Category Archives: WCMY News
Peru hiring corporate council as full-time city attorney
Peru is going to have a full-time city attorney. In a 6-2 vote Monday, the city council approved having Scott Schweickert change from corporate council to city attorney. Alderman Jason Edgcomb was one...
Oct 11, 2022
Parker Van Gelder visits fire station and will visit Disney World with Make A Wish
Six year old Parker Van Gelder didn't want to talk much at Ottawa's main fire station yesterday. His mom, Jennifer, feels he will when he's ready. The visit was part one of the Make A Wish Foundation ...
Oct 11, 2022 Left to right: Brian, Colton, Parker, and Jennifer Van Gelder at the Ottawa main fire station Monday, October 10, 2022
MTCO service restored hours after fiber cut
Damage to an underground cable caused outages of up to nine hours for MTCO internet, telephone, and TV customers yesterday. The company says it replaced 200 feet of fiber-optic line. Service was resto...
Oct 11, 2022 MTCO says its orange fiber-optic conduit is supposed to be parallel to the black tube someone else installed. This problem had to be corrected yesterday. Picture from MTCO.
Marseilles superintendent of public works retires
After thirty four years working as a public works superintendent, Paul Rivett is retiring. He worked for the last ten years in Marseilles. But he worked in Seneca for the previous twenty-four years. R...
Oct 10, 2022
LaSalle incident sends one man to two hospitals while another refuses medical treatment
Two men were beaten up Sunday morning in LaSalle. LaSalle police says they were first called to the 200 block of 8th Street. But after an investigation they found out the incident happened near 2nd an...
Oct 10, 2022
Fall Colors Weekend returns this weekend Starved Rock State Park
Fall Colors Weekend is this weekend at Starved Rock State Park. IDNR Natural Resources Coordinator Lisa Sons says she and several other volunteers will lead guided hikes at 10am and 1pm on both days. ...
Oct 10, 2022 Kanesue / CC
Oglesby City Hall agrees to pay for long sought drain problem correction
Tony Stefanelli of Oglesby says he doesn't like public speaking. But he was good at it last week when he persuaded the City Council to pay $8,500 to correct a drainage problem causing flooded basement...
Oct 10, 2022 Joshua Rodriguez / Unsplash
Interstate 80 drivers can't access Interstate 39 due to week long project
Drivers won't be able to get onto Interstate 39 from Interstate 80 for two weeks. The Illinois Department of Transportation says starting today; the loop ramps to get on Interstate 39 will be closed w...
Oct 10, 2022
Bids sought for Seneca HS gym project
Bids are being sought by the Seneca Township High School District for the new gym project. Supt. Dan Stecken says it's supposed to cost about $14 million. The plan is to build three new courts. The di...
Oct 09, 2022 Image from Wold Architects of how the Seneca High School gym may look inside
Starved Rock Country Community Foundation hosting first annual Disco Ball
The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation is hosting its first annual Disco Ball. It's a seventies themed night with disco music, five food stations, a coffee and latte bar, and live auction. Some...
Oct 08, 2022