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Supper Club hosting refugee cooks
Local group Waterloo Listens is partnering with Welcome Neighbor STL to put together a dinner featuring food from Afghan refugees. The dinner will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday, June…
Dupo EMS milestone muted by struggles
Dupo EMS is celebrating 50 years of service to the community in 2022, but it has never been in a worse position. That’s according to Kerry Foster, village trustee and…
Unverferth joins R-T staff
Red Bud native Andrew Unverferth has joined the Republic-Times staff as the newspaper’s lead reporter. Unverferth, a 2018 Gibault Catholic High School graduate, recently earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism…
FNB buys The Village Bank
First National Bank of Waterloo and its parent company, First Waterloo Bancshares, Inc., and The Village Bank and its parent company, Village Bancshares, Inc., announced last week the signing of…
New law good for industrial biotech
On May 27, the Illinois Industrial Biotechnology Partnership Act was signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker and establishes the Industrial Biotechnology Public-Private Partnership as a state-sponsored board consisting of…
Waterloo proud of its German heritage
Waterloo’s annual Porta Westfalica Festival is returning for its 40th celebration following two years of absence due to COVID-19. The festival will take place Tuesday, June 21, on the courthouse…
Waterloo mayor on the mend
Last Monday, the Waterloo City Council conducted its first regular meeting since Mayor Tom Smith was hospitalized following a stroke. Alderman Clyde Heller, the most senior member of the council,…
Columbia teaching couple retires
Columbia couple Becky and Dave Touchette are retiring after 34 years and 32 years in the Columbia school district, respectively. Becky is originally from Missouri but moved to Columbia and…
Valmeyer school tax issue on ballot
Valmeyer voters in the June 28 election will decide whether or not to increase the property tax limiting rate for its school district. The proposition says the limiting rate under…
Road project, zoning topics for county
Monroe County Engineer Aaron Metzger talked about future projects for Route 3 between Waterloo and Columbia during last Tuesday’s meeting of the Monroe County Board. He said the Illinois Department…