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Lakers stun Millers, advance to Mon-Clair finals
The Valmeyer Lakers celebrate after their 4-3 win over Waterloo on Saturday. (Greg Stanek photo) Things were looking good for the Waterloo Millers heading into the final inning of their…
Read MoreMillers advance in Mon-Clair playoffs
The Waterloo Millers finally got to finish their first round Mon-Clair League playoff game Friday night, which started on Wednesday but was postponed after three innings due to rain. Waterloo’s…
Read More‘Sheri Ann Her Boys’ funds donated to Chicago shelter
Funds raised in memory of a slain Columbia woman and her two sons have apparently been donated to a women’s shelter in Chicago, it was reported last week. More than…
Read MoreGerman students enjoy their stay in Waterloo
Two students from Porta Westfalica, Germany traveled more than 4,500 miles to visit Waterloo for a month. Cousins Kayleigh Hoskens and Louisa Frohwitter spent their time here getting a taste…
Read MoreValmeyer daycare center completes intruder training
Daytime Discoveries in Valmeyer became the first local daycare facility to host intruder training for safety purposes. The training was conducted last week by Tier One Tactical Solutions with assistance…
Read MoreColumbia trying to ease commercial development issues
The Columbia City Council on Monday night discussed the futures of two vacant pieces of commercial property along the city’s main thoroughfare. Aldermen authorized Columbia Mayor Kevin Hutchinson to execute…
Read MoreRBRH parent company in $98 million settlement
One of the largest publicly-traded hospital companies in the country will pay more than $98 million to settle a Department of Justice investigation into “medically unnecessary” inpatient admissions of Medicare…
Read MoreKueker bison statue unveiled outside courthouse
Passersby of the intersection of Mill and South Market streets in downtown Waterloo were greeted Monday by a stampeding bison at the northeast corner of the Monroe County Courthouse square.…
Read MoreCity council hears speeding complaint
The Waterloo City Council on Monday night heard from a resident on North Moore Street about excessive speeding. Becky Levendoski, who lives at 311 N. Moore Street. (between Illinois Avenue…
Read MoreFatality reported in three-vehicle crash on Route 158 near Columbia
A 21-year-old Belleville woman died in a three-vehicle crash that occurred about 6:45 p.m. Sunday on Route 158 near Limestone Lane between Columbia and Millstadt in St. Clair County. Two…
Read MoreCassens returns from two years in Peace Corps
After two years in Paraguay with the Peace Corps, Tim Cassens has returned home to Columbia. Columbia could hardly be called home, however, since Cassens has been traveling nearly nonstop…
Read MoreChanges to deer hunting season
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Marc Miller announced changes last week to the 2014-15 deer hunting season, including the removal of 20 additional counties from the late-winter season and…
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