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Gibault students uncover history of old buildings

Next week, Gibault Catholic High School students will present a semester’s worth of research on historic downtown Waterloo buildings to anyone interested in learning more about the city’s history. Gibault…

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Lifetree Café opens topics for discussion

For a year now, The Beacon, an outreach of First Baptist Church of Waterloo, has hosted a program called the Lifetree Café. Lifetree Café is a “conversation café,” where on…

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Hawks win Battle of Waterloo over ‘Dogs, 51-45

The Gibault Hawks held off cross-town rival Waterloo in a hard fought boys basketball contest Tuesday at Waterloo High School. Gibault notched the opening points, taking a 4-0 lead, and…

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‘Random Acts of Kindness’ event an amazing success

It’s a day two families have been dreading for weeks – the one-month anniversary of the deaths of Abby Liefer, 19, and Hannah Porter, 20, in a head-on car crash…

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Two vehicle crashes early Tuesday evening

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Monroe County EMS assisted Illinois State Police with a two-car crash with possible injuries at Route 3 and KK Road in Waterloo early Tuesday…

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Police Blotter | 2/4/15

Columbia Police Jan. 26 – Christopher L. Feix, 43, of Columbia, was arrested on an in-state warrant. Jan. 28 – Jason L. Brenning, 37, of Coulterville, was arrested for possession…

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Hoagland tries out for America’s Got Talent

At 8 years old, most youngsters are in second or third grade, going about their studies and participating in extracurricular activities or sports. But for one local girl, a hobby…

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CFD responds to brush fire

The Columbia Fire Department responded at about 12:35 p.m. Saturday to a brush fire reported just north of Bottom Road on the west side of the railroad tracks on the…

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R-T’s ‘Best of 2014’ award winners announced

Results of the Republic-Times “Best of 2014” contest are in, with winners chosen by voters on our website over the past two weeks. A whopping 34,134 votes were cast for…

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Lost dog in Columbia

From the Columbia Animal Hospital: Please be on the look out for Huxley.  He went missing around North Riebling in Columbia.  He is about 3 years old and a Black…

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