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County ready for fish fry season
While many people use Lent as an opportunity to sacrifice some luxury or pleasure, they gain a new one in Monroe County with the advent of Friday fish fry season. …
Crash victim sues drunk driver, tavern
A Millstadt mother of two who was injured in a January crash south of Hecker is suing a Red Bud man and a Hecker business for their alleged roles in…
Mabel ‘not kaput yet’ after 100 years
Mabel (Boedeker) Nollau has almost reached her goal. She turns 100 this month, which is two years shy of the age her mother lived to and she hopes to beat. …
Peterstown House work nearly done
Efforts that were announced last January at Waterloo’s historic Peterstown House are finally nearing the completion, meaning the building now looks more like it originally did. Throughout 2019, the Peterstown…
Pool group talks survey results
Waterloo Citizens for a Pool hosted a town hall meeting last Wednesday night in the Waterloo High School auditorium to discuss results of the recent marketing survey completed by Southern…
Sunset Overlook keeps liquor license
Columbia’s Sunset Overlook will keep its liquor license. The Liquor Control Commission met Friday with the owners of Sunset Overlook in a hearing to determine the status of its liquor…
First Bank selling local branches
First Bank announced this week that it is selling 14 of its 94 branches – including the Waterloo, Columbia and Red Bud locations – to other banks. The company said…
Thefts from unlocked vehicles in Millstadt
Millstadt police are investigating several reports of thefts from unlocked vehicles overnight in the Stonebridge Estates subdivision off Route 158 on the eastern edge of town. The suspect vehicle is…
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…