Holiday hoops madness underway

The Columbia-Freeburg Holiday Tournament is underway this week at Columbia High School, offering boys basketball action for fans to feast on before year’s end. The host Eagles were enjoying home…

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Girls hoop it up in Red Bud

Tournament time continues for local high school girls basketball squads this week.  After competing in the Candy Cane Classic at Gibault Catholic High School prior to Christmas break, Waterloo, Columbia…

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Hockey rivals to meet again

The new year will kick off with another rivalry hockey battle between the Freeburg-Waterloo Raging Bulldogs and Columbia Ice Eagles. The two local squads, who rank atop the Mississippi Valley…

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2021 Year in Review

From COVID rising and declining and rising again, to all the impacts locally as a result, 2021 was definitely an interesting year in Monroe County. There were also plenty of…

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New laws for the new year

As Illinoisans prepare for the first day of 2022 this Saturday, there are 300 new laws scheduled to take effect. Some new laws beginning Jan. 1 include insurance companies being…

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Police Blotter | 12-22-21

(Information in this report is gathered from police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty and charges may…

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Theft report in Waterloo

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the reported theft of multiple items from a property on Country Lakes Lane off Konarcik Road in Waterloo. Items reported missing from the…

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