Category Archives: WCMY News
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
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