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April election candidates file
The 2021 municipal election will see some contested races in Columbia and a new city council member in Waterloo, at least based on initial filing results. Candidates for the April…
Lawsuit filed against Sun Basket practices
A class action lawsuit was filed earlier this month in Monroe County Circuit Court against a business that formerly occupied Valmeyer’s Rock City cave business development over alleged violations involving…
Over $700M cut from state budget
Gov. JB Pritzker announced last Tuesday that he has ordered $711.2 million dollars be cut from this year’s budget as a “first step” in closing a $3.9 billion revenue shortfall…
Mail causing paper delays
Your copy of the Republic-Times may be arriving a little later than normal as the United States Postal Service is seeing an abnormally large number of packages in its system. …
Columbia upping in-person learning
The Columbia School Board voted 5-2 on Thursday to approve a plan to have the most students back in school since the pandemic began starting Feb. 16. The plan, which…
Healthy housing, low closing costs in Monroe County
A recent study by financial technology company SmartAsset measured stability, risk, ease of sale and affordability to determine the top housing markets. The places that scored the best across these…
Vehicle fire with injury in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded about 12:45 p.m. Tuesday to a vehicle fire with injury on Palmer Road near the entrance ramp to southbound Route 3 in Columbia. One person was transported…
Field fire in Valmeyer
The Valmeyer Fire Department responded to a report of a field fire in the area of 5900 C Road at about 2:30 pm. Monday.
COVID crisis continues
Monroe County has now had 2,867 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began after reporting 238 since Dec. 15. It reported 261 the previous week. There were 31 new cases Tuesday,…
Burglary reports south of Columbia
Police are investigating multiple burglary reports in the area of Bluff Road south of Columbia. The first report came about 10:30 a.m. Friday in the 2800 block of Woodson Drive…