Category Archives: WCMY News
Poco a Poco 2023 music festival auditions are starting
Kate Tombaugh is already taking applications for places in this year's Poco a Poco. It's eight days of singing instruction tailored to each student. There'll be at least two public concerts during tha...
Mar 28, 2023
Appellate court upholds sentence in Spring Valley gun case
A Bolingbrook man convicted of possession of a weapon by a felon will keep serving his nine-year prison sentence. The Third District Appellate Court in Ottawa found that Spring Valley police weren't w...
Mar 28, 2023 Quincy L. McCoy, Ill. Dept. of Corrections photo
Volunteers are willing, but the state won't let them, pick up trash along Peru highway
Peru Mayor Ken Kolowski says it's absurd. Volunteers willing to pick up trash along Illinois 251 by the Peru Mall and Interstate 80 aren't allowed. The Illinois Department of Transportation says so. B...
Mar 28, 2023 Kate Ter Haar / CC
Hundreds of spots available for hazardous waste drop-offs and electronics recycling
There are almost 400 spots still open for next month's LaSalle County household hazardous waste and electronics drop-off. That will go from eight to three on Saturday, April 29 outside the Etna Rd. co...
Mar 27, 2023 Curtis Palmer / CC
Illinois House passes Fritts bill for retired police dog care
The Illinois House almost unanimously passed a bill last week to help fund retired police dog veterinary care. St. Rep. Bradley Fritts sponsored it. He says many police dogs have medical problems from...
Mar 27, 2023 Metropolitan Transportation Authority / CC
No one hurt in small fire in Ottawa apartment building
An electrical problem is blamed for putting smoke in the air in an Ottawa apartment early yesterday. Fire Chief Brian Bressner says no one was hurt. The fire department had the fire under control in l...
Mar 27, 2023
Mesarchik family and friends urge justice for Dalton 20 years later
It's been 20 years since a seven-year old Streator boy left his family's front porch and was murdered. A fisherman found Dalton Mesarchik's body in the Vermilion River south of Streator the next day. ...
Mar 27, 2023 Dalton Mesarchik
Two hurt by one gunshot in Seneca
One gunshot hurt two people at a bar in Seneca late Saturday night. Police believe the shooting happened accidentally and involved a small caliber pistol. No arrests have been reported. Police are sti...
Mar 27, 2023
More pandemic relief grants for businesses are available through the state
More COVID relief grants are available for businesses. Ottawa City Community Development Director David Noble says applications will be taken from April 5 to May 10. There are webinars about who quali...
Mar 27, 2023
Ottawa State of the City to be part of city council meeting
Ottawa Mayor Dan Aussem will give his State of the City address next week at the City Council meeting. Usually, people have heard about the addresses given before a big audience at a Chamber of Commer...
Mar 27, 2023