Posts Tagged ‘burksville’
‘Eagle Tree’ downed in storm
July was bookended by storms in Monroe County, with intense and sustained winds causing extensive damage and a prolonged power outage in Columbia at the start of the month and…
Read MorePower outage in Monroe County
Monroe County Electric Cooperative announced shortly after 6 p.m. Friday that it would be having a widespread power outage due to maintenance work by Ameren on its transmission side. MCEC…
Read MoreDamages awarded in house explosion suit
A Monroe County jury returned a verdict in favor of awarding total damages of $2.23 million to Dan and Terri Krebel as the result of injuries Dan sustained during a…
Read MoreBrush fire near Burksville
The Waterloo, Red Bud and Maeystown fire departments responded to an out-of-control brush fire in the 4800 block of S Road near Burksville early Sunday evening. The page went out…
Read MoreMCSD makes burglary arrest
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department arrested two people in connection with theft and drug charges stemming from a mid-December incident near Hecker. Shortly after 10 a.m. Dec. 15, deputies were…
Read MoreArrests made in drug raid
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, with help from other law enforcement personnel, executed a warrant south of Waterloo and took multiple people into custody on drug charges Friday morning. Monroe…
Read MoreSunday night brush fire
The Waterloo Fire Department responded shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday to a brush fire in the area of 4639 KK Road in Burksville. The fire was reportedly contained within a…
Read MoreShed fire in Burksville
The Waterloo and Maeystown fire departments responded along with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Monroe County EMS about 6:35 p.m Sunday to a fully engulfed shed fire in the…
Read MoreSex assault, home invasion near Burksville
Three people have been charged following a sexual assault and home invasion near Burksville last Sunday. Monroe County Sheriff’s Department deputies were dispatched to a residence in the 5200 block…
Read MoreFriday brush fire near Burksville
The Waterloo Fire Department and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department responded shortly before 11:45 a.m. Friday to a residence near Burksville in the 5100 block of Kaskaskia Road, near the intersection…
Read MoreOld school history in Monroe County
Anyone who has driven on the section of KK Road between Burksville and Burksville Station has, maybe unwittingly, driven through the location of the first English-speaking public school in what…
Read MoreBarn destroyed by fire near Burksville
Three fire departments battled a fire to a large metal barn near Burksville about 8 a.m. Thursday. The Waterloo, Maeystown and Red Bud fire departments responded to 5763 Lemen Road…
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