Friday rollover on Kaskaskia Road

The Maeystown Fire Department and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department responded along with Monroe County EMS just before 8 a.m. Friday to a single-vehicle rollover crash on Kaskaskia Road just south…

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Hockey teams keep battling

The ice rinks are busy as high school hockey teams continue to skate through the Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association regular season.  The Freeburg-Waterloo Raging Bulldogs are 5-3-2 following recent…

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Bulldogs named all-conference

Several fall sports athletes from Waterloo High School received recognition from the Mississippi Valley Conference for their accomplishments. Players on the WHS football team, which won its first playoff game…

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Monroe County OKs budget

The “double-edged sword” of increased tax revenues, which Monroe County Treasurer Kevin Koenigstein pointed out in March during his first quarterly budget review of Fiscal Year 2022, has found its…

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Waterloo honors good neighbor

The Waterloo City Council on Monday night celebrated a good neighbor and approved a handful of measures. Chuck Green, a longtime member of the Waterloo Sports Association, was presented a…

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FNB completes bank buy

 First National Bank of Waterloo announced that its parent company, First Waterloo Bancshares, Inc., has acquired the outstanding shares of common stock of Village Bancshares in St. Libory. The transaction…

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Locals named State Scholars

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission recently announced the latest students earning State Scholars distinction.  The students are selected annually based on ACT or SAT exams and sixth semester class rank…

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