Lost hikers located safely

Columbia Fire Department and Columbia EMS personnel assisted other emergency personnel in responding shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday to a report of three adult males lost on a trail at…

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Millers moving up

The Waterloo Millers inched closer to .500 with a winning weekend as the Valmeyer Lakers were swept and the Millstadt Green Machine were rained out in Mon-Clair League baseball action. …

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WHS wrestling builds on success

The Waterloo High School wrestling team continues its upward trajectory with another solid season under head coach Chase Guercio.  “We finished 12-6 this year and had some really good individual…

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State kudos for girls soccer

High school soccer players from Gibault, Waterloo and Columbia recently earned Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association honors for their success this spring. Earning IHSSCA All-State honors was Columbia senior…

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All-State nod for Holmes

Recent Columbia High School graduate Jackson Holmes was recently named to the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 2A All-State Team. Holmes, a pitcher/first baseman, posted an 8-1 record…

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Columbia ponders properties

 City Council meeting was spent discussing land use in the city. One discussion involved a single property, a house on Wernings Drive. As part of the lot’s R-4 zoning requirements,…

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