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Don’t Stop Believin’
A freak accident on a hunting trip last year forever changed the lives of a local family, and the community is rallying to help however it can. On Sept. 2,…
Read MoreFOOTBALL: Eagles win; ‘Dogs and Tigers fall
The high school football season got off to a thrilling start for one local team on Friday night. Not so for two others. Columbia used some late-game heroics to win…
Read MoreFire destroys home near Fults
A rural Monroe County couple escaped an early Thursday morning house fire with little more than the clothes on their backs. “It’s a total loss,” Maeystown Fire Chief Lynden Prange…
Read MoreColumbia OKs school resource officer
The Columbia School Board completed the first actionable step Thursday night toward having a school resource officer. The board approved an intergovernmental agreement between the school district and city of…
Read MoreWind farm proposal fuels heated debate
About 100 residents came to the Monroe County Board meeting Monday to discuss a proposed wind farm south of Valmeyer. The matter first came up during the Aug. 6 board…
Read MoreWind farm issue blows back into county
The phrase “free as the wind” has long symbolized something comforting without cost. The wind has cooled humanity, and smelled good too. Wind-powered mills pumped water and ground grain into…
Read MoreBulldogs, Eagles alumni to meet in game for the ages
Generations of former Waterloo Bulldogs and Columbia Eagles ranging in age from 21-50 will strap on helmets and take the field for a special night of football on Aug. 25.…
Read MoreAfter tragedy, Webb family keeps clogging
The lives of the Webb family changed forever on Feb. 27, when their SUV was struck by a dump truck on Route 3 in Columbia. That crash claimed the life…
Read MoreRed Bud pharmacist pleads guilty to fraud charges
Steven P. Gibson, 29, pharmacist and owner of Gibson’s Discount Drugs in Red Bud, pleaded guilty in federal court Aug. 14 to charges he engaged in a scheme to defraud health care…
Read MoreWaterloo native canoeing for a cause
Erik Elsea grew up in Monroe County and always dreamed of canoeing the entire Mississippi River. He remembers sandbagging against the Mississippi during the Flood of 1993. “Flooding remains the…
Read MoreWind farm among several topics before county board
Courthouse computer security, enterprise zones and road work were among topics discussed at Monday’s meeting of the Monroe County Board, but the matter drawing the most attention this week is…
Read MoreSeason over for local Mon-Clair teams
After all the dust had settled in the first weekend of playoff action, all three local Mon-Clair League baseball teams were going home for the summer. It will be the…
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