Briefs: Police seek information

Naperville Crime Stoppers are offering up to a $1,000 cash reward for information leading to an arrest in a recent fire investigation. At 2:50 p.m. on Nov. 30, Naperville fire and police responded to a call about a fire at an abandoned office complex at 440 S. Washington St. The fire apparently began in an inner office area. The amount of damage is undetermined and police have no suspects. If anyone has information about this, they should call Crime Stoppers at (630) 420-6006. Callers can remain anonymous.

Christmas trees for sale

To raise money, the St. Walter Parish Knights of Columbus in Roselle are selling Christmas trees at the church, Pine Street and Maple Avenue, Roselle. The nonprofit group has moved from its former location on Lake Street because of the development of a new strip mall. It will sell trees from 3 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. For details, call Terrence Wittman at (630) 973-3687 or Pat Nee at (847) 502-5780.

Cloud 9 to sing at Navy Pier

Cloud 9 -- a student-led, nine-man a cappella group from Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora -- will perform at Navy Pier's Winter Wonderfest 2007 at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Festival Hall. They were invited to return to Navy Pier after having performed there in November. For details, visit www.winterwonderfest.com or www.navypier.com. Cloud 9 also will perform at Naper Settlement's Christmas Memories at 9 p.m. Dec. 14 in the settlement's Century Memorial Chapel, 523 S. Webster St., Naperville.

Extra brush collection

The city of Aurora will offer a free curbside brush collection from next Monday through Friday to help residents left with broken tree limbs after the weekend's ice storm. Leave branches and limbs one-half inch to 4 inches in diameter and 2 to 4 feet in length by the curb. No waste sticker is needed. Brush less than one-half inch in diameter is considered yard waste and must be put in a Kraft paper bag with a sticker. Brush must be in neat, manageable piles with the cut side of the limbs facing the street. After next week's pickup, brush pickup will resume in April. Questions should be directed to (630) 264-INFO.

Aurora bridge closure

Aurora's Illinois Avenue Bridge will be closed to traffic starting at 9 a.m. Monday and will reopen at noon Dec. 21. Work on the bridge is ongoing and a detour route will be posted using Route 25, Indian Trail and Lake Street. Drivers may experience heavier traffic along the detour route and should allow extra time for travel, officials said.