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Corn crop popping in county
In recent weeks, corn stalks have turned from bright green to yellow and now to brown – but continuing to stand tall. It’s made it! Corn is coming out…
History digitized at Waterloo library
For patrons of Morrison-Talbott Library in Waterloo, most of the post-Civil War history of Monroe County is now just a click away. The library and Newspapers.com have completed a project…
Field fire south of Waterloo
The Waterloo Fire Department responded shortly after 3:45 p.m. Saturday to a report of a field fire in the 4700 block of Kern Road south of Waterloo near Tipton.
ICS provides details on Thursday church incident
Immaculate Conception School officials provided clarity to a situation involving a few students during an all-school service in the church on Thursday. “Every Thursday, all ICS students in grades K-8…
Schools differ on mandate
The Columbia school district is citing the Health Care Right of Conscience Act as a means to keep personnel who do not submit to the state’s vaccine and testing mandate…
Waterloo man sentenced for fraud
A Waterloo man was sentenced to prison on Thursday on a federal fraud charge. Timothy P. Mayer, 42, of Waterloo, was ordered to serve 18 months in federal prison for…
Man in custody after crash, search in Columbia
A Millstadt man was apprehended after evading police for nearly 24 hours following a Tuesday night crash in Columbia. Emergency personnel responded about 9:10 p.m. Tuesday to a rollover crash…
Mask madness at school board meeting
Similar to its last meeting, COVID matters largely took center stage at Monday’s Waterloo School Board meeting. But this time, the police were called. After addressing the board stating his…
Oak Hill director resigns
After weeks of closed sessions on personnel matters dealing with the county-owned senior living facility, the Monroe County Board said Thursday morning it has accepted the resignation of Oak Hill…
Black SUV flees police in Columbia
Police are on the lookout for a black GMC Acadia with no license plates that sped away from a traffic stop attempt in Columbia at about 2 p.m. Wednesday. The…