Posts Tagged ‘paywall’
Wednesday night pursuit on I-255
An investigation is underway following a police pursuit that started about 10 p.m. Wednesday on I-255 in Columbia. The initial report indicates that a Monroe County Sheriff’s Department deputy attempted…
Read MoreDog rescued in Columbia house fire
Multiple departments responded about 10 a.m. Thursday to a house fire in the 400 block of Edward Drive off Lakeshore Drive in Columbia. A resident arrived home and smoke poured…
Read MoreImmigration arrest at courthouse
The United States Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement division was on hand Wednesday morning at the Monroe County Courthouse in Waterloo to arrest a Florida man on…
Read MoreLevee ‘devastation’ looms in Bottoms
A “scour hole” on the land side of the levee located just north of Prairie du Rocher is growing, and a bureaucratic “run around” may have already ensured the levee…
Read MoreMonroe County to lease Oak Hill
Nearly 75 years after building the first county-owned nursing home in Illinois, Monroe County may soon be out of the senior living and rehabilitation business altogether. Commissioners are expected to…
Read MoreColumbia city services on the move
A vote of unanimous approval for what will be a nearly $15.5 million project passed with relatively little discussion compared to different agenda item during the Columbia City Council meeting…
Read MoreWHS students grow in Spain
Students studying Spanish at Waterloo High School recently returned from Europe, seeing a great deal of Spain’s culture as well as traveling around France for a trip that provided lessons…
Read MoreValmeyer police chief retiring
The Village of Valmeyer is preparing for the departure of Marty Seitz as its police chief in early 2026, it was announced last month. Current Valmeyer Police Department officer Terry…
Read MoreStolen vehicle pursuit ends in arrest
A St. Clair County woman faces multiple felony charges following a successful police pursuit early Monday afternoon. Shortly after 12:30 p.m., investigators with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department’s Aggressive Criminal…
Read MoreSolar farm hearing delayed again
Attendance of the Monroe County Planning Commission meeting scheduled for this Thursday night, Aug. 7, will likely be diminished as a solar farm proposed in rural Waterloo has been removed…
Read MoreSchool mental health screenings coming soon
Illinois public school students could soon receive free mental health screenings each year. Gov. JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1560 on July 31, which would require the Illinois State Board…
Read MoreBuds, Lakers in Mon-Clair finals
And then there were two. The Mon-Clair League baseball playoffs took place Saturday and Sunday, with the Waterloo Buds and Valmeyer Lakers the last teams still standing after all the…
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