Fire call east of Waterloo

Three local departments responded shortly before 10:45 p.m. Wednesday to a vehicle on fire inside a garage attached to a residence east of Waterloo. The incident occurred in the 6700…

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House fire south of Waterloo

Multiple area departments responded to a house fire Tuesday morning just south of Waterloo. Shortly before 7 a.m., the Waterloo Fire Department was called to the report of a basement…

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Tuesday crash near Hecker

Emergency personnel responded to a crash involving a pickup truck pulling a trailer on Route 159 at Club Congress Road just north of Hecker at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. A…

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Gas leak in Hecker

The Hecker Fire Department, Monroe County EMS and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department responded at about 11:35 a.m. Tuesday to a gas leak reported inside a residence at 240 N. Second…

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Pappy says goodbye

A friendly face at the Hecker Fire Department stepped away earlier this month, marking the end of a career that’s spanned nearly six decades. Dale Papenberg has lived in Hecker…

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