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OSHA ‘overreach’ upsets health department head
On Friday afternoon, Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner sent several media outlets a copy of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration letter dated Jan. 6 advising a Monroe…
Friday crash in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 12:50 p.m. Friday to what was reported as a four-vehicle crash with injuries on Route 3 at North Main Street in Columbia. Responding agencies included…
Thursday morning crash in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 8:30 a.m. Thursday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 near North Main Street in Columbia. Initial reports indicated there were no apparent injuries, but…
Multi-vehicle crash on Bluff Road in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday to what was reported as a three-vehicle crash on Bluff Road near Columbia. No injuries were reported, but there was road blockage…
Body of man found along I-255 identified
The identity of a man whose body was discovered early Wednesday evening along I-255 near Dupo is now known. The circumstances of his death remain a mystery. Kyle “Fab” Thomas,…
COVID a topic for county board
The first meeting of 2022 for the Monroe County Board on Monday continued in the same vein of the past two calendar years with COVID-19 being the main topic of…
Ss. Peter & Paul rectory restoration underway
Thanks to a dedicated group of volunteers, the priests at Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Waterloo will soon have a private chapel and an updated living space. When…
MCSD makes burglary arrest
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department arrested two people in connection with theft and drug charges stemming from a mid-December incident near Hecker. Shortly after 10 a.m. Dec. 15, deputies were…
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…