Category Archives: WCMY News
Ameren chooses primary route for LaSalle Link transmission line project
Ameren has decided which way it wants to go when it builds a new electricity transmission line that'll go from Utica to Oglesby. The company held public meetings over the summer for its LaSalle Link P...
Oct 12, 2022
Streator's ambulance service off to good start after first week
Streator's new ambulance service is off to a good start. After a week Streator Fire Chief Gary Bird says ambulances have responded to sixty calls and have sent one person to St. Elizabeth's Hospital i...
Oct 12, 2022
Grand jury approves charges in drug bust shooting case
An attempted murder charge is approved against 20-year old Courtney Perkins of Streator. He allegedly shot at a Trident agent during a drug bust on September 29th. The agent was arresting 26-year old ...
Oct 11, 2022
Peru settles agreement with Mertel Gravel Company over ravine damages
A settlement between the city of Peru and Mertel Gravel has been reached. The agreement says the city will get a 10% discount and a $150,000 reduction for any project City Engineer Eric Carls says the...
Oct 11, 2022
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