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School officials discuss pension reform penalties
Local school districts have been forced to pay penalties imposed as part of a 2005 pension reform law intended to limit raises for retiring educators. But area superintendents say there…
Read MoreAfter rocky start, Brendan enjoying the ride
By ETHAN MAY For the Republic-Times Eager to come into this world, Brendan Bueschel arrived three months premature and only weighed one pound, four ounces. Brendan’s early arrival was further…
Read MoreWaterloo School Board weighing sales tax vote
The Waterloo School Board held its monthly meeting Monday night, discussing the possibility of putting a county-wide sales tax up to a public vote next spring, among other matters. The…
Read MoreRobbie’s walk an inspiration at CHS
By ETHAN MAY For the Republic-Times Sunday afternoon, 155 graduates walked across the stage in Columbia High School’s gymnasium to receive their diploma and officially move on to the next…
Read MoreParkview’s ‘Dr. B’ is ending on a high note
East or west of the Mississippi, Dr. Mike Beczkala’s reputation precedes him. Beczkala – principal of Parkview Elementary in Columbia and the unassuming maestro of Saint Louis University’s Pep Band…
Read MoreKish keeping ICS in constant rhythm
Mike Kish may have an honorary street named after him outside the new Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on Palmer Road, but you would never know because the road sign is…
Read MoreRegional Office of Education offers key programs and services
It resides in a modest, one-story brick building across from the Monroe County Courthouse in Waterloo. A plain, white-lettered sign on the glass door reads: “Monroe-Randolph Regional Office of Education.”…
Read MoreWHS Students Earn Money For ‘SAFE’ Post-Prom
“We’re not invincible, but we are irreplaceable.” That’s the slogan for Waterloo High School’s SAFE Club, a student-led team whose goal is to promote safe driving among their fellow students…
Read MoreClass project makes life easier for CMS student
A Columbia High School construction class made the TV news over the weekend for its efforts in building a specialized bed for a young Columbia student who has cerebral palsy.…
Read MoreSchool assembly shows Waterloo has heart
By CHERYL HEMMER For the Republic-Times More than 150 students at Rogers and Gardner elementary schools in Waterloo are attempting to outwit, outplay, outlast and, ultimately, outjump each other to…
Read MoreColumbia says farewell to German exchange students
Auf wiedersehen! Columbia will say goodbye to 26 German exchange students and their fellow teachers this week when the group returns home to Gedern, Germany. Their three-week long stay here…
Read MoreFour Elected to Waterloo School Board; Columbia Tax Defeated
Four were elected to the Waterloo School Board and a proposed non-home rule sales tax of .25 percent failed by a wide margin in Columbia as a result of Tuesday’s…
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