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Local schools fare well on state report card
The Illinois State Board of Education recently released the 2018 Illinois Report Cards. This annual resource, available at IllinoisReportCard.com, provides a plethora of data on public schools throughout this state.…
Waterloo plans for the future
To help city leaders manage future growth and public services, Waterloo has updated its comprehensive plan for the first time in more than 20 years. The 2018 Waterloo Comprehensive Plan…
Monroe County thankful for its veterans
On Nov. 11, 1918, World War I, known at the time as the “war to end all wars,” ended with an armistice. One hundred years to the day, services around…
Man charged in Dupo burglaries
A Dupo man was charged this week in connection with two residential burglaries reported in that town on Monday morning. The burglaries occurred in the 300 block of State Street…
Police Blotter | 11/7/2018
(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…
2018 Columbia Tip-Off Classic Bracket
To view and print the bracket, click here.
Bright future for Hawks volleyball
The Gibault Catholic High School volleyball squad lost in the Class 1A Valmeyer Sectional championship game to Father McGivney on Halloween night, 25-22, 25-23. The Hawks finished their season with…
Sheriff, state’s attorney explain growing budgets
As previously reported in the Republic-Times, Monroe County State’s Attorney Chris Hitzemann and Monroe County Sheriff Neal Rohlfing asked for an increase in their overall budgets at recent hearings before…
Birrittier reflects on FFA officer experience
Joey Birrittier’s FFA career began unremarkably. As a freshman at Waterloo High School, his guidance counselor told him to sign up for an elective class. He told the counselor to…
Waterloo singer to star in Netflix series
Lexi Krekorian, the Waterloo singer who goes by the artist name Alexandra Kay, used to work with a man named Scotty in St. Louis. He moved to Los Angeles, playing…