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What to expect in 2022
As Monroe County ventures into the year 2022, the COVID pandemic casts a gray cloud over what the future may hold. Still, there are big things planned this year…
Prairie du Rocher turns 300
At the beginning of 1718, the government of France issued exclusive trading rights for trading company in its North American colony near the Mississippi River. Shortly thereafter, French military officer…
Columbia scrambling on OSHA mandate
The City of Columbia is in a race against the clock to conform to Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines concerning employees and COVID-19 by Jan. 10. On Nov. 5,…
Patton joins Helping Strays
Retired Columbia High School principal Dennis Patton has traded in the sunny Florida skies he’s enjoyed the past seven years to temporarily lead Helping Strays here in Monroe County. After…
Minor crash involving school bus
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 7:15 a.m. Wednesday to a crash involving a school bus and a parked car in Columbia. The incident occurred at 715 Lakefield Drive, police said.…
Monroe County tops 1,000 active COVID cases
Over the weekend, Monroe County’s number of active coronavirus cases, according to the local health department, seemed to have gone down. With Tuesday’s total case count topping 1,000, it is…
Sunday crash on HH Road
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department responded around 6:30 p.m. Jan. 2 for a partially-overturned vehicle on HH Road near Bluff Road. The driver of a 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe reportedly…
New Year’s Day crash on Route 156
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Monroe County EMS responded to Route 156 near Oexner Lane just east of Waterloo about 2 p.m. Jan. 1 for a one-vehicle accident with…
Monday fire call on Bluff Road
The Maeystown, Valmeyer and Prairie du Rocher fire departments responded around 10:15 a.m. Monday to a house in the 3800 block of Bluff Road for a report of a possible…
COVID claims another life
Monroe County reported one new COVID death over the holiday weekend, bringing the local toll since the start of the pandemic to 108. Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner…