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Power outage in Monroe County
Monroe County Electric Cooperative announced shortly after 6 p.m. Friday that it would be having a widespread power outage due to maintenance work by Ameren on its transmission side. MCEC…
Thursday afternoon crash in Valmeyer
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 2:45 p.m. Thursday to a crash in the snow on Woodland Ridge near Bluff Road in Valmeyer. The adult driver of the vehicle and two…
Thursday crash north of Waterloo
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department responded shortly after 11:40 a.m. Thursday to a single-vehicle crash in the area of Route 3 and Hanover Road north of Waterloo. The vehicle, a…
Wednesday crash in Waterloo
The Waterloo police and fire departments and Monroe County EMS responded about 1:25 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a two-vehicle accident with road blockage on southbound Route 3 near…
Oak Hill budget OK; department split
The Monroe County Board finalized Fiscal Year 2023 preparations Monday morning as it approved the budget for the Oak Hill senior living and rehabilitation center. The annual budget for the…
WPD residency rule relaxed
The Waterloo City Council on Monday approved an amendment to its residency requirements for police department employees. City ordinance now allows a Waterloo Police Department employee to reside within a…
CHS renovation plans in progress
Planned renovations at Columbia High School were a major focus during Thursday’s Columbia School Board meeting. Jennifer Carlson of FGM Architects presented results of a survey conducted among CHS faculty…
Minor renovations at Waterloo schools
The Waterloo school board’s December meeting saw little in the way of big announcements, though the progress of various buildings and grounds concerns were brought up. Waterloo Superintendent of Schools…
Federal agent gets prison
A Cahokia man was sentenced this week to 126 months in federal prison for enticement of a minor, travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and engaging in…
New smoke alarm law Jan. 1
Illinois has a new 10-year smoke alarm law that goes into effect Jan. 1. “In 2021, there were 97 residential fire deaths in Illinois and sadly nearly 70 percent of…