Community
Santa Float set to make annual run
The Santa Float will again be distributing gift bags to the young children of Waterloo this Christmas season, visiting neighborhoods during the evenings of Dec. 17-24. Sponsors of this annual…
Read MoreWaterloo woman reads for the blind
Republic-Times readers are reading this sentence right now. For most of the newspaper’s readership, it comes easy. But for those with disabilities such as a visual impairment, or a disease…
Read MoreLocal groups offering help for the holidays
It’s the time of the year where Christmas music plays on the radio 24-7 and temperatures begin to tumble. With winter comes the holiday season. Gifts, holiday parties and decorations…
Read MoreNew restaurant a dream come true for Red Bud man
David Dannenberg has just finished one month with his new Red Bud restaurant and it’s more than just the name that is generating something to sing about. The Opera House…
Read MoreFor more than 70 years, Pearl just keeps playing
There are few things more constant in Monroe County over the past several decades than the appearance of Pearl Hirsch and her accordion at a community function. Hirsch, 84, of…
Read MoreFive honored for life-saving efforts in Waterloo
The Waterloo City Council on Monday night honored five of this county’s finest for their successful efforts on an elderly female during a medical emergency in September. Those recognized with…
Read MoreVietnam War remembered in Columbia
The Columbia American Legion Post 581 Honor Guard marched in unison while posting the colors during a Veterans Day ceremony last Wednesday. The men put one foot in front of…
Read MoreWaterloo takes a look way back for Veterans Day
To say Veterans Day brings out the best in Monroe County is a bold statement. How do you take a community that brims with civic pride and patriotism every day,…
Read MoreLife is a marathon for early rising local group
At 5 a.m., the sun hasn’t crept up yet and most people are either just getting up for the day or still sleeping. For one group of women, it’s time…
Read MoreWaterloo shines love light for Elsa
The community is rallying in support of a young Waterloo girl in her fight against cancer. Elsa Wiemerslage, a kindergarten student at Zahnow Elementary, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia…
Read More‘Books and Bagels’ club a hit at WJHS
It’s hard to turn down free breakfast. That’s the thought Waterloo Junior High School teachers Andy Mayer and Melissa Meyers had when they started the reading club “Books and Bagels”…
Read MoreCorvette Club lets local vets ride in style
The 32nd annual Veterans Day Parade in St. Louis had a distinctly local patriotic flavor Saturday courtesy of the St. Louis Corvette Club. The club of shiny Corvettes has participated…
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