Blood drive honors Elsa

Waterloo Junior High School recently hosted a blood drive in honor of local cancer warrior Elsa Wiemerslage. The Red Cross Blood Drive was largely organized by Linze Zarzeck,  who leads…

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A present for the library

A couple of weeks before the Christmas holiday, Morrison-Talbott Library in Waterloo received an early gift to bolster its genealogy section. Tim Ogle of the O’Fallon Historical Society delivered a…

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Little dancing snowflake

A young Columbia girl recently got to participate in a big Christmas performance. Emersyn Lane, a first grader at Eagleview Elementary, could be seen dancing across the stage Sunday at…

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Brothers show PdR love

After several years of effort, one of the final celebrations of Prairie du Rocher’s 300th anniversary has finally been completed. “300 Years 300 Stories: Prairie du Rocher, Illinois” is a…

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Running for St. Jude

Thousands recently gathered for the St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend to raise funds for the children’s research hospital, with several individuals from this area running along with the rest of…

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