Saturday morning incident resolved peacefully

Waterloo police received assistance from neighboring agencies in handling a delicate situation involving a woman threatening to do harm to herself and possibly in possession of a weapon early Saturday morning at a mobile home in the 500 block of West Mill Street.
Police responded to that location about 6:30 a.m., evacuating neighboring homes as a precaution. Among those assisting Waterloo police in the incident included Columbia police and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department.
Shortly after 9 a.m., the woman was voluntarily transported by Monroe County EMS to an area hospital for evaluation. No injuries were reported in the incident.

Corey Saathoff

Corey is the editor of the Republic-Times. He has worked at the newspaper since 2004, and currently resides in Columbia. He is also the principal singer-songwriter and plays guitar in St. Louis area country-rock band The Trophy Mules.
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