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Rollover crash on Steppig Road
Emergency personnel responded about 11:30 p.m. Friday to a rollover crash with injury on Steppig Road near Gall Road in Columbia. Initial reports indicate the vehicle struck an Ameren utility…
WFD responds to brush fire
The Waterloo Fire Department responded about 3:35 p.m. Friday to the report of an out-of-control brush fire in the backyard of 6005 LL Road.
Friday morning crash in Columbia
Columbia police, fire department and EMS personnel responded about 8:20 a.m. Friday to a two-vehicle crash with injury on Route 3 northbound at North Main Street. Morning rush hour traffic…
House explosion near Burksville
The Waterloo Fire Department responded about 10:40 a.m. Friday to the report of a house explosion and structure fire in the 5300 area of Lemen Road off Kaskaskia Road near…
Dutch woman calls Monroe County home
By Debbie Ruggeri For the Republic-Times Monroe County has been home to Gea Pierce for 34 years. Pierce said, and in the middle of a sunset, in the middle of…
Mini Mozarts instills early passion for music
Three little ones gathered in a circle around teacher Suzanne Haubein recently as she navigated them to the start of their music lesson. “OK, why don’t we start out with…
Community rallies to support local family
Around this time last year, Mike Dailey of Columbia was unconscious in the intensive care unit at St. Anthony’s Medical Center with a fractured skull, bleeding in the brain and…
Valmeyer student thankful for Lions donation
Valmeyer Elementary student Jordan Schilling faces an obstacle preventing him from doing many of the activities his classmates take for granted. For a while, the visually impaired 11-year-old didn’t even…
Columbia talks walking trail, senior center
What was scheduled to be a 10-minute discussion — prior to Monday’s Columbia City Council Committee of the Whole meeting — on a proposed walking trail turned into more than…
Police Blotter | 9/20/2017
(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…