She was born on May 10, 1939, in Harrisonville, to Jacob and Luella (nee Garleb) Mehrtens. She passed away on Aug. 5, 2025, ...

An investigation is underway following a police pursuit that started about 10 p.m. Wednesday on I-255 in Columbia. The initial report indicates that a Monroe County Sheriff’s Department deputy ...

A “scour hole” on the land side of the levee located just north of Prairie du Rocher is growing, and a bureaucratic “run ...

The United States Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement division was on hand at the Monroe ...

Nearly 75 years after building the first county-owned nursing home in Illinois, Monroe County may soon be out of the senior ...

A vote of unanimous approval for what will be a nearly $15.5 million project passed with relatively little discussion ...

A local 4-H leader has been recognized as this year’s Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame recipient for Monroe County, celebrating her ...

Students studying Spanish at Waterloo High School recently returned from Europe, seeing a great deal of Spain’s culture as ...

The Village of Valmeyer is preparing for the departure of Marty Seitz as its police chief in early 2026, it was announced ...

Waterloo saw the appointment of a new city official and approved purchases for multiple utility departments during Monday’s ...

Attendance of the Monroe County Planning Commission meeting scheduled for this Thursday night, Aug. 7, will likely be ...

Illinois public school students could soon receive free mental health screenings each year. Gov. JB Pritzker signed Senate ...