Category Archives: WCMY News
Hegeler Carus mansion crew welcoming new docents with online training
Hegeler Carus Mansion has a new way of training docents. Executive Director Cindy Waddick says it's entirely online, because it can be hard to get everyone together for an in-person class. Anyone inte...
Sep 13, 2022
Ottawa police patrols aim to get drivers to slow down and follow other traffic rules
Ottawa police will be on special patrols during the next month to get people to pay attention to traffic rules. Chief Brent Roalson says the program is called Slow Down in Town. It'll focus on residen...
Sep 13, 2022
Mendota, Princeton train stations affected by Amtrak cancellations
There will be less train traffic through Mendota and Princeton for a while. Amtrak is cancelling California Zephyr runs, which stop in Princeton, and Southwest Chief runs, which stop in Princeton and ...
Sep 13, 2022 WCMY file photo of an Amtrak train passing through the railroad depot in Mendota
LaSalle County Maintenance Director wants more power for jury commission office
LaSalle County Maintenance Director Robert Kaminski wants to try and bring more power to the jury section at the Etna Rd. Governmental Complex. He says a couple weeks ago, a power pole was hit at a ca...
Sep 13, 2022
Peru's Corporate Council will not become City Attorney
Peru's Mayor will veto an ordinance that would have hired Attorney Scott Schweickert as the full-time city attorney. The city council voted 7-1 in favor of hiring Schweickert with Alderman Aaron Buffo...
Sep 13, 2022
County Board approves more pandemic relief grants as member Trager urges caution
LaSalle County Board member Doug Trager pushed for the board to do something with $21 million in federal pandemic relief funds. Now he wants the board to be more careful about what it does. Trager doe...
Sep 13, 2022
Residents with disabilities asked to fill out card in case of emergency at LaSalle station
Residents who live within ten miles of the LaSalle Nuclear Power Plant are asked to fill out an information card if you need assistance leaving the area in an emergency. The cards were sent in the mai...
Sep 12, 2022
Police officer hurt on the job to retire with disability pension
An Ottawa police officer will get a disability pension because of an injury on the job almost four years ago. Dave Hallowell was hurt in a scramble between police and some people involved in a disturb...
Sep 12, 2022
Utica updates ordinances for nanobrewery taproom
Smaller than a micro-brewery would be the nano-brewery. That's what Dan Stash is starting at 166 Mill St. in Utica. The village board last week updated the community's ordinances to allow a taproom. S...
Sep 12, 2022
Marseilles man shot in Dwight and then arrested
A Marseilles man was shot in Dwight over the weekend. Dwight police say 32-year old Johnathan Behrens was taken to a hospital Sunday. After he was treated for the gunshot wound, he was arrested on cha...
Sep 12, 2022