Category Archives: WCMY News
Sens. Durbin, Duckworth announce funding to deal with doctor shortage
Five hospitals in Illinois will get money for 14 medical residencies to train doctors. Four of them are in Chicago and one is in Peoria. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth announced the funding tod...
Jan 23, 2023
Two offices at St. Elizabeth's Hospital moving in order to expand
Two offices at the OSF St. Elizabeth's Medical campus in Ottawa are moving. The Lung and Pulmonology and Rheumatology Clinics located at 1614 E. Norris Drive will be moved into 1050 E. Norris Drive. O...
Jan 23, 2023
Lawmakers asking Peru hospital officials about sudden closure
St. Sen. Sue Rezin wants to know what went wrong at St. Margaret's Health so employees and patients got barely a week's notice that the Peru hospital is closing. The hospital's letter to employees say...
Jan 23, 2023 Jeff Adair / CC
American Beverage Association chips in to help pay for recycling bins in LaSalle
While it's changing trash hauling services, the city of LaSalle is getting $55,500 toward a recycling effort. The American Beverage Association is giving the money to help pay for 96-gallon recycling ...
Jan 23, 2023 Sigmund / Unsplash
Ottawa fire and ambulance calls top 4,000 in 2022; fire loss estimates near $1.6 million
Ottawa Fire Chief Brian Bressner says the number of fire calls was down just a little last year. But the number of medic calls went up by more. It keeps the personnel too busy to train sometimes. Ther...
Jan 23, 2023
Corn Belt Energy Member Services Director one of few to complete electric internship program
Corn Belt Energy's Director of Member Services completed one of the most exclusive management development programs in the nation for electric cooperatives. Justin Stuva was a part of the Robert I. Kab...
Jan 22, 2023 Gary Phann (left), Director of Education for the National Rural Electric Cooperartive Association gives Justin Stuva (right) an award for completing the Robert I. Kabat Management Intership Program. Stuva is the Director of Member Services at Corn Belt Energy. Photo provided by Corn Belt Energy.
HS Scholarship offered through Sheriff's office; Mediacom scholarship deadline extended
High school students can get a $500 college scholarship from LaSalle County Sheriff Adam Diss's office. You must be enrolled as a full time student for the 2023-24 school year, be an Illinois resident...
Jan 22, 2023
St. Margaret's Health Peru closing; services are being moved to Spring Valley
St. Margaret's Health Peru, the former Illinois Valley Community Hospital, will close next Saturday morning, January 28. SMP Health says it's temporarily suspending services there because it can't get...
Jan 21, 2023
Possible updates to be made on Peru's gaming ordinance
The city of Peru wants to update its gaming ordinance. City Attorney Scott Schweickert says there's very little regulation on it now because it's outdated. The plan could make changes under the Illino...
Jan 21, 2023 DEAR / Unsplash
St. Rep. Yednock already has bills filed in new legislative term
Four bills that Ottawa Democratic St. Rep. Lance Yednock filed during the second day of the new legislative term concern nurses, military vehicles, farm leases, and school funding. One bill would let ...
Jan 21, 2023 Lance Yednock,
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