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CHS senior hosting podcast
After winning the Monroe County startUP Entrepreneur of the Year award last year, Jacob O’Connor has shifted his focus to a new venture. That is the Venture Mentality podcast, which…
Read MoreWaterloo School Board OKs admin contracts
The Waterloo School Board unanimously approved three-year contracts for many administrators in the school district at its March 16 meeting. The board OK’d contracts for Waterloo High School Principal Lori…
Read MoreColumbia School Board hears from architect
The Columbia School Board spent much of its March 19 meeting hearing from its district architect in an effort to gather information and decide on what projects the school district…
Read MoreColumbia School Board debates project
The Columbia School Board held a special meeting last Tuesday night, the majority of which it spent discussing a proposed project later this summer. The board took no action on…
Read MoreSchools, churches, bars and restaurants closed as coronavirus closes in on area
(For the latest article that appeared in the March 18 Republic-Times, click here.) Local churches are the latest to close amid COVID-19 concerns. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville announced…
Read MoreColumbia students, teachers go bald for a cure
A team of Columbia students and teachers had their heads shaved for a good cause on Saturday. The team named Snow Angels raised more than $25,000 for St. Baldrick’s Foundation,…
Read MoreWHS Speech Team ends season
While it may not have ended the way they wanted, overall the Waterloo High School Speech team had another stellar season. Six individual members went to state, as did the…
Read MoreColumbia hires new superintendent
The Columbia School Board unanimously voted Thursday night to hire Chris Grode as the district’s new superintendent. Grode will take over July 1 from Victor Buehler, who has been serving…
Read MoreWaterloo OKs SRO; AD resigns
The Waterloo School Board unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Waterloo City Council on Monday that provides for a school resource officer for the district from the Waterloo Police…
Read MoreSecond graders publish book
A group of second graders at Rogers Elementary School in Waterloo recently did something most adults have not done. The students became published authors. “It’s great because we all wrote…
Read MoreCHS class covers music history
A new course at Columbia High School is giving students a perspective on history they normally would not get until college, if ever. That class is called social/political history of…
Read MoreCHS considers rebranding
Columbia High School will soon be getting a makeover. CHS Principal Brian Reeves spoke to the Columbia School Board at its January meeting about wanting to rebrand the school by…
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