Grafton News

The Mississippi River continues to fall, and in Grafton, city leaders remind that most of the businesses affected by the recent high water are open again.

Illinois State Police reports that just after 8 p.m. a motorcycle went off Otterville Road and crashed into a ditch.

The Illinois River floodwaters along the Peoria riverfront didn't stop people from celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Spirit of Peoria on April 29.

While the flood waters along area rivers are receeding, it's not quite time to mount a full-scale clean-up. The Mississippi River remains out of its banks at both Grafton and Alton, and until it falls a little more, officials are hesitant to begin mopping up.

ST. LOUIS - The Mississippi River's spring flood crested Wednesday in the St. Louis area and fell upriver, where sandbags and soggy levees held.

The Illinois Department of Transportation will close one lane of Illinois 100 in each direction in Alton between US 67 and Williams Street because of flooding.

Water covers am intersection in Grafton, Ill. on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. More rain on Tuesday was the last thing flood fighters across the Midwest wanted to see, adding more water to swollen rivers that are now expected to remain high into next month.

High water on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers has local residents watching and waiting.

A powerful spring cold snap brings more rain and snow to a soggy U.S. heartland Wednesday, putting more pressure on riverside communities from the upper Midwest to the Deep South.

A powerful spring cold snap brings more rain and snow to a soggy U.S. heartland Wednesday, putting more pressure on riverside communities from the upper Midwest to the Deep South.

The Illinois Department of Transportation said Illinois 3 is closed at Rockwood in Randolph County, Illinois 100 is closed between Kampsville and Pearl and Illinois 3 is closed in Grafton in Jersey County.

Her Missouri hamlet soon to celebrate its 200th birthday, Mayor Jo Anne Smiley embraces Clarksville's perilous place along the Mississippi River, never mind that that the waters again threaten to wipe it and its potpourri of specialty shops off the map.

The National Weather Service has better news this morning for those impacted by the Mississippi River.

The Mississippi River is topping out at some problematic spots, but there is growing concern that spring floods are far from over.

The Mississippi River is days away from cresting in Grafton, Ill. but many people are on alert.