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Waterloo pool plans make waves
Waterloo Citizens for a Pool representatives attended last Wednesday’s Waterloo Park District Board meeting, plans in tow. After a summer of meetings with Westport Pools, the non-profit group presented a…
Read MoreDomestic, gun violence go hand in hand
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment of our three-part series as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.) America is slowly starting to become aware of the intersections between a…
Read MoreColumbia postmaster retires
Throughout her 34-year careeer with the U.S. Postal Service, Columbia’s retiring postmaster has worked many positions, met many people and changed many lives. As Christina Buss said goodbye to her…
Read MoreGirl Scout project brings gaga ball to church
A popular game at a St. Paul United Church of Christ camp has arrived in Waterloo thanks to one Girl Scout earning her Silver Award. Ava Scherle, an eighth grader…
Read MoreUnderstanding domestic violence
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month) With the COVID pandemic contributing to increasing domestic violence reports globally and high-profile…
Read MoreThe flight of their lives
Last Tuesday, four local veterans set off on a trip unlike any other. In less than 24 hours, the men flew alongside roughly 60 other veterans to Washington, D.C., saw…
Read MoreCOVID death toll increases
In the days after Monroe County reached the grim milestone of 100 COVID-related deaths since the start of the pandemic, more such deaths have been reported. Two more deaths were…
Read MoreGood Neighbor honored for heroic efforts
A man out for his morning run was honored by the Waterloo City Council for heroic efforts in alerting a family of an early September house fire. The Good Neighbor Award…
Read MoreSinger moves past the pain
A young Lenzburg singer-songwriter does not let chronic illness stand in the way of pursuing her musical ambitions. When she was 17, Jessica Kay Jordan underwent what she describes as…
Read MoreCOVID deaths top 100
Last weekend, Monroe County reached a milestone it never hoped it would. Monroe County Health Administrator John Wagner reported Monday the county’s 100th COVID-related death, and he reported Friday that…
Read MoreDaily COVID cases decrease
COVID-19 data for Monroe County has been trending in the right direction lately, Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner said Tuesday. Recently, Monroe County has been seeing 10-15 new…
Read MoreGerman roots remembered
If a person in Monroe County has the last name Kaufmann, Fults, Koch, Taake, Rick (or Rueck), Schaefer, Prange, Hoffmann, Meyer, Krebel, Melliere, or one of more than 50 other…
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