Posts Tagged ‘paywall’
Lakers clinch regular season title
With an emphatic victory on Saturday, the Valmeyer Lakers ensured themselves the top regular season record in the Mon-Clair League for 2023. Valmeyer (19-3) blasted the Edwardsville Stags to the…
Read MorePiranhas end pool season
While the season didn’t end with a first place showing at the conference meet Saturday, there was plenty to be proud about this summer for the Waterloo Piranhas swim team. …
Read MoreDowning mows ‘em down
A former Waterloo High School baseball standout enjoyed a solid summer on the mound for the Normal Cornbelters of the Prospect League. The Prospect League is a wooden bat collegiate…
Read MoreA new queen is crowned
Sunday evening saw the end of the first day of the Monroe County Fair, marked with a pageant to decide this year’s Monroe County Fair Queen and Little Miss. After…
Read MoreCounty added to state disaster declaration
Monroe County and 13 other counties were included in an expanded state disaster proclamation due to severe weather in Illinois that occurred June 29 through July 2, Gov. JB Pritzker…
Read MoreACLU joins gender debate
The situation in the Waterloo School District concerning the school board’s recently added gender identity and bathroom policy has been garnered attention outside of Monroe County. When the situation began…
Read MoreYMCA fixes up after storm
A severe storm that bombarded the area on June 30 did especially terrible damage to Columbia, knocking down trees, ripping apart roofs and taking out power for the city for…
Read MoreLightning causes large house fire
A lightning strike resulted in a large destructive house fire about 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the 3300 block of Trout Camp Road west of Waterloo. A passerby called 911 to…
Read MoreTrucking trouble for zoning board
The Monroe County Zoning Board of Appeals met briefly last Wednesday to discuss two small items. The more substantial of the requests presented to the board concerned Andrew Large, who…
Read MoreLocal SAFE-T Act reactions
Monroe County Sheriff Neal Rohlfing and Monroe County State’s Attorney Ryan Webb issued a joint press release last week regarding the July 18 Illinois Supreme Court decision ruling the SAFE-T…
Read MoreWaterloo OKs handful of measures
During its July 17 meeting, the Waterloo City Council annexed land, approved work contracts and approved a handful of other measures. Aldermen voted in favor of an annexation agreement between…
Read MoreUpdated FEMA flood maps up for review
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map for Monroe County. Community partners are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period. …
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