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Community shows love for little Audrey and Elsa
Support for Audrey The news keeps getting better for a 7-year-old Zahnow Elementary student who underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor late last year and encountered various complications as…
Read MoreColumbia’s Main Street merchants feel the magnetism
The scientific measure of the strength of a magnet is “gauss.” And by several measures, a group in Columbia is cranking up the “gauss” there. At least it feels like…
Read MoreLocal dog, handler competing in national event
Columbia dog handler Sue Phillips and her miniature schnauzer, Rudi, are headed to the big show — the Westminster Agility Championship, held annually in conjunction with the Westminster Kennel Club…
Read MoreMain Street Abbey plans taking shape
Nearly 50 people packed the back room of Aunt Maggie’s on Main in Columbia Monday to hear the latest on plans to convert the former Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, convent…
Read MoreValmeyer’s rich sports history celebrated in style
The past met the present Friday night in the Valmeyer High School gym, as generations of Pirates fans gathered for the inaugural VHS Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Four…
Read MoreMaeystown still tackling water issues
As residents of Flint, Mich., continue to deal with the effects of a poorly managed water contamination crisis that has allowed lead to leach into the city’s drinking water for…
Read MoreEarly growth, Lincoln visit follow county’s founding
This is the second in a monthly series looking back on Monroe County as part of its Bicentennial celebration in 2016. We previously wrote about events from the arrival of…
Read MoreLocal author publishes first murder mystery
Local writer Jeannette Cooperman has published her first murder mystery, through the U.K.’s leading digital-only press, Endeavour. “A Circumstance of Blood” is set in a private boys’ school on the…
Read MoreApplebee’s cooks up special surprise party
Two employees of a Waterloo restaurant had a rough 2015, so management and fellow employees did a little something to get their 2016 off to a positive start. A surprise…
Read MoreValmeyer school referendum back on ballot
Valmeyer School District voters will be asked to renew a referendum that provides about $300,000 in working cash annually to the district to allow it to continue to educate students…
Read MoreSenior centers reducing services due to lack of funding
Local senior centers are cutting back on services due to an ongoing state budget impasse that has now entered its seventh month. The failure of Illinois to adopt a budget…
Read MoreA man and his camera: memories of the Korean War
Fred Meister’s involvement with photography stemmed from his Aunt Ida. A 1946 graduate of Valmeyer High School, Meister told the Republic-Times about his aunt documenting family events with a box…
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