Category Archives: WCMY News
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
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