Waterloo is Elsa Strong
Elsa Wiemerslage
For about 4.5 years, Elsa Wiemerslage has been battling a rare form of pediatric cancer called...
Stabbing victim grateful for second chance at life
Pictured, Mercy Hospital South operating room personnel who operated on Waterloo stabbing victim Jonathan Mitchell took a few minutes out of...
New program forms future machinists
Red Bud High School senior Gavin Christensen makes a precise cut into a machine part he is creating from a piece...
The singing superintendent
At a recent Waterloo School Board meeting, the board discussed adding guitar classes to Waterloo High School’s...
Cancer warrior giving back
Jessica Hicks
After receiving support from the community and various organizations when she was battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Valmeyer...
Flu season underway
While the world is focused on the novel coronavirus that the World Health Organization recently declared a “public health emergency,” flu season...
County ready for fish fry season
Pictured, Keigan Yearin provides service with a smile to customers during a fish fry last year at Our Lady of Good...
Camp Wartburg adds rec center
Pictured, Matt Hubbard and Sparky Hemenway admire the new climbing wall at Camp Wartburg. The feature is one of several at...
Out with the 2010s
As this decade comes to a close, many people are taking time to reflect on what happened in their lives.
CHS grad is KSHE radio personality
Lauren Colvin can’t say for certain what led to her life-altering decision.
But one day in college, as the Columbia High School graduate strolled through...
Court denies Sunset Overlook’s request
Judge Julia Gomric denied Sunset Overlook’s request that she reconsider an Aug. 14 order that prohibits the Columbia establishment from certain activities.
From WHS to CEO
When he was a teenager growing up in Waterloo, David Hoffmann’s first job was stuffing inserts for...
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Sports Year in Review
The year 2018 was a banner year for Monroe County athletes, all the way through.
It began in January, when Waterloo junior Jenna Schwartz was...
Attempted murder charge in Waterloo stabbing
Trevor C. Hudson
A 26-year-old man faces an attempted murder charge following an early Friday morning stabbing in...
DUI injury crash at Walmart
Pictured is the scene of the accident Friday.
Emergency personnel responded shortly after noon Friday to the...
Inmate dies at county jail
The Illinois State Police is investigating the death of an inmate in the Monroe County Jail early Friday morning.