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Girls basketball season over for most local teams

The Waterloo and Columbia girls basketball teams entered regional play this week after closing out the regular season. Gibault, Valmeyer and Dupo all lost in regional play last week, ending…

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Hawks win thriller over Bulldogs, 47-46

One of the teams was ranked in the state’s top 10. The other was riding a 10-game winning streak.  When cross-town rivals Gibault and Waterloo met last Tuesday night, there…

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Ice rescue training hopes to prevent future tragedy

Though ice on Monroe County lakes and ponds might be thicker this winter than in recent years, safety is even more important than ever. Even when the ice might look…

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County OKs rezoning requests

The Monroe County Board on Tuesday passed resolutions approving zoning board recommendations to rezone land for a proposed distillery near Columbia and a future crematorium in Waterloo. Quernheim Funeral Home…

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Forum exposes harsh reality of local drug problem

Rocketing case numbers and harsh truths from both local and state figureheads were the topics of Thursday night’s community forum addressing the issues of heroin and prescription drug abuse in…

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Two-vehicle crash at Rt. 3 near Red Bud

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department is responding to a two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle at Rt. 3 at Doyle Road near Red Bud. The call went out just after 4…

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CPD searching for two burglary suspects

The Columbia Police Department announced Tuesday it has obtained arrest warrants for two suspects in connection with residential burglaries that occurred in the 1700 block of Clover Ridge on Jan.…

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Police Blotter 2/12/14

Columbia Police Feb. 7 Columbia police, fire and EMS responded to a two-vehicle head-on crash on Main Street just outside the police and fire station around 8 a.m. The collision…

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3A Girls basketball play begins this week

Last week marked the start of girls basketball regionals in Illinois. Each of the local 1A and 2A schools, including Valmeyer, Gibault, Dupo and Red Bud were eventually eliminated from…

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Miniature-doberman missing

A miniature-doberman has been reported missing to the Republic-Times. His name is Duke and he is 9-years-old and weighs 9 pounds. He was last seen chasing something into the woods…

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