Category Archives: WCMY News
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.
Sen. Duckworth reintroduces bill to ban race based internments
A bill to prevent internment of people based on their race or nationality is being introduced in Congress again. Sen. Tammy Duckworth is one of the co-sponsors of the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties P...
Feb 11, 2023
NCAT buying three buses mostly with county money
North Central Area Transit is buying three buses with wheelchair lifts. One company put in bids for them by the deadline yesterday before the opening this morning. Ottawa City Commissioner Wayne Eiche...
Feb 10, 2023
Last Ottawa radiation site included in $1 billion for US EPA cleanup plans
A mostly forgotten landfill site on the northeast edge of Ottawa will get more of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's attention soon. The agency says it has $1 billion from the 2021 Infrastruct...
Feb 10, 2023 Nicolas Raymond / CC