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Falcons baseball soars to state title
Junior high school baseball wrapped up the season last week. For two local teams, it ended with a bit of hardware. Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic School won the SIJHSAA…
McBride is U.S. Paralympic High School All-American
Waterloo High School student-athlete Donovan McBride was recently named a U.S. Paralympic High School Track and Field All-American. McBride, 14, has spina bifida, a birth defect where there is incomplete…
Local farmers bringing soybeans to market
Soybeans, the third side of a grain triangle that makes up much of Monroe County’s field harvest picture, are coming to market steadily in recent days. Wheat and corn, along…
Hecker man fishes from coast to coast
Once a year, Erwin Rettinghouse plans a fishing trip. The 79-year-old Hecker man gets his things together and goes just about anywhere to catch some fish. He’s been living in…
Police Blotter | 10/7/2015
(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…
Two-vehicle crash in Waterloo
Waterloo police and Monroe County EMS were assisted by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department in responding to a two-vehicle crash with injury on Route 3 at North Market Street. The…
Vehicle crash in Columbia
Columbia police, fire and EMS personnel responded about 6:15 p.m. Monday to a two-car crash on Route 3 at North Main Street near Midwest Petroleum. Police said a 2006 Pontiac…
House fire in Dupo
The Dupo and Prairie du Pont fire departments responded to a fully engulfed house fire in the 500 block of North Fifth Street in Dupo about 1:30 a.m. Monday. A…
Eagles edge Central; ‘Dogs lose heartbreaker
There are now only two weeks left in the high school football season. Columbia was able to hang on and beat conference foe Breese Central, 28-27. On the Eagles’ first…
CPD issues warrants on burglary charges
The Columbia Police Department on Friday obtained arrest warrants on two persons from St. Louis in connection with Sept. 24 thefts from vehicles in town. Police said Kenneth J. Littrell,…