Category Archives: WCMY News
Top stories of 2022: Ottawa's I & M Canal repairs
One of our top stories last year was how the Illinois and Michigan Canal re-watering project didn't turn out so well. One of our top stories this year is how it's been repaired. Ottawa Canal Associati...
Dec 30, 2022 A hose connected to a fire hydrant on nearby Canal St. supplies this apparatus with water to fill the I&M Canal in Ottawa Thursday, June 9, 2022
Top stories of 2022: Seneca High gymnasium project
The $11.8 million Seneca High School gymnasium project is one of our top stories of 2022. Supt. Dan Stecken says construction should start in the spring of 2023 and the building should open in early 2...
Dec 29, 2022 Image from Wold Architects of how the Seneca High School gym may look inside
Ottawa officials looking for input on reserved parking spots in downtown parking lots
Reserved employee parking could be coming to downtown Ottawa. The city is looking for input from class four business owners downtown who use the street parking and could be deterring potential custome...
Dec 29, 2022
Departing Cong. Rodney Davis reflects on giving farmers risk management choices
Departing Cong. Rodney Davis is pleased with the Agriculture Committee work he's done during the past decade. Davis says farmers can choose which risk management system is best for them every year. Da...
Dec 29, 2022 U.S. House photo of Congressman Rodney Davis
Dayton Bluffs to welcome hikers for guided tours on New Year's Day
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...
Dec 28, 2022
Top stories of 2022: new homeless shelter to be built in Ottawa
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...
Dec 28, 2022 Illinois Valley PADS in Ottawa
Cong. Bustos hopes ag committee does crop insurance bill
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...
Dec 28, 2022 U.S. Department of Agriculture
County's new .gov website goes live
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 ...
Dec 27, 2022 MF1::TV / CC
Top stories of 2022: roundabout in the works in Utica
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 ...
Dec 27, 2022 IDOT plan for the Illinois 178/US 6 roundabout
Mother and daughter lost in fatal house fire identified
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...
Dec 27, 2022