Category Archives: WCMY News
School board race results
Ottawa High School's board will keep John Levy and Sarah Makeever-Shumway. Shawn Collins will join it. Ottawa Elementary board winners are Lori Kimes, Brenden Donahue, and Mary Ganiere, all incumbents...
Apr 05, 2023
Hasty decision follows four Aussem years; other city election results
Tara Bedei will stay mayor in Streator after outperforming Brian Crouch in the vote count. Timothy Geary is staying on the council and will be joined by David Reed and David "Moose" Conner. Bedei beca...
Apr 04, 2023 Election signs outside the Knights Rivers Edge Event Center in Ottawa.
LaSalle Police investigating after two-month old child dies
LaSalle Police say a two month old child died Monday. Detective Sgt. Brian Camenisch says police were called to the 700 block of 7th St. because the child wasn't breathing. The two month old was later...
Apr 04, 2023
I & M Canal's 175th anniversary celebration to start Monday
Next Monday marks 175 years since the Illinois and Michigan Canal opened. A year of celebrations will start. Canal Corridor Association Executive Director Ana Koval says there will be a special speech...
Apr 04, 2023
Quiet start to voting in April 2023 consolidated election
It's been quiet around Ottawa at the polls for the 2023 consolidated election. Election judges said they're hoping it becomes busier once people are done with work. Judge Denise Hudkins says this is h...
Apr 04, 2023 Election signs outside the Knights Rivers Edge Event Center in Ottawa.
Woman's body found in Wildcat Canyon
State Police and other agencies are investigating what happened to a woman whose body was found in Wildcat Canyon in Starved Rock State Park this morning. A man at the park saw the body at about 9:30a...
Apr 04, 2023
Still no dog park, but Oglesby City Council overcomes stalemates
Most of the issues that were stalemated at the Oglesby City Council meeting two weeks ago were resolved last night. The council approved ordinances about fences and inspecting electrical generators. I...
Apr 04, 2023
Election Day 2023 in Illinois
Voting began at 6am today and continues until 7pm tonight. Local city council, school board, and library board races are among those to be decided. The Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trust...
Apr 04, 2023
IDOC hosting hiring event in Ottawa
The Illinois Department of Corrections is hiring. The department is hosting an event in Ottawa next Thursday from ten to noon at the Illinois Department of Employment Security Office on 1st Ave. on Ot...
Apr 04, 2023 Larry Farr / Unsplash
Single vehicle crash kills man northeast of Triumph
A single vehicle crash took the life of a man last Friday. LaSalle County Coroner Rich Ploch says the accident happened on E. 9th and N. 40th Roads northeast of Triumph or southwest of Earlville. The ...
Apr 03, 2023