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‘Rift’ a topic for Columbia School Board
With recent controversy surrounding the employment of a district administrator still on the minds of many teachers and staff, one Columbia Middle School teacher approached the school board Thursday night…
Nast keeps on keepin’ on
With spring in full swing, sales are abounding in yards, neighborhoods and small communities. Many are just to get rid of stuff or recoup a little money. But some…
County receives clean audit
Keith Slusser and Curtis Stoll of the Fick Eggemeyer & Williamson CPA group gave a report about a recent audit of the county’s finances and accounting during Monday’s meeting of…
Focus on fall for Waterloo schools
As students prepared to close out the school year, the Waterloo School Board looked to the future during its May meeting. Much of the conversations last Monday regarded the next…
COVID booster OK’d for kids
inistration OK’d the Pfizer-BioNTech’s third, or “booster,” COVID vaccine dose for children ages 5-11, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Illinois Department of Public Health followed with corresponding…
Integrity sued again
A lawsuit was filed May 19 in Monroe County court against Integrity Healthcare of Columbia, located at 253 Bradington Drive, and an unspecified staffing agency used by the nursing and…
Formula shortage felt locally
In the 17 years she’s been a mother, Waterloo’s Angie Hoernis has not seen anything like what she’s currently navigating with her 5-month-old daughter: a formula shortage so severe that…
WHS alumna explores uncharted research
Chemistry started as Samantha Kruse’s favorite subject at Waterloo High School and has since evolved into the field in which she is pioneering research. Kruse, a second year graduate student…
School ordinance violations examined
When his son, a student at Waterloo High School, received a citation and related fine for possessing an e-cigarette as a minor at school, Brad Cook found the practice problematic. …
State gives sheriff a raise
While the Monroe County Board of Commissioners set the salaries of several elected county officials during its meeting on Monday, the greater interest involved an official whose salary was not…