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The importance of giving blood
When her lively, limber pre-teen complained she was too tired to join fellow cheerleaders to root for the school basketball team, Christy Muertz was a bit surprised. Then daughter Kaylee…
Read More‘Saint walking this earth’ – Waterloo woman dies in crash
The community was saddened by the tragic death of a Waterloo mother of two last week. Emergency personnel responded shortly before 10 p.m. last Tuesday to the area of Route…
Read MoreJV’s leaves lasting memories
Sunday night marked the end of an era in Waterloo as JV’s Downtown Bar & Grill celebrated its last hoorah. Jeff and Denise Vogt – soon-to-be former owners of the…
Read MoreMonroe County Fair turns 75
The earliest newspapers in Monroe County make mention of a “county fair” as early as 1871. Until 1948, the gathering was a loose affiliation of local farmers showcasing the best…
Read MoreChalk-A-Lot fest set for Sept. 10
Ready, set, chalk! Chalk-A-Lot, a street arts festival, is coming to downtown Waterloo on Saturday, Sept. 10. This event is sponsored by the Monroe County Arts Alliance, a local organization…
Read MoreNo charges in MoDOT workers’ deaths
A St. Louis County grand jury has declined to charge the driver in a November 2021 crash that left two Missouri Department of Transportation workers dead, one of which was…
Read MoreStreet work in Waterloo
The City of Waterloo announced summer street work that began this week on Veterans Drive and North Library Street. Recently, the City of Waterloo approved funding to improve Veterans Drive…
Read MoreGrain rescue resources for Maeystown
To help prevent grain bin accidents that result in dozens of lives lost each year, Nationwide – a group of large U.S. insurance and financial services companies based in Columbus,…
Read MoreHeroes honored in Valmeyer
The Valmeyer Village Board meeting last Tuesday night was at standing room only capacity as family members, and first responders were given official recognition by the village for quick and…
Read MoreLocal COVID levels low
Recent information from the Illinois Department of Public Health using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates Monroe County has a low level of COVID-19 in the…
Read MoreNo saving seats at the fair
The Monroe County Fair Board posted last week on Facebook that effective immediately, there will be “no saving or reserving of seats for any Monroe County Fair events prior to…
Read MoreKanofsky lawsuit settled
A lawsuit in the death of Sawyer Kanofsky has been settled. The 17-month-old boy died after choking at a Columbia child care center in January 2021. Mary and Bryan Kanofsky,…
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