Category Archives: WCMY News
Hall HS in "Savory 16" for Pork and Pigskins Championship
Hall High School in Spring Valley is participating again in this year's Illinois High School Association's Pork and Pigskins Championship through the Illinois Pork Producers Association. The school is...
Sep 23, 2022
Kernan man gets four years sentence for two gun related charges
A minimum four year prison sentence was given to the Kernan man convicted of aggravated discharge of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm without a Firearm Owner Identification Card. Assista...
Sep 22, 2022
Local unemployment goes up
LaSalle County's unemployment rate climbed from 4.3% to 5.0% from July to August. The state's monthly figures out Thursday show an increase from 4.1% to 4.3% in Bureau County but a drop from 4.9% to 4...
Sep 22, 2022 Got Credit / CC
Ottawa Elementary School budget has surplus but education fund has a deficit
The Ottawa Elementary School District has a surplus in their 2023 budget. The school board unanimously approved it Tuesday. Revenues this year are expected to be about $39.9 million while the district...
Sep 22, 2022
Streator ambulance service ready for Oct. 1; service in Reading Twp. uncertain
Streator residents can expect ambulance service from the city starting at eight in the morning Saturday next week. No one's sure what Reading Township residents should expect. The city's asking for $1...
Sep 22, 2022
Marseilles holds hearing for redoing Broadway Park
At least seven Marseilles residents attended a hearing for a grant that would help redo Broadway Park. The city could get up to $600,000 through an Open Space Land Acquisition and Development Grant th...
Sep 22, 2022 The Marseilles Broadway Park plan
Streator updating five year road plan
Several roads in Streator will be redone over the next five years. City Engineer Jeremy Palm updated the city council about the plan. By next year Palm says West 3rd Street to Kelly Street will be cap...
Sep 21, 2022
Nells Woodland lease approved
The Ottawa City Council approved the lease with the Nells Woodland Foundation. This week's vote was unanimous, although Commissioner James Less asked whether the city can afford its commitment. The ci...
Sep 21, 2022
Ottawa Visitors Center raises money for city Christmas lights
The Ottawa Visitors Center is giving $3,565 to Ottawa City Hall's Christmas lights fund. The money was raised at the Cup in Hand Kickball tournament held earlier this month. The visitors center presen...
Sep 21, 2022 Left to right: Mayor Dan Aussem, Donna Reynolds of the Ottawa Visitors Center, Kristal Nodland, City Commissioner James Less
More work lined up for Thornton Park
As the tennis, basketball, and pickle ball courts are getting finished, Ottawa City Hall is lining up more work at Thornton Park. City Commissioner Marla Pearson says the old brick pavers need to go. ...
Sep 21, 2022 Old, damaged brick pavers remain at Thornton Park.