Grafton News

Summer is here again, and many of us are looking forward to spending some time in the great outdoors in the months ahead.

Hardin fishermen Tucker Baalman and Tyler Squier pull in hoop nets of bighead and silverfin species of Asian carp Friday on the Illinois River.

Trudi Allen, on the front porch of the Stone Cottage Guesthouse in Grafton, which she owns with her husband, Ben Allen.

The property owner of the now-closed Rotten Apple building on West Main Street has made good on nearly $4,000 in water bills going back more than a year.

If you're having a hard time finding something to do this weekend, you're either looking too hard or not hard enough.

People were lined up Tuesday to board the noon cruise of the Spirit of Peoria paddle-wheeler as it docked on the Alton riverfront.

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New concrete decks at The Loading Dock have increased seating and improved on weathered wooden decks that were beyond repair.

An employee of Safe Slide Restoration from Lake St. Louis, Mo., left, paints the underside of the Cascade Body Flumes at Raging Rivers WaterPark in Grafton this week as work progresses for the annual opening on May 26.

Raging Rivers WaterPark in Grafton, Ill. is spending more than $250,000 in capital improvements in order to improve customer experience, the Alton Telegraph reports.

Music in the Park is a free concert series that will be returning this summer to the banks of the mighty Mississippi River.

More than environmentalists called Monday for state leaders to retain funding for Illinois state parks, particularly Pere Marquette State Park.

Local, sightseeing river tours have not been available for quite some time, but the Spirit of Peoria is coming to town to provide an opportunity for a number of cruises around Alton and Grafton and the surrounding area.

Illinois owned parks as a group are falling into disrepair, and the state is in no position to help as things stand now.

Generous donations and a federal grant are making it possible for the Grafton Police Department to get a brand-new squad car.

Wilma Pauline "Bonnie" Cervantes, 66, died at 10:12 p.m. on Monday, April 30, 2012, at Alton Memorial Hospital.