Demolition Man

As a child growing up on a farm just outside of Waterloo playing with smoke bombs and rockets, Joe Brinkmann never saw himself building a demolitions company. Decades later, with…

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Police Blotter | 10-19-22

Columbia Police Sept. 30 – Tyler A. Nickel, 28, of Freeburg, was charged with aggravated fleeing/eluding police  in connection with a Sept. 17 incident that originated in Smithton in which…

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Firearm incident in Columbia

A St. Louis man stands charged with multiple felonies following an early Sunday morning incident involving a loaded firearm in downtown Columbia. Police said a silver 2011 Hyundai Sonata driven…

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Possible gas leak at Gibault

The Waterloo Fire Department joined Monroe County EMS and the Waterloo Police Department in responding about 9:30 p.m. Saturday to the report of a possible gas leak in the cafeteria…

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