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Boil order lifted
The boil order for all customers of Fountain Water District, which was scheduled to be in effect until 11 a.m. tomorrow, has been lifted. Fountain Water District serves rural Monroe…
Columbia girls win second straight regional title
The Columbia High School girls basketball team won its second straight regional title Thursday night, defeating Althoff to propel the Eagles into the Carbondale sectional. Columbia faced sectional host Carbondale…
Local church shares its mission in Uganda
It’s not every day Waterloo residents get to experience life in a third world country. But for eight members of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Waterloo, it was a firsthand experience…
School board approves Costello salary, calendar
The Waterloo Board of Education on Monday night approved next year’s official school calendar and a two-year contract for future Waterloo High School Principal Lori Costello. The 2014-15 school year…
Candidates make their case ahead of primary
More than 60 interested voters came to the Monroe County Annex in Waterloo last Wednesday evening for the Monroe County Farm Bureau’s “Meet the Candidates” forum ahead of the March…
Bulldogs take first conference title in 33 years
Tuesday’s senior night at Waterloo High School was made more special, as the boys basketball team captured its first conference title since 1981 and its first ever Mississippi Valley Conference…
Police Blotter 2/19/14
Columbia Police Feb. 12 – Candance L. Wright, 18, of Cahokia, was arrested for obstructing a police officer. Feb. 18 – Jeremy E. Speer, 18, of Millstadt, was arrested in…
Three injured in early morning crash
Three persons were transported to area hospitals for treatment of various injuries sustained in a single-vehicle rollover that occurred around 12 a.m. Monday on a Floraville Road curve at the…
Columbia Lakes housing plan
Local developer Joe Koppeis attended Thursday’s Columbia School Board meeting to present information about a possible future building development in Columbia Lakes. In 2011, both the city council and school board heard multiple presentations and…
GNC store coming to Waterloo
A General Nutrition Center (GNC) location is moving into the former HTC store next to Schnucks at 156 Waterloo Commons Drive. The national chain with 6,000 health food stores in the U.S.…