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Anti-heroin crusaders spreading awareness in Monroe County
A “stop heroin movement” created last year in St. Louis is starting to make waves on this side of the river. Group leaders have been speaking to Monroe County educators…
Read MoreNew buildings almost complete at Camp Wartburg
There are exciting new things going on at Camp Wartburg, one of which has been a labor of love for the Collmeyer family over the past year and a half.…
Read MoreCHS grad is owner of unique new shop
A 1999 Columbia High School graduate is spreading enthusiasm for sewing with a new shop she opened slightly more than a year ago in Webster Groves, Mo. Shannon (Beczkala) Robinson…
Read MoreLocal students part of magical season at Notre Dame
When you hear trumpets playing that instantly recognizable college football victory song during the BCS National Championship Game televised on Jan. 7, know that two Notre Dame students from Monroe…
Read MoreRoute 3 bridge near Dupo to open Nov. 30
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that the bridge on Route 3 near Dupo over the Union Pacific Railroad and Prairie Du Pont Canal overpass will open to all traffic…
Read MoreNaber awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarship
Jonathan Naber of Waterloo has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship. Each year, about 40 students from the United States are selected as Marshall Scholars for postgraduate study at a university…
Read MoreWaterloo man turns hobby into 36-year second career
Even though it has been an enjoyable hobby these past 36 years, longtime Waterloo saw and tool sharpener Burton Stumpf is closing up his basement shop for good on Saturday.…
Read MoreWaterloo Lions ‘Share the Feast’ again this Thanksgiving
The Waterloo Lions Club once again hosted a successful “Share the Feast” dinner this Thanksgiving, offering free meals in the Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic School cafeteria as well as…
Read MoreFirst season firearm deer totals released
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources last week reported that hunters harvested a preliminary total of 72,111 deer during the opening weekend of the 2012 Illinois Firearm Deer Season, Nov.…
Read MoreKueker joins Illinois Senior Hall of Fame
The Illinois Department on Aging presented awards to the 2012 Senior Hall of Fame class Oct. 24 in Springfield. The Senior Hall of Fame was created in 1994 to honor…
Read MoreMartyred Ruma nuns still remembered 20 years later
The top headline in the Nov. 4, 1992, issue of the Republic-Times read “Waterloo Nuns Killed in Liberia.” Despite an election, three of the four front page stories focused on…
Read MoreThe many (cowboy) hats of Colonel Edd Kueker
When Colonel Edd Kueker of Waterloo was once asked how long he could talk about the history of Monroe County and his western antique collection, he responded, “Well, how long…
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