Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa High students organizing career fair
Ottawa High School students figuring out what to do with their lives might get some ideas in the school cafeteria on April 21st. A student-organized career fair will bring in 40 to 50 employers from m...
Feb 14, 2023
Peru Police Officers honored for saving a woman from a drug overdose
Two Peru Police Officers were honored last night for saving a woman from a drug overdose three weeks ago. Police Chief Sarah Raymond says Officers Brad Jones and Michelle Leary found the woman unconsc...
Feb 14, 2023 Peru Police Chief Sarah Raymond (right) talks about the good that Officer Brad Johnson (left) and Michelle Leary (middle) did to save a woman from a drug overdose three weeks ago. Sgt. Scott DeGroot stands next to Leary.
Ottawa Downtown Public Art Program to help fill vacant store fronts
The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce and Open Space Art Gallery owner Amanda Weygand wants to help vacant downtown buildings get rented through art. The downtown public art program allows building owne...
Feb 13, 2023
Odd Fellows Ottawa lodge marking 175 years
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows has been in Ottawa since 1848. To mark its 175th anniversary, Lodge 41 will have a fundraising party at The Alley, the bowling alley that used to be Pinheadz, at n...
Feb 13, 2023 Members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge 41 pose with the proclamation they got from the Ottawa City Council on Febraury 7, 2023
Turkey hunting up statewide over last season
LaSalle County wild turkey hunters took 11 of the birds this season. That's up from six last season. Bureau County's number went down from 12 to five. The turkey take in Grundy County stayed the same ...
Feb 13, 2023 Dave Doe / CC
Cong. Darin LaHood asking for more Alzheimer's treatment access
74 US House Representatives including Illinois 16th District Cong. Darin LaHood are urging the US Department of Health and Human Services to expand treatment for Alzheimer's patients. The representati...
Feb 13, 2023 Tim Doerfler / Unsplash
LaHood appointed as chairman of US Intelligence subcommittee
Illinois 16th District Cong. Darin LaHood is the new chairman of the US House Intelligence NSA and Cyber subcommittee. The subcommittee has jurisdiction related to the National Security Agency and Cen...
Feb 13, 2023 Cong. Darin LaHood
County Board approves permit for rail freight terminal near Troy Grove
LaSalle County Leasing Group gets a special use permit for a rail terminal. The company will build it by the railroad track near the Interstate 39 and U.S. 52 intersection northeast of Troy Grove. It ...
Feb 13, 2023 kiewic / CC
Deconstruction service launched by Habitat for Humanity of LaSalle, Bureau, and Putnam counties
Habitat for Humanity of LaSalle, Bureau, and Putnam counties has a free deconstruction service. Jessica Brayfield with the Habitat Restore says the new program has volunteers come to a home to gently ...
Feb 12, 2023 Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Peru
Excellence in Education banquet to return to K of C Hall in Ottawa
School employees from districts in three counties will be honored in Ottawa on May 4th. The Regional Office of Education for LaSalle, Marshall, and Putnam counties will put on the Excellence in Educat...
Feb 12, 2023 The Excellence in Education event in Ottawa in 2022.