Posts Tagged ‘valmeyer’
School enrollments mixed across the area
After the bell has rung and students are seated in their classrooms across the area, district officials have totaled up the enrollment numbers for this school year. While some schools…
Read MoreSchreder to run for sheriff
Valmeyer resident Dennis Schreder announced Thursday he will run as a Democratic candidate for Monroe County Sheriff in 2014. Schreder has been captain and chief deputy of the Monroe County…
Read MoreFall sports schedules posted
With this week’s 90-degree temperatures, it is hard to believe fall is right around the corner. But even closer is this year’s fall sports season, with contests beginning this week…
Read MoreFall sports begin practices
At high schools across the county the fall sports season kicked off Aug. 14 with the first day of practices for football, boys soccer, volleyball, girls tennis, boys and girls…
Read MoreHog business booming in the bottoms
A T-shirt seen recently said: “Wouldn’t we all be healthier if vegetables tasted like bacon?” Unfortunately, they just don’t. But fortunately, bacon does. Pork is big business in Monroe County,…
Read MoreMillers on a roll heading into the playoffs
Waterloo (17-7) won both contests on Saturday, pushing its winning streak to eight games heading into this week’s playoffs. They are the No. 3 seed and face Valmeyer (10-14), who…
Read MoreDark days for Valmeyer in ’93
(This is the second in a three-part series looking back at the Flood of 1993 and its impact on Valmeyer. The final article in this series will run in September.)…
Read MoreIEMA touts flood mitigation efforts since ’93
Twenty years ago, communities along the Mississippi River, including Valmeyer, Fults and other portions of Monroe County, were dealing with the historic, months-long Flood of 1993. The Mississippi River crested…
Read MoreMillers sweep Millstadt in a big league doubleheader Sunday, Valmeyer stomps Columbia
The Waterloo Millers tightened things up in the Monroe division of the Mon-Clair baseball league Sunday, taking two games from division leading Millstadt (15-5) at Mueth field in a league…
Read MoreValmeyer man sentenced to prison for child porn
A Valmeyer man was sentenced last week to more than 12 years in prison on federal child pornography charges. Alan L. Mitchell, 52, of Valmeyer, entered a guilty plea March…
Read More1993: beginning of the end for old Valmeyer
By ANDREA DEGENHART and COREY SAATHOFF For the Republic-Times (This is the first of a three-part series marking the 20th anniversary of the Flood of 1993 and eventual relocation of…
Read MoreLakers look to push .500 coming into the tournament
For the love of the game — that’s what keeps players coming back to play in the powerhouse Mon-Clair Baseball League. But as they go on to graduate college, life…
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