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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Structure fire in Dupo

Multiple area departments battled a Monday afternoon structure fire in Dupo. The Dupo Fire Department responded about 2:50 p.m. to a report of a fire at 105 N. Third Street…

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I-255 pursuit ends in arrest

The Columbia Police Department and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department assisted area law enforcement agencies late Thursday night with a pursuit that started out of the area and ended near Dupo.…

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‘Flora and Son’ | Movie Review

Movie critics and writers often try to sound eloquent and high-brow when reviewing movies.  They use metaphors.  They compare movie characters to great characters in literature or find correlations between…

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Football teams falter again

For the second straight week, all three local high school football squads suffered defeat Friday night.  Waterloo (1-4) lost to a tough Mississippi Valley Conference opponent Friday at Highland (4-1),…

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Can’t catch WHS girls XC 

The Waterloo High School girls cross country team continues to blaze trails this fall, winning two more meets.  On Saturday, the Bulldogs won the Freeburg Invitational at Smithton Community Park…

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