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Local swimmers compete at IHSA sectional
Winter is coming, but high school swimmers are just now finishing the season. Local swimmers from Waterloo and Columbia high schools competed at the IHSA State Sectional hosted by Sacred…
Gibault upgrades chapel with local help
Many people came together recently to help renovate the Gibault Catholic High School chapel, which will be used by students and faculty alike to follow their faith. “It really increases…
Five honored for life-saving efforts in Waterloo
The Waterloo City Council on Monday night honored five of this county’s finest for their successful efforts on an elderly female during a medical emergency in September. Those recognized with…
County settles with former employee
A former employee of the Monroe County Assessor’s Office who filed a federal lawsuit last year alleging retaliatory termination has settled out of court for nearly $100,000. The Monroe County…
Vietnam War remembered in Columbia
The Columbia American Legion Post 581 Honor Guard marched in unison while posting the colors during a Veterans Day ceremony last Wednesday. The men put one foot in front of…
Waterloo takes a look way back for Veterans Day
To say Veterans Day brings out the best in Monroe County is a bold statement. How do you take a community that brims with civic pride and patriotism every day,…
Police Blotter | 11/11/2015
(Editor’s note: All 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…
Route 156 crash east of Waterloo
Waterloo police and fire personnel joined Monroe County EMS in responding about 3:15 p.m. Monday to a single vehicle crash with injury on Route 156 near Hartman curve just east…
Vehicle crash in Hecker
Police, fire and ambulance personnel responded about 1:40 p.m. Saturday to a two-vehicle crash with injuries and road blockage in the 100 block of North Main Street in Hecker (intersection…
CFD assists with Millstadt fire
Columbia Fire Department volunteers assisted at the scene of a truck fire inside a storage building at Lee’s Home Center in Millstadt on Friday evening. Firefighters responded to the business,…