Posts Tagged ‘monroe county’
Fire destroys large home near Maeystown
Five departments battled a fully involved house fire at 4103 LL Road east of Maeystown on Monday afternoon. At about 3:15 p.m., a passerby reported to 911 that they saw…
Read MoreHouse destroyed by fire northwest of Waterloo
Three departments responded to a fully engulfed structure fire northwest of Waterloo late Wednesday night. The Waterloo Fire Department was joined by firefighters from Columbia and Valmeyer at the scene…
Read MoreTuesday crash west of Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded about 10:40 a.m. Tuesday to a vehicle crash in the 2900 block of Trout Camp Road near Deer Hill Road west of Waterloo. A white SUV driven…
Read MoreTractor fire in shed near Columbia
Firefighters from Columbia, Valmeyer and Waterloo responded about 1:45 p.m. Monday to a tractor on fire inside a shed on a farm at 2132 Steppig Road southwest of Columbia. Smoke…
Read MoreChimney fire near Hecker
The Hecker and Red Bud fire departments responded about 8:40 a.m. Sunday to a chimney fire that spread to the attic of a home at 5944 M Road off Wiegand…
Read MoreJudge rules portions of SAFE-T Act are unconstitutional
A Kankakee County judge ruled late Wednesday night that aspects of the SAFE-T Act that was set to go into effect Jan. 1 are unconstitutional. The ruling by Judge Thomas…
Read MoreNew judicial circuit created
Most counties in Illinois have been preparing for implementation of the SAFE-T Act at the beginning of 2023, with many trying to anticipate challenges courts and jails will face when…
Read MoreWrong way driver stopped in Columbia
Local police responded about 7:45 a.m. Sunday after a white Chevy Malibu driven by an 89-year-old male was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 3 from Waterloo to…
Read MoreMorning snow, ice make for messy commute
Many parts of the St. Louis region woke up Saturday morning to upwards of five inches of snowfall, which led to numerous traffic issues due to the sudden frozen precipitation.…
Read MoreMore sex charges for Waterloo man
A Waterloo man first charged in January for alleged sex crimes is now facing even more charges. Kevin S. Ade, 37, was charged last Wednesday in Monroe County Circuit Court…
Read MoreString of crashes involving deer in Monroe County
The annual “don’t veer for deer” campaign by the Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois Department of Natural Resources serves as a reminder of safe driving practices this time of…
Read MoreTruck strikes tree west of Red Bud
Emergency personnel responded about 11:40 a.m. Friday to the 5500 block of MM Road east of Reed Road in rural Monroe County after a Dodge Ram struck a tree. The…
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