Category Archives: WCMY News
City and PADS tweak homeless shelter deal
There are still adjustments in the works in the contract to sell Ottawa city-owned land to Illinois Valley PADS. The big concern is how fast a new homeless shelter could be built. So the contract wasn...
Sep 14, 2022 Illinois Valley PADS in Ottawa
Ottawa hires firm for fire department grant help
Ottawa City Hall will try for a grant to hire more fire fighters. Fire Chief Brian Bresner says the city should have 27 but has 23. Commissioner James Less says the Lexipol firm, which the council app...
Sep 14, 2022
Ottawa gets grant for downtown residential development
The city of Ottawa is getting a $75,000 state grant for an economic recovery plan. The state's announcement says the plan will focus on downtown residential development and short-term rentals. The cit...
Sep 14, 2022
Streator could approve ambulance service call prices and intergovernmental agreements
The Streator city council could approve an ordinance next Wednesday for how much it will cost for basic and advance medical calls for their ambulance service. Fire Chief Gary Bird recommends that basi...
Sep 14, 2022
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