monroe County will soon be home to an urgent care medical facility again. Gateway Urgent Care is scheduled to open on the first floor of the new, five-story 11 South…
Read MoreMystic Oak rebuilds after devastating fire
Shortly after a devastating fire engulfed old log cabins and destroyed 40 golf carts at Mystic Oak golf course, the Waterloo business began to pick up the remnants and rebuild.…
Read MoreFilm shot in Columbia is Henderson’s Last
A movie filmed last year in Columbia took on added significance last week, as it will be the last to feature TV and film icon Florence Henderson. Henderson, who stars…
Read MoreCEO program pairs students with mentors
As soon as entrepreneur Matt Heck learned about Monroe County high school students joining the Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities program in the spring, he knew he wanted to get involved. “I…
Read MoreNew group energizing economic development
If anyone claims they can spend an hour with Edie Koch, the new executive director of the Monroe County Economic Development Corporation, and not come away excited, they are just…
Read MoreMedicaid effect hurting local pharmacies
Khoury Pharmacy shut down its Dupo location Nov. 12 after a reduction in Medicaid reimbursements wouldn’t allow it to keep operating in town. To elaborate, pharmacy owner Paul Khoury said…
Read MoreFamily ends 60-year run at Hecker Feed Service
The towering grain elevators and blue-and-white Hecker Feed Service sign have been a way of life in the village for 60 years. Call it a sign of the times, but…
Read MoreHopskeller heavily damaged by fire
A downtown Waterloo microbrewery that has only been open about a month suffered substantial damage during a fire that broke out Sunday morning. The Waterloo and Columbia fire departments responded…
Read MoreMeeting held on proposed new I-255 interchange
An open house public meeting took place last Wednesday in the Dupo High School cafeteria about the proposed design of a new I-255 interchange at Imbs Station Road, located about…
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