Area teenagers learned valuable skills during a babysitting clinic recently offered at the University of Illinois Extension office in Waterloo. A highlight was when Waterloo firefighters Andrew Glessner and John Glessner demonstrated the proper use of a fire extinguisher.

ICS fifth graders were honored for completing the DARE program.

Waterloo firefighters spray water on the roof of the under-construction Waterloo High School.

Monroe County K-9 unit Sari was a semi-finalist for the German Shepherd Dog Club of St. Louis 2008 Outstanding K-9 Award. Sari was honored in two categories: suspect apprehension and tracking. Sari works with Sgt. Jim Lansing of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department.