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Fire near Prairie du Rocher
The Prairie du Rocher and Waterloo fire departments and Monroe County EMS responded shortly after 11:30 a.m. Sunday to what was initially reported as a grass and structure fire in…
Park Street closed east of Route 3
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today, Friday, at 2:30 p.m., that Park Street/Route 156 just east of Route 3 in Waterloo is now closed to traffic as part of…
Missouri man charged with child porn
A November drug arrest on Interstate 255 in Columbia has resulted in new charges related to child porn for a Missouri man. Lonnie Dean Pearson, 52, of Kirkwood, Mo., was…
Generous donation makes dog park a reality
Waterloo Park District Board member Shelby Mathes thought for years that Waterloo needed a dog park, and last year he began work in earnest to try to make it happen.…
Where are the assessments?
The Republic-Times has received numerous questions from county citizens asking if they had missed the annual publication of property assessments. Others noted they had not received theirs in the mail.…
Waterloo schools display heart of giving
It’s become an annual tradition for Waterloo elementary school students, and this year’s event didn’t disappoint. Led by program emcee Josh Hogan, students and teachers at Rogers and Gardner elementary…
Police Blotter | 4/6/2016
(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…
Mother charged in Dupo child’s death
A birthday memorial of stuffed animals and balloons could be seen outside the Dupo home of 4-year-old Emily Rose Perrin on Tuesday following what police described as a “tragic incident”…
Gibault seniors ‘serve as Jesus served’ in Ecuador
Several Gibault Catholic High School students took their senior service project to new heights – 8,000 feet above sea level in the Ecuadorian Andes mountains to be exact. Fourteen students…
Finnerty, Taake crowned WHS prom royalty
The Waterloo High School prom took place Saturday at Orlando Gardens in South St. Louis County. The theme was “Bright Lights, New York Nights.” The honor of queen and king…