Strong start for WHS wrestling
So far, so good this season for the Waterloo High School boys wrestling team. The Bulldogs are 11-2 on the season despite not being fully healthy. “(We’re) dealing with injuries…
Read MoreEagles win for No. 12
The Columbia Eagles Hockey Club honored one of its players during Thursday’s game against Triad at McKendree Metro Rec Plex in O’Fallon. Jacob Nelson, who wears No. 12 for the…
Read MoreWHS girls roll at Strikefest
The Waterloo High School girls varsity bowling squad received its first ever invitation to compete in the Strikefest tournament in Joliet hosted Saturday by Plainfield North High School. Some of…
Read MoreCollege volleyball success for locals
Monroe County has several former high school volleyball standouts making this area proud at the college level. Jessie Seidel was a fifth-year senior libero for Lindenwood University after having excelled…
Read MoreIHSA changing classification cycle
The Illinois High School Association Board of Directors made a change to its enrollment classification cycle during its monthly meeting Dec. 9. Starting in the 2025-26 school year, the IHSA…
Read MoreLook in the mirror | Ott Observations
The election is over, the winners are gleeful and the losers are in despair. Media pundits and Democratic party officials are trying to dissect the results and understand the…
Read MoreSimple memories and innocence | Mark’s Remarks
Here I go again. I think just about every holiday season I have ever written about probably talks about something I’m nostalgic or sentimental about. I can’t help it. Humor…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 12-11-24
(Information in this report is gathered from police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty and charges may…
Read MoreAmanda M. Ebeler | Obituary
Amanda M. “Mandy” Ebeler, 38, of Waterloo, died Dec. 17, 2024, in Waterloo. She was born Nov. 5, 1986, in Belleville. Mandy loved being with family and friends and her…
Read MoreDUI crash near Fountain
A Missouri man was arrested for DUI following a crash early Saturday morning in rural Monroe County. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said that shortly after 12:05 a.m., a 2019…
Read MoreAway from the manger
Police are investigating the theft of a baby Jesus figurine from the Nativity scene outside of a Waterloo church over the weekend. The theft was discovered about 7:45 a.m. Sunday…
Read MoreBernadette A. Wild | Obituary
Bernadette A. “Betty” Wild, (nee Van Eeckhoute), 85, of Waterloo, died Dec. 15, 2024, in Waterloo. She was born June 3, 1939, in St. Louis, Mo. Betty was a member…
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