Posts Tagged ‘paywall’
Pirates, Eagles win regionals
Two local high school softball squads hoisted regional championship plaques Saturday, and another hopes to do the same Friday. Valmeyer (18-2) won its second regional title in three years with…
Read MoreDigging for history in Valmeyer
It’s not every day a team of Boy Scouts can help a Ph.D candidate with her dissertation while she helps them earn an elusive merit badge, but that was the…
Read MoreThe chat about AI
The subject of artificial intelligence has garnered a great deal of attention over the last few months, with AI text and image generators as well as voice reproductions sweeping across…
Read MoreNew principal at Gibault
Having weathered a rough start to the recently completed academic year, Gibault Catholic High School will soon be welcoming a new principal to guide them going forward. Sarah Lanham is…
Read MoreMental health in the spotlight
Waterloo Listens hosted its most recent general assembly meeting Monday at Human Support Services in recognition of May as Mental Health Awareness Month. Much of the meeting was dedicated to…
Read MoreBond talks for Columbia School Board
The Columbia School District conducted its final board meeting of the academic year Thursday, tying up a number of loose ends from the previous meeting while also discussing future financial…
Read MoreChaplains trained to support first responders
The Crisis Intervention Team Sub-Committee of the Monroe County Criminal Justice Behavioral Health Task Force recently coordinated to provide chaplain training for three local men. In 2022, the CIT Sub-Committee…
Read MoreKawalec joins HNS
House of Neighborly Service in Monroe County recently announced the hiring of Natalie Kawalec as its new executive director. She succeeds outgoing executive director Tina Charron. Kawalec brings a background…
Read MoreCostello speaks to FFA members
Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Jerry Costello II was the featured speaker at the annual Waterloo FFA awards banquet May 7 at Waterloo High School. The husband of WHS principal…
Read MoreFelony child endangerment charge
A misdemeanor charge against a Renault woman has been upgraded to a felony. Heaven L. Racadio, 31, of Renault, was arrested April 21 after she allegedly crashed her vehicle while…
Read MoreWeapons, drug charges follow shots fired incident
Two men from out of the area were charged in connection with a bizarre early May incident in rural Monroe County. At about 1:45 a.m. May 7, Monroe County Sheriff’s…
Read MoreDefying reason | Ott Observations
As I digest many current events, I find myself thinking about the word “reason.” The dictionary defines the word as “a cause, explanation or justification for an action or event,”…
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