Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa asking for grant for south side sewer work
Ottawa City Hall is applying for a grant to separate storm and sanitary sewers on the south side. Kevin Lindeman with the North Central Illinois Council of Governments says the neighborhood qualifies ...
Dec 26, 2022
University of Illinois trying to start cannabis research center
The University of Illinois plans to get into cannabis research. Its Discovery Partners Institute aims to start a research center in Chicago. It still needs to line up all the funding. Gov. Pritzker be...
Dec 25, 2022
Top stories of 2022: new political districts take effect
For the next ten years, LaSalle County will be represented by five Illinois House members, three Illinois State Senators, and two members of Congress. One of our top stories of 2022 is the redistricti...
Dec 25, 2022
Farmers asked to participate in Census of Agriculture
Illinois had the highest response to the Census of Agriculture five years ago. Mark Schleusener, a statistician with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, hopes the state's farmers do it again. He says ...
Dec 25, 2022 StateofIsrael / CC
Mother and child perish in fire day before Christmas
A mother and child lost their lives in a fire the day before Christmas in Ottawa. Fire Chief Brian Bressner says a teenage boy got out of the apartment in the 1500 block of Sycamore St. He was treated...
Dec 24, 2022
Slick weather and road conditions blamed for several crashes
LaSalle County deputies handled several traffic crashes blamed on weather and road conditions Thursday and Friday: An Ottawa man's car hit some trees of off a slick Caton Rd. Thursday afternoon. A Str...
Dec 24, 2022
Top stories of 2022: LaSalle County Board starts using $21 million in pandemic relief
LaSalle County Board members figured out how to spend $21 million in pandemic relief funds this year in one of our top stories of 2022. Member Douglas Trager of Ottawa urged the board to do something ...
Dec 24, 2022
Top stories of 2022: Grand Bear Resort fire
People parked along Illinois 71 south of Utica on Memorial Day, watching seven cabins burn up at Grand Bear Resort. Fire damage was estimated at $4 million in one of our top stories of the year. Inves...
Dec 24, 2022 Fire destroys cabins at Grand Bear Resort while fire fighters water down areas around the flames to keep them from spreading.
Cause can't be found for west side Ottawa house fire
There's too much damage to figure out what started a fire on Ottawa's west side Friday morning. Fire Chief Brian Bressner says it started in the laundry room though. The woman who lives in the house a...
Dec 23, 2022
LaSalle County government offices close early due to snow
Except for essential services, all LaSalle County government office buildings and departments closed at 12:30 this afternoon. They'll reopen Tuesday. LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency Directo...
Dec 23, 2022