Category Archives: WCMY News
LaSalle Alderman says Maytag Building project is ready to go pending contractor bids
LaSalle Alderman Jerry Reynolds say the Maytag Building is up to building safety codes. Now CL Enterprises is waiting for bids from a contractor so the building could be turned into a restaurant and b...
Sep 20, 2022 The Maytag building in downtown LaSalle, under renovation by CL Enterprises
Marseilles Mayor Jim Hollenbeck seeking reelection
Marseilles Mayor Jim Hollenbeck is running for reelection. In a press release Monday he says for the last five years he's had one goal which to always stay focused on the city's future. As mayor he sa...
Sep 19, 2022
Ottawa YMCA getting loan from USDA for building project
The Ottawa YMCA is getting a $12,897,000 loan from the United States Department of Agriculture. The loan will go toward the new YMCA building the organization is building on city's riverfront. The loa...
Sep 19, 2022 Image of the Ottawa YMCA project, provided July 27, 2021
Man's body found in car in Ottawa
A man's body was found inside a locked car parked outside an Ottawa hotel Monday morning. Police and ambulance personnel went to the Comfort Inn a little after 8am for a well-being check. Early report...
Sep 19, 2022
LaSalle County property tax sale bids being taken
The LaSalle County Tax Sale Agent is taking sealed bids for 192 pieces of real estate and 30 mobile homes. The owners of the land and buildings are behind on property taxes since 2018 or earlier. The ...
Sep 19, 2022
Two wanted for questioning in Streator shooting
Police are looking for two people who may know something about a shooting that happened in the 1400 block of S. Cleveland Ave. in Streator Saturday. The Livingston County Sheriff's Department says 27-...
Sep 19, 2022 Alyssa Shelton and Timothy Wheaton, photos from Livingston County Sheriff's Department announcement
Peru wants to treat infected oak trees
Several oak trees in Centennial Park in Peru are infected with Oak Wilt. It's a fungus that gets into the leaves and the wood of the trees. Fire Chief Jeff King says there are forty-four oak trees in ...
Sep 19, 2022 Jonnelle Yankovich / Unsplash
Labor shortage affecting pumpkin picking
The labor shortage could affect this year's pumpkin crop. John Ackerman, who owns Ackerman Family Farms of Morton, Illinois, says it's hard to find enough people to pick the pumpkins. Word of mouth wa...
Sep 19, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Marseilles City Hall to have hearing on Broadway Park improvements
Improvements at Broadway Park in Marseilles are estimated to cost $733,000. The city's asking for a state grant to help. The grant process requires a hearing. That'll be at the regular City Council me...
Sep 18, 2022 The Marseilles Broadway Park plan
IVAC looking for nominations for Forty Under Forty program
The Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce is looking for nominations for an initiative called Forty under Forty. Executive Director Bill Zens says anyone can nominate people who are age 39 or younger be...
Sep 18, 2022