Community
Event offers healing through horses
Despite only having lived in the area for about seven months, Laura Neiheisel is already giving back. She is doing that by offering a free event for families with children…
Read MoreSunset Overlook granted stay
In a victory for Sunset Overlook, Judge Julia Gomric temporarily suspended her order against the embattled Columbia establishment on Sept. 20. “The court will not comment on (Sunset Overlook’s) likeliness…
Read MoreFrom WHS to CEO
When he was a teenager growing up in Waterloo, David Hoffmann’s first job was stuffing inserts for the Republic-Times newspaper on Saturdays. He soon moved on to work at John’s…
Read MoreMASC performs 100th show
In 1999, Kelly and Mike Hemmer put an ad in the local newspaper to gauge interest in forming a community theater group in Monroe County. They got a small response,…
Read MoreNew trail OK’d in Columbia
The Columbia Department of Public Works has another project to add to its already busy schedule. The city recently received a Transportation Alternatives Program grant, a federally-funded program designed to…
Read MoreCDC warns of vaping-related illness ‘outbreak’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning citizens about what it calls an “outbreak” of vaping-related illnesses. That comes as 530 cases of individuals getting sick from a…
Read MoreLocally made film to premiere soon
A movie shot locally and featuring several local actors is set to be released in just a few months. “We have some really great footage,” the film’s director, Julie M.…
Read MoreCAP cadets flying right
Only about a month into its existence at the Red Brick School in Red Bud, the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program promoted its first class of students last Wednesday. One…
Read MorePOW-MIA monument unveiling Saturday
After being named a POW-MIA City this spring, Waterloo is taking more steps to honor veterans who were prisoners of war or are missing in action. It is doing that…
Read MoreHamilton is new Waterloo postmaster
Almost a year after Michael Hovey retired last September, the Waterloo post office officially has a new postmaster, as Adam Hamilton was installed Friday morning. A Columbia native, Hamilton started…
Read MoreToenjes was ‘second mom’ to many
Friends of the 73-year-old Waterloo woman who died in a fatal crash in Columbia on Labor Day are remembering her as a member of their family. Diann Toenjes died Sept.…
Read MoreTrade war hurting county farmers
Since last summer, the United States and China have been engaged in a trade war, the effects of which can be seen in Monroe County. Since last summer, the United…
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