Brussels News

Here's a way to take a relaxing float trip without ever getting wet. Actually, you don't even have to get out of your car.

A Lebanon, Ill., man was injured Saturday night in a motorcycle accident two and one half miles southeast of Brussels, in Calhoun County.

Larry J. Nolte, 53, died at 10:05 a.m. Friday, May 16, 2008, at his residence. He was born Sept. via Alton Telegraph

A jury this week acquitted one of the seven people charged as a result of a post-picnic brawl last year in Brussels that involved scores of people. via Alton Telegraph

“The road is partially covered with water (Wednesday evening), and the future outlook is for the river stage going up about 2 more feet before cresting Saturday.”

Authorities closed the road connecting Calhoun County to the Brussels Ferry on Wednesday night because of high water on the Illinois River. via Alton Telegraph

Steel Beam presents 'The Last Five Years' The Steel Beam Theatre will perform The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the theater, 111 W. Main St., St. via Batavia Sun

“We said we would staff it and monitor it, because we're getting ready to lose our detour route because of high water”

The Great River Road is open today through Grafton, although floodwaters now threaten portions of the town's main highway. via Alton Telegraph

Bernice Mary Ferguson Heitzig, 91, died at 11:18 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville. via Alton Telegraph