Madelaine Gerard is a Staff Writer and Photographer for RiverBender.com.
Born in Alton, Gerard has always been a native of the Riverbend. After attending Bethalto Community District No. 8 schools, she went on to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where she received her BA in Mass Communications. She is currently working toward her Master's degree.
In her free time, Gerard loves to binge-watch television shows on Netflix, go to the movies, and look at funny cat pictures on the Internet.
HAMEL/MIDWAY - Over the past week, Hamel and Midway Elementary Schools welcomed their local fire protection districts to present Fire Prevention Day activities at each respective school.
The all-volunteer forces taught Midway and Hamel students about fire prevention, fire safety and...
ALTON - “Zicke, zacke, zicke, zacke, hoi, hoi hoi!”
As steins crash together and the German beer topples out of their glasses after a toast (or "Ein Prosit" in its native tongue), the ceremonial keg tapping at the Ninth Annual St. Mary’s Oktoberfest kicked off...
WOOD RIVER – On Saturday, over 350 runners made their way to Belk Park to participate in East Alton-Wood River High School’s annual cross-country invitational.
Alton Road Runners President and EAWR cross-country coach Russ Colona said this course gave runners th...
BETHALTO – It was a great afternoon for a parade as numerous groups, high school sports teams, candidates for homecoming royalty came out to march in the annual Bethalto Homecoming Parade.
In preparation for Friday’s big game against the Waterloo Bulldogs , parade...
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