Category Archives: WCMY News
Some production resumes at LaSalle Carus site
Carus LLC says it's making and shipping out phosphates at the LaSalle facility where there was a fire last week. Phosphates are made in a different part of the building than the one that burned. They'...
Jan 20, 2023
United Way Ottawa chapter has emergency food and shelter money
The United Way of Eastern LaSalle County is getting $57,213 from the Department of Homeland Security for emergency food and shelter. For the next month, the agency will take applications from local so...
Jan 20, 2023
Judge orders man jailed without bond to halt growing list of charges
An Ottawa man has been ticketed or arrested four times since December 3rd and that's too many times for Judge Cynthia Raccuglia. Especially since 33-year old Anthony T. Sustek is still facing other ch...
Jan 20, 2023 LaSalle County Jail photo of Anthony Sustek
Weekly COVID report: No new deaths, current and new cases down again
Recoveries outnumbered new COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County for a second week in a row. The LaSalle County Health Department says there were 100 new cases and 162 recoveries this week. There have been...
Jan 20, 2023
Ottawa getting another Morton Arboretum grant for tree planting
Ottawa's getting another grant from the Morton Arboretum for planting trees. Mayor Dan Aussem says they could be planted just about anywhere in the city where there aren't many trees or where some wer...
Jan 20, 2023 Trees lining Boyce Memorial Dr. in Ottawa were planted in recent years with grant funding.
Ottawa hopes to start new downtown parking rules by summer
If Ottawa City Hall's downtown parking plan takes effect, business employees will be asked to get parking tags for reserved spots in city-owned lots by this summer. Police Chief Brent Roalson says eac...
Jan 20, 2023 This is what Ottawa's parking tags may look like. A driver can hook it on the rearview mirror so the parking enforcement officer can see it through the windshield.
LaSalle County coroner wants more office space
LaSalle County Coroner Rich Ploch is looking for more office space. He told the LaSalle County Board Property Committee that one of his deputies dealt with a problem that could have ended up much wors...
Jan 19, 2023
Homeless man pleads guilty for incidents at Ottawa Circle K gas station
A homeless man said he was sorry for his shenanigans after he pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and possession of a stolen vehicle last week. 45-year old Eugene Orvis was sentenced to eight years i...
Jan 19, 2023
Sheridan man found unfit for trial in Sheridan Standoff case
A Sheridan man has been found unfit for trial. 55-year old Jeffery Plique is accused of shooting a 63-year old man in the leg at the Sheridan Food Mart and shooting at another man in October last year...
Jan 19, 2023
Oglesby ordinance update sets fines for faulty fire alarms
Oglesby has updated its ordinance covering false fire alarms for the first time since 1980. Commissioner Terry Eutis says if there are two false alarms per year from an automatic fire alarm, there won...
Jan 19, 2023 Daniel Lobo / CC