School board plans for budget, retirement
Waterloo School Superintendent Jim Helton painted a gloomy picture once again for school district finances during a presentation to the Waterloo School Board on...
Columbia moves closer on Brockland
During a Committee of the Whole meeting of the Columbia City Council Monday night, the proposed new Brockland auto dealership on Old State Route...
Columbia courting Brockland auto dealership
Columbia could soon be home to yet another auto dealership, if the price is right.
Bob Brockland Buick-GMC has been in discussions with the City...
Group hopes to save old Millstadt water tower
While the fate of Millstadt's old "tin man" style water tower remains in limbo, a grassroots citizens group has formed in hopes of saving...
Sequestration may hurt schools, services
That nasty term "sequestration" reared its ugly head March 1, as the deadline for Congress to prevent across-the-board cuts to federal spending passed without...
Monroe County levees discussed with Corps
County officials and local levee district commissioners met with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood safety personnel in Fairview Heights last Wednesday.
The meeting was...
Disease fatal to bats detected in Monroe County
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources confirmed Thursday the presence of White-Nose Syndrome, a disease fatal to several bat species, in four Illinois counties...
Explore Waterloo biking, walking trail plan presented
A regional planning group last Tuesday presented to city officials its 20-year, eight-phase plan for improving bicycle and pedestrian transportation in Waterloo.
The "Explore Waterloo" project for alternative transportation was developed...
West named to Southern Illinois Gun Task Force
Monroe County will be represented on U.S. Congressman Bill Enyart's new Southern Illinois Gun Task Force, which was formed in the wake of President...
Lawmakers react to Quinn’s state address
On Feb. 6, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn presented his fifth "State of the State" address, laying out an agenda that includes letting same-sex couples...
History is tie that binds mounds effort, trails research
By COREY SAATHOFF and ALAN DOOLEY
For the Republic-Times
Two projects are working simultaneously to retrace the history of this region's native peoples and first settlers...
Contract approved for Dupo teachers
Following months of tense negotiations, a new collective bargaining agreement between Dupo's Board of Education and Federation of Teachers and Paraprofessionals Local 1732 was...