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New lawsuit in fatal crash
Another lawsuit was filed June 4 in Monroe County Circuit Court as a result of a Sept. 1, 2024, crash on Hanover Road which led to the death of 15-year-old…
Columbia ends electrical aggregation
Columbia residents who have enrolled in the city’s Municipal Electric Aggregation Program will need to find a new supplier in the next two months. The City of Columbia announced Monday…
Harr receives teaching award
Missouri University of Science & Technology undergraduate Katie Harr recently received the Outstanding Mathematics Pre-Service Educator award from the Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Harr, a junior in applied…
Human trafficking an added LPR focus
A bill passed in this year’s legislative session would rewrite the definition of a “forcible felony” to allow Illinois State Police to use images obtained from automatic license plate readers…
Rural economy softening
By DANIEL GRANT FarmWeek Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index shows economic conditions are certainly tightening across America’s Heartland. But the downturn so far has not reached anywhere near what was…
Real Estate Transactions | May 27-30, 2025
The location of real estate transactions with only the parcel number listed may be viewed be entering the number on the Monroe County GIS website ‘Parcel Viewer.’ All transactions may…
Tuesday crash in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 1:55 p.m. Tuesday to a non-injury two-vehicle crash on North Main Street at East Locust Street in Columbia. There was lane blockage as a result…
Tuesday morning crash in Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to a crash involving a work van on Market Street near Plaza Drive in Waterloo. The van came to rest in the ditch…
Saturday crash near Valmeyer
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 7:30 p.m. Saturday to a single-vehicle crash in the rain on Route 156 at D Road just east of Valmeyer. The extent of possible injuries…
Friday morning crash near Hecker
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 6:15 a.m. Friday to a single-vehicle crash on Route 156 near Edgewater Drive west of Hecker. The Hecker Fire Department responded along with Monroe County…