City/County
Legal wrangling over skate park continues
A neighbor to the Optimist Skate and Bicycle Park in Waterloo has amended a previously filed legal case in an attempt to cease activity there. The litigation, filed by Scott…
Read MoreColumbia honored for Sister Cities partnership
Columbia has been selected as 2013 Sister City of the Year by the Illinois Sister Cities Association. Ingrid Soraghan of the Columbia Sister Cities group said they received the phone…
Read MoreColumbia Main Street beautification under way
Construction began last week in downtown Columbia on a streetscape project that aims to spruce up Main Street. The first phase of the project was funded years ago through a…
Read MoreHaunted Trail: 24 years of thrills and chills
The Waterloo Sportsman’s Club opened its Haunted Trail this past weekend in a blaze of glory, scaring more than 1,000 visitors during its opening two nights. Rick McMahan, the co-chairman…
Read MoreFuture road a result of positive community action
When the Illinois Department of Transportation released initial plans for Route 3 improvements in Waterloo a few years ago, Sheila Kimlinger and residents of the Vandebrook and Stonefield subdivisions banded…
Read MoreCity getting new electric switching station
The Waterloo City Council last week amended a power sales contract with the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency and Ameren to extend an additional transmission delivery point to Waterloo. A new…
Read MoreColumbia park purchase funds go missing
An investigation has been launched by the FBI into about $380,000 missing as part of a transaction between the city of Columbia and Columbia American Legion Post 581 for the…
Read MoreHecker denies HSS occupancy permit request
The Hecker Village Board last Tuesday night voted unanimously to reject a request from Human Support Services for a special use occupancy permit to house eight developmentally disabled adults total…
Read MoreHecker mulls HSS homes
The Hecker Zoning Board of Appeals last week voted 5-2 to recommend approving a special use request by Human Support Services to permit occupancy of four unrelated adults in each…
Read MoreCandidates announce for elected county offices
Three men — two Republicans and one Democrat — last week announced their candidacies for various Monroe County offices in the 2014 election. Tuesday marked the first day for prospective…
Read MoreCounty buys new ambulance
The Monroe County Board met Tuesday morning following the Labor Day holiday, and in its first action of the month, gave final approval for the purchase of a new county…
Read MoreColumbia church hopes to save 143-year-old school
In order to raise funds to save an old schoolhouse built in 1870, members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Columbia are hosting a basket auction next Saturday evening. Restoring…
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