Category Archives: WCMY News

The Friends of Dayton Bluffs group is inviting anyone interested in getting to know the place to a hike Sunday at 8am. It's called the First Day Hike, because it's happening on the first day of the ne...

A new homeless shelter is in the works in Ottawa. One of our top stories of 2022 started with the PADS organization asking for a special use permit to build a new shelter on E. McKinley Rd. South side...

As Cong. Cheri Bustos leaves Congress, she says she hopes the Agriculture Committee she served on works on crop insurance in 2023. It's time for negotiations on another farm bill. Bustos says there we...

LaSalle County exists, as far as the agency in charge of .gov internet domains is concerned. County government has a new website at LaSalleCountyIL.gov. It's the kind of domain name the county's tech ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation says the new roundabout on the north edge of Utica will help drivers get through the Illinois 178 and U.S. 6 intersection efficiently and more safely. People ...

LaSalle County Coroner Rich Ploch has identified the victims of the Saturday morning house fire in Ottawa. Forty-four year old Arthelia M. Brewer and her three-year old daughter Melani Embry were foun...

LaSalle County Republican Party Chairman Larry Smith will join 12 other GOP chairs late next week to decide who represents the 53rd Illinois Senate district. Jason Barickman had the job and ran for it...

A fire in the Somerset Apartments in Ottawa is blamed on a candle left burning in a bedroom. Fire Chief Brian Bressner says the fire went from the bedroom into the attic and through the roof. No one w...

The city of Ottawa is leaving some water in the Illinois and Michigan Canal for the winter. Ottawa Canal Association President Arnie Bandstra says letting it freeze along five blocks provides lots of ...

It's easier to turn at the intersection of Main, Commercial, and Broadway streets in Marseilles. Especially if you drive a big truck. The city's realignment project at the south end of Main finished i...