 Find all of the latest breaking news from the Riverbend at AdvantageNews.com. Set us as your homepage. Big Z News time is 5.09. The Bayer Fund, a philanthropic arm of Bayer in the United States, has awarded the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center in East Alton an $8,000 grant. It will be used to increase water literacy in the Lewis and Clark Community College District and adjacent communities through its annual water festival.