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Immaculate Conception raising funds for new school
For the last 20 years, Immaculate Conception School faculty, administration and students prayed for their growth in enrollment to be met with a new and more modern facility. Father Carl…
Koerber settling in as new county commissioner
Asked how it felt to be the first female county commissioner in Monroe County’s 200-year history, Vicki Koerber said she first became aware of the possibility after the primary election…
Topic of suicide tackled at forum
Waterloo school superintendent Brian Charron stood in the Waterloo High School gym Thursday night in front of a group mourning recent tragedies in the community. In his third year overseeing…
Police Blotter | 11/30/2016
(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…
Police assist with threat against WHS
The Waterloo Police Department provided assistance to Waterloo school district officials following a recent threat made against Waterloo High School by a juvenile on social media. The threat was not…
Injury crash on Country Club Lane
Police, fire and emergency personnel responded about 1 a.m. Tuesday to a vehicle crash with injuries on Country Club Lane at Sherwood Lane in Waterloo. The crash remains under investigation.…
Hunter falls from deer stand
The Maeystown Fire Department, Monroe County EMS and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department responded to the area of 4200 Heller Drive in Fults about 4 p.m. Friday after a male hunter…
Men arrested for rural Waterloo burglary
Two men from Randolph County are facing felony residential burglary charges following a Tuesday incident east of Waterloo. Oscar A. Perez, 19, of Baldwin, and Paul S. Blackmore, 19, of…
Mattress cause of I-255 crashes in Columbia
Columbia police and fire personnel joined Dupo EMS and Monroe County EMS in responding along with Illinois State Police about 5:50 p.m. Thursday to two separate vehicle crashes on I-255…
Film shot in Columbia is Henderson’s Last
A movie filmed last year in Columbia took on added significance last week, as it will be the last to feature TV and film icon Florence Henderson. Henderson, who stars…