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Bonfires and candles lit the night sky Christmas Eve at the top of the Maeystown Hill. With the temperature below freezing, folks found creative means to keep warm for the St. John UCC of Maeystown Christmas Eve service.

Maeystown Churchgoers Share Warmth Of Christmas

By Monroe County Independent | January 3, 2021

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Pen Daubach addresses the County Planning Commissioner during an April 2019 meeting. The Fair Wind Coalition, which Pen is a member, met with the commission to discuss the issues the group had with the county's current ordinance regarding wind farms.

Monroe County Zoning Board Finalizes Updated Wind-Power Ordinance Draft

By Monroe County Independent | December 17, 2020

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Newly-elected County Commissioner George Green, left, is joined on the board by Vicki Koerber and Dennis Knobloch. Koerber has been named the new board chairman. - photo by Joe Leicht

Vicki Koerber Selected To Chair Monroe County Board Of Commissioners Covid Looks To Be County’s Focal Issue Going Forward

By Monroe County Independent | December 17, 2020

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Monroe County Emergency Management Agency’s Ryan Weber and Kevin Scheibe, right, worked at the fairgrounds earlier this week to help coordinate the continued vaccination of healthcare workers. So far the county has been issued 300 covid-19 vaccines for healthcare workers on the front lines of the pandemic. The county hopes to soon receive additional doses to begin Phase 1B - the vaccination of those 65 and older.

Wagner: Two Choices – Get Vaccine Or Get Covid-19

By Monroe County Independent | January 14, 2021

by Joe Leicht Monroe County Health Director John Wagner sent a seemingly mixed message on covid-19 when he reported to the county board on Jan....

Governor Extends Face Mask Mandate

By Monroe County Independent | January 13, 2021

Through a Jan. 4 executive order, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker extended the state’s face mask wearing mandate through June 3 (150 days). It requires citizens...

Monroe County Ambulance Service EMT Jessica Cutright, right, receives her first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Jan. 11 at the fairgrounds in Waterloo. The local health department has now distributed 300 vaccines to area health care personnel.

Vaccines Begin At Nursing Homes As Deaths And Hospitalizations Increase

By Monroe County Independent | January 13, 2021

New positive cases of covid-19, along with hospitalizations and deaths, continue to roll in during the pandemic. But there is a light at the end...

Bob Myers receives the first dose of Covid vaccine. Vaccine distribution took place at the Monroe County Fairgrounds.

Illinois Continues To Tweak Its Vaccination Allocation List – Those 65+ Added To Phase 1b Rollout

By Monroe County Independent | January 13, 2021

County health departments throughout the state are patiently waiting for the next shipments of the coronavirus vaccines. The national rollout has been slowed a bit...

First Phase Of Covid Vaccine Distribution Underway

By Monroe County Independent | January 2, 2021

Monroe County received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccines on Dec. 23. The 100 doses were administered to healthcare workers with frontline contact with possible...

Monroe County Covid-19 Cases

By Monroe County Independent | January 2, 2021

Oct. 1 - Dec. 28 There have been 2,333 cases since Oct. 1 (That is 77 percent of the total of 3,026 since the pandemic...

Columbia District Approves More Classroom Time Starting Feb. 16

By Monroe County Independent | January 2, 2021

by Joe Leicht Knowing that they won't be pleasing all of the families of the district - who have been critical of most of their...

Preliminary Estimate For New County Jail: $12 Million

By Monroe County Independent | January 2, 2021

by Joe Leicht As his predecessor long-time Sheriff Dan Kelley often did, Monroe County Sheriff Neal Rohlfing is making the case for a new county...

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MPD Offering Annual D.A.R.E. Scholarship

By Monroe County Independent | January 14, 2021

The Millstadt Police Department is offering its 14th annual D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) College...

Van Stolen From Rural Waterloo Home

By Monroe County Independent | January 13, 2021

A mid-2000s Pontiac Montana minivan was reported stolen Friday morning, Jan. 8, from a home...

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Oak Hill Residents and Staff Receive First Dose of Covid Vaccine

By Monroe County Independent | January 14, 2021

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