Category Archives: WCMY News
Top stories of 2022: Ottawa YMCA groundbreaking
The city of Ottawa is getting a new building for the YMCA. The groundbreaking ceremony is one of our top stories of 2022. For at least the last ten years, getting a new building has been talked about....
Dec 21, 2022 Image of the Ottawa YMCA project, provided July 27, 2021
Ottawa man convicted of sexual contact with a child
A 32-year old Ottawa man could get up to 30 years in prison for the predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. LaSalle County Judge H. Chris Ryan found Ayrimis Scerini guilty of that charge this we...
Dec 21, 2022 LaSalle County jail picture of Ayrimis Scerini
Wintry forecast: winter storm watches and warnings, ice jams
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for most of northern and central Illinois. For LaSalle County, it's from 9am Thursday to 6am Saturday. Counties close to the Mississippi Ri...
Dec 21, 2022 Dawn Scranton / CC
Ottawa Elementary may need new venue for 8th grade graduation
The Ottawa Elementary School District is looking for a different venue for this year's eighth grade graduation ceremony. Usually, the district would use Ottawa High School's football field or auditori...
Dec 21, 2022
IVCC names Tracy Morris next president
As expected, the Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trustees appointed Tracy Morris the college's next president tonight. She'll start in that role on July 1. Current president Jerry Corcoran ...
Dec 20, 2022 IVCC President-Elect Tracy Morris. Photo courtesy of IVCC.
IVCC contract with Illinois Green Economy Network conflicts with Oglesby's solar farm proposal
A proposal for a one-megawatt solar farm on the campus of Illinois Valley Community College was rejected for a reason. IVCC Pres. Jerry Corcoran says the college is a member of the Illinois Green Econ...
Dec 20, 2022
Election filings: Ottawa voters will have a lot of candidates to consider
Ottawa voters will have a lot of candidates to consider in the spring election. Three people are running for mayor. They are incumbent Dan Aussem, Robert Hasty, and Leonard S. Newell. Eleven people ar...
Dec 20, 2022
New law aims to end problem of smoke detectors with dead or missing batteries
Starting January 1st, new smoke detectors installed in Illinois homes must be the kind with permanently installed batteries. Ottawa Fire Dept. Capt. Kevin Theis says the kind with replaceable batterie...
Dec 20, 2022 Horizontal photo of home smoke detector with white ceiling background
Oglesby mayor says he disappointed after IVCC turns down deal for solar wind farm
A proposed project from the city of Oglesby to build a one-megawatt solar wind farm for Illinois Valley Community College has fallen through. In August last year, Oglesby Mayor Dominic Rivara wrote a ...
Dec 20, 2022
Winter storm watch Thursday night to Saturday morning
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch from 6pm Thursday to 6am Saturday. Falling and blowing snow could make it hard or impossible to see where you're going when driving. Power ...
Dec 20, 2022 Dawn Scranton / CC