Category Archives: WCMY News
Grant for Ottawa to cover research for downtown residential development
A $75,000 grant the city of Ottawa got for downtown residential development could pay for things like hiring a consultant and research. Mayor Dan Aussem says a consultant could advise the city on a re...
Sep 21, 2022
Ottawa City Hall approves homeless shelter agreement
The Ottawa City Council has approved a deal to sell the homeless shelter building to Illinois Valley PADS. PADS has been operating there north of the library and scouting museum for about 20 years. It...
Sep 21, 2022 Illinois Valley PADS in Ottawa
Equipment damage blamed for nearly eight-hour power outage in Ottawa
A nearly eight hour power outage in Ottawa is over. It started about 9:45pm last night because of equipment damage. Spokeswoman Marcelyn Love says an underground line failed. Power was on again for mo...
Sep 21, 2022 Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash
No grant opportunities available for geothermal costs for Lincoln Elementary School in Ottawa
There are no grant opportunities to help pay to get geothermal energy at Lincoln Elementary School in Ottawa. Ottawa Elementary School Board Member Mary Ganiere asked Supt. Michelle Lee to look. She s...
Sep 21, 2022 WCMY file photo of Lincoln Elementary School.
Three arrested and charged with burglary in Dayton Township
LaSalle County Sheriff's Deputies arrested three people for an allegedly burglary northeast of Ottawa. Sheriff Adam Diss says after sheriff's deputies were called Sunday evening for a burglary in prog...
Sep 20, 2022
Streator residents trash bills could go up
Streator residents trash bills could go up. Because of rising fuel prices, Waste Management in Streator wants to raise the price of the monthly trash bill for residents by 75 cents. That would mean re...
Sep 20, 2022 Neubie / CC
IVCC hosting Crop Research Field Day to reach out to public about ag
A two-and-a-half hour Crop Research Field Day will be held at the Oglesby campus of Illinois Valley Community College Friday. It's free and the public's invited. The plan is to teach about what crop s...
Sep 20, 2022
Oglesby rejects bids for East Walnut Street parking lot
Two bids sent in for a new parking lot in the 200 block of E. Walnut Street in Oglesby were higher than the original estimated cost. Advanced Asphalt Company gave a bid for about $74,000 and SKI Seal ...
Sep 20, 2022 The proposed E. Walnut St. location for a parking lot in Oglesby
Ottawa bridge work nearly done; traffic to return to normal
The normal traffic patterns are expected to resume in the area of Veterans Memorial Bridge in Ottawa this week. Ottawa High School Supt. Mike Cushing is expecting that there won't be any more one-way ...
Sep 20, 2022 WCMY file photo of the Veterans Memorial Bridge work, summer 2022
Ottawa barricade situation over
A person was taken from a home in the 1700 block of Sycamore in Ottawa yesterday afternoon into police custody. Detective Corporal Kevin Reynolds says the person barricaded himself or herself inside t...
Sep 20, 2022