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Flu causing students to bug out
Local school officials are noticing more student absences attributed to the flu or flu-like symptoms recently, leading to more cautious behaviors among teachers and administration. Columbia school superintendent Dr. Gina…
Police Blotter | 2/22/2017
(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…
Waterloo woman wins Powerball prize
Waterloo resident Jackie Pleimann won a $50,000 Powerball prize on Saturday night when her Quick Pick ticket matched four numbers plus the Powerball number, the Illinois Lottery announced Tuesday. She…
Brush fire near Renault
The Maeystown and Prairie du Rocher fire departments responded shortly after 5 p.m. Monday to a brush fire reported on Kaskaskia Road near South Fork Road in Renault that was…
Brush fire near Triple Lakes Road
The Columbia, Millstadt and Dupo fire departments responded at about 1:30 p.m. Monday to a brush fire that apparently spread to a shed and a wooded area in the 2000…
Fire destroys vacant rural Waterloo farm house
The Waterloo, Maeystown, Valmeyer and Columbia fire departments responded along with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Monroe County EMS to a fully engulfed farm house at 3731 Clover Dell…
Argus, Umscheid place at state bowling tourney
Two local high school bowlers placed in the top 25 in the state during Saturday’s IHSA state bowling tournament in Rockford. Dupo High School senior Courtney Argus rolled a 244…
Saturday crash in Columbia
Columbia police, fire and EMS responded about 11 a.m. Saturday to a multi-vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 3 at Veterans Parkway with road blockage. One of the vehicles…
Large shed fire in rural Columbia
The Columbia, Millstadt and Waterloo fire departments responded shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday to a fully engulfed pole shed fire at 1565 Centerville Road. Flames were shooting through the roof…
Three-vehicle crash on I-255 at Route 3
Traffic was slightly slowed approaching the scene of a three-vehicle crash on eastbound I-255 at the southbound Route 3 exit. Columbia police and fire responded to the scene. An ambulance…