Category Archives: WCMY News
Veterans Day marked in Ottawa; Marine veteran speaker tells about sacrifices
Ottawa marked Veterans Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza near Veterans Memorial Bridge and with a ceremony at Washington Park. The main speaker was Robert Enriquez, a Honduran-born American w...
Nov 11, 2022 The Veterans Day ceremony in Ottawa's Washington Park in 2022
Ottawa High School theater department raising money due to inflation
Because of rising costs for materials to make costumes and sets, the Ottawa High School Theater Department is running a fundraiser. Sally Taliani with the theater departments says it's not like a fund...
Nov 11, 2022
Cedar Point man accused of molesting young relative in Wisconsin
Wisconsin police believe a Cedar Point man may have molested a young relative dozens of times over a one-year period before someone else learned about it. LaSalle County deputies arrested 38-year old ...
Nov 11, 2022 George E. Bond III, LaSalle County jail photo
Weekly report: LaSalle County COVID cases rise for 3rd week in a row
LaSalle County remains at low community spread level for COVID-19, according to the CDC. The county health department reports 159 new cases and 94 recoveries since last Friday. That's the third week i...
Nov 11, 2022
Increase for Streator's tax levy expected
The city of Streator is asking for more money in next year's tax levy. Last year the city got about $4.2 million and this year they are asking for about $4.4 million. City Manager David Plyman says tw...
Nov 11, 2022
Sandwich man takes four-year prison term for child porn possession
A Sandwich man arrested two years ago is going to prison for a four-year term. Twenty-six year old Jose A. Medellin pleaded guilty this week to three counts of having child pornography. He had been ch...
Nov 10, 2022 Jose A. Medellin - Sandwich P.D. photo from his arrest on December 10, 2020
Mental fitness exam ordered for man arrested after Sheridan standoff
A psychiatrist will examine the Sheridan man accused of shooting another man in the leg and holing up inside a house during a ten-hour standoff with police last month. Judge Michael C. Jansz ordered a...
Nov 10, 2022
Peru receives most sales tax revenue in city's history
The city of Peru broke their record for sales tax revenue. This year, the city budget has about $7.1 million, which is about $679,000 more than last year. They also had record high home rule tax reven...
Nov 10, 2022
LaSalle County about to sell late property tax debts
Late property taxes are about to be sold to tax debt buyers. The LaSalle County Treasurer's Office will sell all the unpaid tax debts Tuesday, November 15. The tax payers have until Monday to pay the ...
Nov 10, 2022
Stories wanted for I & M Canal's 175th anniversary celebration
The Canal Corridor Association will start a year-long series of presentations for the Illinois and Michigan Canal's 175th anniversary in April next year. Association President Ana Koval wants people t...
Nov 10, 2022