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House explosion near Burksville

The Waterloo Fire Department responded about 10:40 a.m. Friday to the report of a house explosion and structure fire in the 5300 area of Lemen Road off Kaskaskia Road near…

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Dutch woman calls Monroe County home

By Debbie Ruggeri For the Republic-Times Monroe County has been home to Gea Pierce for 34 years. Pierce said, and in the middle of a sunset, in the middle of…

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Mini Mozarts instills early passion for music

Three little ones gathered in a circle around teacher Suzanne Haubein recently as she navigated them to the start of their music lesson. “OK, why don’t we start out with…

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Community rallies to support local family

Around this time last year, Mike Dailey of Columbia was unconscious in the intensive care unit at St. Anthony’s Medical Center with a fractured skull, bleeding in the brain and…

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Valmeyer student thankful for Lions donation

Valmeyer Elementary student Jordan Schilling faces an obstacle preventing him from doing many of the activities his classmates take for granted. For a while, the visually impaired 11-year-old didn’t even…

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Columbia talks walking trail, senior center

What was scheduled to be a 10-minute discussion — prior to Monday’s Columbia City Council Committee of the Whole meeting — on a proposed walking trail turned into more than…

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Police Blotter | 9/20/2017

(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven…

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Police Blotter | 9/13/2017

(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven…

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Columbia man facing sex charges

A Columbia man was arrested on felony sex charges this week stemming from an alleged incident that occurred earlier this month. Joshua L. Graves, 36, was charged with two counts…

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CPD still hoping to ID ‘Jane Doe’

Columbia police are hoping that through modern advances in technology for news and social media they can gather information that leads to the identification of a woman found deceased in…

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