By Rod Kloeckner, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Jul. 3--Baldwin Lake is feeling more like a hot tub these days.

By Rod Kloeckner, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. May 15--Three towering post oaks lean over the Kaskaskia River near mile marker 21 like fishing poles, suspended in midair as if by magic.

By Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Jan. 3--Three wildlife nesting structures were recently erected at Kaskaskia Lock and Dam near Modoc in an effort to attract bald eagles and osprey. Two of the nesting structures, which were erected by the U.S.

By Rod Kloeckner, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Dec. 20--CARLYLE -- Rob Maher and Dick Conner stood on top of the dam at Carlyle Lake and looked down at the spillway below. What they saw on that warm day last summer made their skin crawl.

By Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Nov. 6--U.S. Rep. John Shimkus, R-Collinsville, today intends to vote to override President Bush's veto of the Water Resources Development Act.