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Man has foot run over

At 12:31 p.m. Wednesday, Monroe County EMS responded to the Royal Gate Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep auto dealership in Columbia for a 48-year-old man whose foot was run over by a vehicle. 

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Are you ready for election day?

As the Nov. 6 election draws closer with each passing day, Monroe County Clerk Dennis Knobloch provided information on early voting and registration deadlines.  In-person and absentee voting will be…

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CHS students get glimpse of Gedern

In 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower created the Sister Cities International program to foster citizen diplomacy. “I have long believed, as many before me, that peaceful relations between nations requires understanding…

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Summer fun for Portaloo exchange students

When Anna Franken and Gina Beiersdorfer left Saturday morning, the travel portion of the Sister Cities of Portaloo’s foreign exchange program ended for 2018. Franken and Beiersdorfer came to Waterloo…

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Don’t Stop Believin’

A freak accident on a hunting trip last year forever changed the lives of a local family, and the community is rallying to help however it can.  On Sept. 2,…

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Police Blotter | 8/22/2018

(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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Rescue on the Mississippi River

Monroe County emergency personnel responded shortly after 9:20 a.m. Tuesday to the area of Levee Road at Outlet Road for a rescue on the Mississippi River. The U.S. Coast Guard…

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Child porn charge for Waterloo man

A Waterloo man is facing a federal child pornography charge. Mark Brueggemann, 60, of Waterloo, is charged with knowingly receiving a video depicting child porn, Steven D. Weinhoeft, United States…

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Vehicle vs. bicycle crash near Red Bud

Emergency personnel responded about 4:50 p.m. Saturday to a crash involving a vehicle and bicycle on LL Road near Route 159 just north of Red Bud. The bicyclist sustained injuries…

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FOOTBALL: Eagles win; ‘Dogs and Tigers fall

The high school football season got off to a thrilling start for one local team on Friday night. Not so for two others. Columbia used some late-game heroics to win…

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