Waterloo honors good neighbor

The Waterloo City Council recognized a local man for helping neighbors during Monday’s meeting at City Hall.  Glen Bieber was presented the Good Neighbor Award from Mayor Tom Smith for…

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Bost describes Capitol chaos

U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, a Republican from Murphysboro who represents Monroe County as part of Illinois’ 12th congressional district, was among the 147 GOP lawmakers who objected to the electoral…

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EMA director retires

Ryan Weber recently ended his nine years as Monroe County Emergency Management Agency Director.  During his tenure, the county had four major flooding events Weber said were the most involved…

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Bigger plans for Schimpf?

State Sen. Paul Schimpf (R-Waterloo) confirmed on his official campaign social media pages Monday night that he is considering a run for Illinois governor.  That news has been rumored in…

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New laws in 2021

The Illinois General Assembly had an abbreviated year because of the pandemic.  The Legislature suspended its session because of COVID on March 16, only returning for a few days from…

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Judge Hitzemann begins term

After serving as Monroe County State’s Attorney for four years, Chris Hitzemann is just over three weeks into his first term as the county’s judge on the 20th Judicial Circuit…

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