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Farmers report average wheat harvest

Throughout Monroe County, it has been difficult to miss the scurrying work of farmers in giant machines as they rush to finish harvesting winter wheat.   Winter wheat was planted…

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Schools plan for fall return

With every region of the state currently in Phase 4 of the state’s reopening plan, one of the most pressing questions on the minds of many is how school will…

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Online auction to replace fair’s market

Before last year’s Monroe County Fair, Jacey Baum of Fults was preparing to show cattle like she had done every year since she was 8.  In the lead-up to the…

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Millstadt veteran honored for service

James Eckert, a Korean War veteran, was supposed to go on an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. in April, but the coronavirus forced the cancellation of that trip.  It was…

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Boat rescue on Mississippi River

Local fire departments were dispatched to the area of Outlet Road west of Maeystown shortly after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday for a report from the U.S. Coast Guard of a boat…

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Charges filed in police chase

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Columbia and Dupo police attempted to stop a vehicle on the south end of Columbia late Monday afternoon in a pursuit that continued into…

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Death investigation in Columbia

Columbia police and EMS personnel responded shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday to the report of a deceased 29-year-old male found by a relative inside a home at 234 N. Briegel…

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Two-vehicle crash south of Columbia

Emergency personnel responded about 1:45 p.m. Monday to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of EE Road at Gilmore Lake Road south of Columbia. The occupants of both vehicles involved…

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Field fire south of Waterloo

The Waterloo Fire Department responded shortly after 4:35 p.m. Friday to a large field fire reported in the area of Route 3 and Crook Road south of Waterloo. The fire…

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More COVID cases in Monroe County; new death reported

Monroe County saw more people contract the coronavirus in recent days, bringing the overall county total to 126 cases since the pandemic began.  Forty-four of those cases are active, Monroe…

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