Category Archives: WCMY News
IL Conservation Foundation cleaning up Harpers Farm Wetland in Ottawa
The Harper's Farm Wetland continues to be preserved by the Illinois Conservation Foundation. The foundation has started to clean up the 110-acre property between the Illinois River and the end of Cana...
May 23, 2023 The entrance to the Harper's Farm area off Canal Rd.
Peru City Council changes City Clerks office hours
The Peru City Clerk's Office is changing its office hours. The city council approved an ordinance last night to change the hours from 8-5 to 7am to 3:30. Six council members voted yes. Alderman Tom Pa...
May 23, 2023
Cong. LaHood reintroduces legislation for increasing police wages
Cong. Darin LaHood wants to raise police officers' salaries. During National Police Week last week, LaHood and Illinois Cong. Mike Bost reintroduced the David Dorn Thin Blue Line Retention Act. It's n...
May 22, 2023 U.S. Institute of Peace / CC
OHS administration getting ready for summer construction
Ottawa High School is getting ready for summer construction. Supt. Mike Cushing says starting Monday the administration is moving offices from the 200th floor to the 400th floor because the companies ...
May 22, 2023
Barn north of Marseilles considered a total loss after fire Saturday afternoon
A barn is considered a total loss after it caught fire Saturday afternoon north of Marseilles. Fire Chief Dave Parrot says the barn in the 2300 block of E. 24th Rd. was already gone by the time the fi...
May 22, 2023
St. Rep. Davis calls for ethics reform after spring legislative session go beyond end date
St. Rep. Jed Davis is calling for common sense ethical reform after the Illinois General Assembly's spring legislative session ended without passing the state's budget. Davis says Illinois Democrats a...
May 22, 2023 Jed Davis campaign photo
Ottawa Elementary School Board looking at Trajectory Energy Partners for Community Solar
The Ottawa Elementary School Board favors Trajectory Energy Partners as the company to work with for a Community Solar Project. The board unanimously voted to move forward with the Highland Park compa...
May 22, 2023 American Public Power Association / Unsplash
Cong. Underwood reintroduces Momnibus Act
Cong. Lauren Underwood was one of three people to reintroduce the Momnibus Act last week. She says urgent action is needed to end the maternal health crisis in the United States. The Centers for Disea...
May 21, 2023 Cong. Lauren Underwood
Illinois Waterway Visitors Center temporarily closing Monday
The Illinois Waterway Visitors Center is closing Monday. It will stay closed until Thursday. The U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers says the roadway and parking lot at the visitor's center are getting resea...
May 21, 2023 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo of the Illinois Waterway Visitors Center
Juvenile to face charges after alleged police pursuit in Streator
Streator Police say a juvenile is in the hospital after an alleged police chase Friday. Deputy Chief Robert Wood says the juvenile fled the wrong way on Monroe St. on a motorcycle after a police offic...
May 20, 2023