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Waterloo, Columbia OK budgets
The Waterloo and Columbia city councils each passed budgets Monday night for the 2017-18 fiscal year that begins May 1. Waterloo passed a $29 million balanced budget, up about $2…
Cinderella ball to honor intellectually disabled
House of Neighborly Service outreach coordinator Kelly Lerch doesn’t know exactly how many items people donated to the upcoming Glass Slipper Ball. But the fact that about 100 intellectually disabled…
City of New Orleans train has local connections
“All along the southbound odyssey – the train pulls out of Kankakee And rolls along past houses, farms, and fields Passing trains that have no name, and freight yards full…
Police Blotter | 4/12/2017
(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…
Guardrail damaged in Columbia semi crash
A crash involving a tractor-trailer on DD Road at Ramsey Road in Columbia on Monday night resulted in about $10,000 in damage to a guardrail. The crash was not reported…
Tuesday crash in Waterloo
Waterloo police, fire and EMS responded along with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 south of Vandebrook Drive about 11 a.m. Tuesday. No injuries…
Fiery crash Monday in Columbia
The quick reaction of one man involved in a fiery three-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in Columbia may have saved a young child’s life. “My adrenaline was pumping pretty hard,” local…
Drugs, cash and guns seized in East Carondelet
Following an anonymous tip, an East Carondelet man was charged with multiple felonies after a large amount of cannabis, psilocybin mushrooms and firearms were seized from his home. Last Wednesday,…
Elmore not running against Costello
Monroe County Board Chairman Bob Elmore of Waterloo said this week he will not be running against 116th District State Representative Jerry Costello II in the next election after mulling a…
Injury crash on Route 3 in Columbia
Columbia police, fire and EMS responded about 11:50 a.m. Friday to a two-vehicle crash on southbound Route 3 at Valmeyer Road near Columbia Middle School with injuries, road blockage and…