Government
LSVs in Columbia?
A Columbia man is halfway to his goal of obtaining enough signatures to revisit the possibility of allowing low-speed vehicles within Columbia city limits. The issue had been proposed in…
Read MoreState budget breakdown
The Illinois General Assembly last Wednesday passed a $53.1 billion state budget for fiscal year 2025, with some of the larger line items focusing on a regional quantum information science…
Read MoreCounty gets jail project update
In a short regular meeting of the Monroe County Board on Monday, commissioners heard good news about the progress of the Monroe County Jail expansion project. Monroe County Maintenance Director…
Read MoreA ‘dust up’ in Columbia
During Monday’s meeting of the Columbia City Council, Mayor Bob Hill expressed optimism that recent work on a stretch of Old Route 3 which caused dusty conditions in the northern…
Read MoreCall for halt to postage hike
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) asked the Postal Regulatory Commission last week to halt a postal rate increase scheduled for July. He was joined…
Read MoreColumbia council shuffle
During its first meeting since former Columbia Alderman Doug Garmer resigned May 9 to accept a nomination to the Monroe County Board, the Columbia City Council swore in a new…
Read MoreCounty sets officials’ salaries
Prior to the Monroe County Board setting salaries for elected officials who are on the November 2024 ballot, Monroe County Coroner Bob Hill made a plea for commissioners to reconsider…
Read MoreWaterloo OKs purchases
Money was on the mind of the Waterloo City Council on Monday night as aldermen approved matters involving department heads, its electric plant, infrastructure and police. The largest monetary item…
Read MoreGarmer joins county board
Former Columbia Alderman Doug Garmer took his seat as county commissioner a few months earlier than expected during Thursday morning’s meeting of the Monroe County Board. Garmer replaced Dennis Knobloch,…
Read MoreSplash pad project cresting
The Waterloo Park Board met recently for the penultimate meeting before its completion deadline for the long-awaited Waterloo Community Splash Pad. With just over a month to go, the project…
Read MoreColumbia’s public safety push grows
In a somewhat timely announcement Monday, Columbia Mayor Bob Hill reported the city may be close to securing a property to be used for construction of a new public safety…
Read MoreWaterloo honors, supports police
National Law Enforcement Week is celebrated May 12-18, but the Waterloo City Council got ahead of that recognition by honoring and supporting its local police in multiple ways Monday night. …
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