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Local 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…
Read MoreBaum praised as key to Valmeyer’s survival
Harold Baum was larger than life, bridging the gap between old and new Valmeyer — figuratively and literally. “You just felt like he’d be around forever,” said Jim Richards, who…
Read MoreLongtime editor praised as community treasure
Simply referring to Bob Voris as a newspaperman is like calling Stan Musial just a baseball player. The man’s legacy, like Musial’s, remains the standard of his profession the likes…
Read MoreWaterloo native joins wife in marathon of life
Waterloo native Chris Benyo has run more than 30 marathons in 22 states throughout his life. But the one he plans to run in May will trump them all. “It…
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