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Crash on Route 3 south of Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 1:15 p.m. Thursday to a four-vehicle crash on Route 3 at LL Road south of Waterloo that resulted in one minor injury. The Red Bud…
Waterloo is Elsa Strong
For about 4.5 years, Elsa Wiemerslage has been battling a rare form of pediatric cancer called acute myeloid leukemia. And for almost that entire time, Waterloo has been helping Wiemerslage…
Durbin: farmers treated unfairly
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) released a statement earlier this month accusing the United States Department of Agriculture of treating Illinois soybean farmers unfairly by playing favorites with trade war…
Prairie du Rocher plans future
The future of Prairie du Rocher is uncertain, but citizens and local leaders are working to make sure one of the oldest communities begun by French colonists in the United…
Second graders publish book
A group of second graders at Rogers Elementary School in Waterloo recently did something most adults have not done. The students became published authors. “It’s great because we all wrote…
Updates underway at Valmeyer museum
The Monroe City School building in Valmeyer and the museum it houses are slated for updates in the near future. The Valmeyer Community Heritage Society has already scheduled work to…
Columbia DQ 2.0 welcomes you
After nearly six months of work, the Columbia Dairy Queen reopened to customers on Feb. 3. The remodel involved replacing virtually everything in the building, from lighting to menu panels,…
Road rage incident ends in arrest
What started as road rage on Bluff Road north of Valmeyer ended with the arrest of a Missouri man on assault and weapons charges early Tuesday evening. Shortly before 6…
Answering your questions about the Independent acquisition
The Monroe County Independent announced Wednesday that it has been sold and turned over to the Republic-Times, which may prompt some questions from those who subscribed to only one or…
Dupo man guilty of child porn
James K. Young, 66, of Dupo, pleaded guilty to two counts of receiving child pornography, U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft announced Tuesday. Young was also charged with five counts of…