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This year’s corn harvest among best ever

By ALAN DOOLEY Following on the heels of a great wheat harvest this past spring, positive results are coming in for this year’s corn crop in Monroe County. Some are…

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Gas leak in Waterloo

The Waterloo Fire Department is responding to a report of a gas leak from a meter at 129 Roosevelt Drive. The call for service went out at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday.

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Fire call at Garden Place in Columbia

The Columbia Fire Department responded shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday to the Garden Place elder care facility for a fire alarm. There was a report of smoke in a hallway…

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2014 Pigskin Pick’em week 3 winner

Week 3 of the 2014 Pigskin Pick’em Contest is now over. Taking home first place is Michelle Jones, with an impressive 13/16 correct picks! She’s the winner of a bicycle…

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Police blotter 9/17/14

Columbia Police Sept. 12: Lawrence R. Thurman II, 44, of Columbia, was arrested on an in-state warrant at 119 Clearwater Court. Sept. 13: John A. Alvey Jr., 55, of Waterloo,…

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Injury crash in Millstadt

Police, fire and EMS crews were dispatched to the scene of a three-car crash with two reported injuries at the intersection of Polk and Washington streets in Millstadt at around…

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Vehicle crash west of Waterloo on Route 156

Shortly before noon on Sunday, police were handling a two-vehicle crash on Route 156 near Fountain Creek Ridge Lane west of Waterloo. The vehicles involved were a Honda Accord and…

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Two-vehicle injury crash south of Waterloo early Sunday

Police, fire and EMS personnel responded shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday to a two-vehicle crash with injuries on Route 3 right in front of the Wm. Nobbe John Deere dealership…

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Eagles win at Wesclin, 37-14

The Columbia High School football team found itself in an early 14-0 hole at Wesclin on Friday night, but the Eagles defense settled in and the offense got its ground…

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Bulldogs outlast Mascoutah in double OT

By ALAN DOOLEY It surely hasn’t been easy, but the Waterloo football team improved to 4-0 on the season with a 20-14 double overtime win at home Friday night against…

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