Category Archives: WCMY News
St. Margaret's Health looking for buyer
St. Margaret's Health says it's been meeting with a larger health system about a takeover. It's not saying who the potential buyer is. But SMH has hired Juniper Advisory of Chicago to look for other p...
Mar 22, 2023
Ottawa pool costs going into budget soon
In another vote on a $1.5 million bond issue to pay for the new Riordan Pool, Ottawa City Commissioner James Less gave the only no vote. He didn't balk at an agreement with the Ottawa YMCA to handle t...
Mar 22, 2023 The Riordan Pool building under construction as it looked December 21, 2022
St. Sen. Stoller wants to connect Hennepin and I & M Canal trails, keep wind and solar farms out of industrial parks
St. Sen. Win Stoller is behind legislation to create a connecting trail between the Hennepin Canal Trail and the Illinois and Michigan Canal Trail. With further connections already existing elsewhere,...
Mar 21, 2023 St. Sen. Win Stoller
Two Ottawa elementary schools getting new intercom systems
Jefferson Elementary School and Shepherd Middle School in Ottawa are getting new intercom systems.The Ottawa Elementary School Board approved a $315,000 bid from Interstate Electric Company to install...
Mar 21, 2023 Classroom Camera (Cascade Canyon School) / CC
More air filter testing possible on LaSalle homes impacted by Carus fire
More tests could be done on homes affected by the Carus Chemical fire in LaSalle. Deputy City Clerk Brent Bader says Brownfield is looking to have a company called Indoor Sciences check air quality in...
Mar 21, 2023 Photo taken by WCMY from the Carus Chemical fire that started just before 9am January 11, 2023
Dog park donnybrook stalemates sewer and electrical ordinances in Oglesby
In Oglesby, if two commissioners can't get a dog park right away, another commissioner and the mayor can't update ordinances about fences, electrical generators, and sewer backups. In the showdown ton...
Mar 20, 2023 Oglesby City Council members quarrel over the dog park proposal, March 20, 2023. Left to right: James Cullinan, Jason Curran, city attorney Patrick Barry, Mayor Dominic Rivara, Tom Argubright
South side Ottawa fire claimed 39-year old's life
The person who died after the fire at a south side Ottawa apartment building was 39-year old Rendelle Farrell. LaSalle County Coroner Rich Ploch says she died of smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide p...
Mar 20, 2023
Flood committee remembers former Ottawa floodplain manager
Former Ottawa Floodplain Manager Mike Sutfin was remembered at the Illinois Flood Alliance Advisory Committee Meeting last week. St. Sen Sue Rezin says without Sutfin's knowledge, the committee would ...
Mar 20, 2023
Man convicted of bank robberies including one in Ottawa
A federal jury found a Bartlett man guilty last week of robbing three banks, including one in Ottawa, in May 2018. James D. Williams is waiting for his sentence while his alleged partner in the crimes...
Mar 20, 2023
First wall installed for new Ottawa YMCA
Walls are going up for the new Ottawa YMCA. The first pre-cast wall was installed Monday morning. Executive Director Joe Capece says the organization has been blessed with a mild winter which is why c...
Mar 20, 2023