Belgium NewsLocal news for Belgium, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.'Farmer Takes a Wife'- April 30, 2008 "I didn't think people woke up to roosters and not alarm clocks. Like, it's for real. Roosters are real." Are you ready for another load of reality-TV manure And I mean for real this time, not as any mere metaphor. via Daily Heraldhttp://www.topix.net/city/belgium-il/2008/04/farmer-takes-a-wife?fromrss=1 Potholes In Belgium Become Big Problem- April 17, 2008 "Best case scenario is for our village to magically come up with the money to replace our part of Lyons Road" Road workers in Belgium say potholes are becoming a really expensive problem in their community. via IllinoisHomepage.nethttp://www.topix.net/city/belgium-il/2008/04/potholes-in-belgium-become-big-problem?fromrs... Former officer acquitted of on-the-job misconduct with strippers- April 4, 2008 "She gets up there and just outright says she lied to police, lied to the grand jury" A former police officer from eastern Illinois accused of forcing himself on seven strippers was acquitted Thursday of sexually assaulting one of the women and official misconduct after one of his accusers admitted she lied to police.The woman's decision to recant and testify in David Lewis' defense raises questions about at least one of the five cases he still faces.Lewis, 46, was found guilty in October 2007.http://www.topix.net/city/belgium-il/2008/04/former-officer-acquitted-of-on-the-job-miscon... Hopleaf Bar- April 1, 2008 "The only place where old beer culture still lives is Belgium. A lot of them use wild yeast. A lot of them use wild fruits. There's a country of 6 million people with 1,000 beers." The Hopleaf gets its name from a beer advertised outside taverns in Malta, the home country of proprietor Michael Roper's father. via Chicago Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/belgium-il/2008/04/hopleaf-bar?fromrss=1 |