Posts Tagged ‘Monroe County Sheriff’s Department’
Monroe County changing animal pound procedures
Monroe County is changing its procedures after an error recently caused a cat and its kittens to be left unattended for an extended time. That happened after a Waterloo Police…
Read MoreFair’s growth continued into ‘90s
Editor’s note: This is the second entry of our three-part series looking back through the history of the Monroe County Fair, which was canceled this year due to the COVID-19…
Read MoreSheriff tests positive for COVID
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department announced Friday that Monroe County Sheriff Neal Rohlfing has tested positive for COVID-19. The positive test result came on Wednesday, according to the department. “Sheriff…
Read MoreCharges filed in police chase
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Columbia and Dupo police attempted to stop a vehicle on the south end of Columbia late Monday afternoon in a pursuit that continued into…
Read MoreDomestic incident results in 4 charged with drugs
Felony drug charges have been filed against four people after police responded to a domestic disturbance near Waterloo earlier this week. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department was called to a…
Read MoreBoat breaks down on Kaskaskia River
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and other agencies assisted conservation police shortly after 1:05 p.m. Sunday in attempting to locate and retrieve an occupied broken-down boat on the Kaskaskia River…
Read MoreVehicle evades police on I-255
Local law enforcement agencies were following and attempting to locate a car out of Collinsville that led police throughout Columbia and rural Monroe and St. Clair counties late Saturday morning.…
Read MoreLaw enforcement surprises Hopkins twins
More than 70 police squad vehicles with lights and sirens drove through Waterloo on Friday. These cars, from numerous law enforcement agencies including those in Monroe County, were participating in…
Read MoreMan who fled police had stolen truck
A Lenzburg man was charged with a felony following a Wednesday morning incident that started in Columbia and ended in rural St. Clair County. Local law enforcement agencies were on…
Read MoreTeen located after search
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department requested assistance about 1 p.m. Friday in its search for a teenage boy in the 4700 block of Dusty’s Trail off LL Road south of…
Read MoreLansing retiring from MCSD
One of the most prominent individuals in the local law enforcement community is retiring, as Monroe County Sheriff’s Department Under Sheriff Jim Lansing’s last day on the job is this…
Read MoreVehicle struck by lightning near Waterloo
The Waterloo Fire Department and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department responded about 12:40 p.m. Thursday to Kaskaskia Road near Route 3 for a report of a white sedan struck by lightning…
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