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Year closes calm for Columbia schools

It was a somewhat uneventful Thursday evening for the Columbia School Board at its final regular meeting of the year, though the meeting did include ample discussion concerning strategic planning…

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Motorist crashes at Columbia roundabout

Emergency personnel responded about 6:50 p.m Tuesday to the roundabout at Quarry Road and Palmer Creek Drive in Columbia following a single vehicle crash. The driver in the incident, a…

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Christmas night crash on Triple Lakes Road

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Christmas night (Monday) to a single-rollover crash on Triple Lakes Road near Dupo. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department said the driver…

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Thursday night crash near Waterloo

Emergency personnel responded about 7:25 p.m. Thursday to a single-vehicle crash in the area of 1317 Floraville Road near Waterloo. The 54-year-old driver of a Ford Focus reported minor injuries…

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Wednesday vehicle fire south of Waterloo

The Waterloo Fire Department, Monroe County EMS and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department responded just after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday for a vehicle on fire on Route 3 south of KK Road.…

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A gun conundrum for some 

The second major component of the Protect Illinois Communities Act is set to go into effect at the start of the new year, requiring that every resident who owns any…

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Waterloo plans for future 

An eye toward 2024 was the theme Monday night for the Waterloo City Council – the last such regular meeting of the year.  In addition to approving a tax levy…

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Keckritz leaves legacy

Henrietta Bauer, the first administrator at what was then known as Monroe County Nursing Home, retired on Jan. 1, 1974. Fifty years later, almost to the day, former Oak Hill…

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Waterloo School Board OKs tax levy

For the first time in several months, the regular Waterloo School Board meeting took place in the high school library rather than the auditorium, with discussion centering chiefly on the…

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County talks jail and tax bills 

During its final meeting of 2023 on Monday, the Monroe County Board approved the final revision of an expansion project for the Monroe County Jail which will begin in 2024. …

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