Category Archives: WCMY News
A pipe by any other name is still something Oglesby's city council doesn't want
A man who runs a convenience store in LaSalle isn't getting a liquor license for a store in Oglesby. The city council's concerned about an item called a glass rose sold at J. Patel's 351 Mini Mart. Co...
Oct 04, 2022 The "glass rose" Jason Curran bought at 351 Mini Mart in LaSalle and his receipt
Woman taken to hospital after Ottawa house fire
A woman suffered smoke inhalation and went to a hospital after a house fire in Ottawa yesterday afternoon. Everyone else who was home was okay. Fire Chief Brian Bressner says the fire had an accidenta...
Oct 04, 2022
LaSalle Mayor says city felt exploited after company tried to annex land after ravine damage incident
LaSalle Mayor Jeff Grove says the city felt exploited by Mertel Gravel Company after the company tried to switch fifty acres of land because of a problem they allegedly caused. In 2012, the city and M...
Oct 04, 2022
52nd annual Burgoo Festival starts Saturday in Utica
The 52nd annual Burgoo Festival is this Saturday and Sunday. LaSalle County Historical Society Museum Director Amanda Carter says there will be 400 vendors on Saturday and close to 200 on Sunday in Ut...
Oct 03, 2022
Grant to pay for most of IVCC's next ag building
The U.S. Economic Development Administration is giving Illinois Valley Community College a $3.5 million grant. That will cover most of the cost of a new agriculture classroom. The college will spend $...
Oct 03, 2022 Proposed IVCC agriculture classroom and lab building. Image provided by IVCC
Ottawa recognized for celebrating its heritage
Ottawa earned special recognition in one category at the America in Bloom contest. The city earned the distinction in the Celebrating Heritage category. Two judges from America in Bloom visited the ci...
Oct 03, 2022
Circuit Clerk offers check for Peru police to try new ticketing software
LaSalle County Circuit Clerk Greg Vaccaro is trying to make police officers' jobs easier. Last week he offered the Peru Police Department a $12,000 check to install software called Digiticket into som...
Oct 03, 2022
Illinois St. Sen says abolishing cash bail in SAFE-T Act is an overreach
Illinois St. Sen. Jason Barickman says abolishing cash bail through the SAFE-T Act is an overreach. The Bloomington Republican says the way it reads will skew things more in favor of the accused rathe...
Oct 02, 2022
United Way Ottawa chapter does 31st annual Labor of Love
Volunteers of all skill levels helped repair and clean up homes in five communities in LaSalle County Saturday. The United Way of Eastern LaSalle County sent the volunteers to about two dozen homes in...
Oct 01, 2022
Unit two nuclear reactor at LaSalle Station powering up after four-day outage
LaSalle Station nuclear reactor unit two is powering up again. It went offline Monday after a small fire, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's incident report. The report says workers manu...
Oct 01, 2022 WCMY file photo of LaSalle Station nuclear power generation station