Category Archives: WCMY News
Oglesby approves placing quote on file for fixing water well pump
The city of Oglesby approved placing a $14,710 quote on file from the Great Lakes Water Resource group for fixing a water well pump. Commissioner Jason Curran says the quote is not the exact amount it...
WCMY News Aug 17, 2022
Year of planning expected before Ottawa amphitheater construction starts
Ottawa City Hall could work on plans for the riverfront amphitheater over the next year. Mayor Dan Aussem says there won't be permanent seats and the only building will be for the stage and dressing r...
WCMY News Aug 17, 2022 An Ottawa riverfront design worked out by Teska, provided by Ottawa City Hall
OES District working with education initiative to provide more community engagement
Parents with students in the Ottawa Elementary School Districts will be getting more mail about what's happening in the district. The school district agreed to sign an $110,000 contract with a company...
WCMY News Aug 17, 2022
Peru approves bid for construction on Schweickert Stadium
The last part of phase one for the Schweickert Stadium project in Peru has been approved. The city council approved a bid from Vissering Construction for a little less than $483,000 to finish concrete...
WCMY News Aug 16, 2022
IVCC president to retire next year
When Jerry Corcoran retires next summer, he'll have worked for Illinois Valley Community College for 33 years and almost half of them as its president. The 15 years will make him the college's third l...
WCMY News Aug 16, 2022 Illinois Valley Community College President Jerry Corcoran
IVCC photo
Crafts popular at Children's Business Fair
A popular theme at the Children's Business Fair in Ottawa Saturday was selling handmade crafts. The tools to make them aren't too dangerous for children to handle. Even if they got the idea from someo...
WCMY News Aug 16, 2022 Aanya Agarwal and a customer exchange jewelry for money at the Children's Business Fair in Ottawa Saturday, August 13, 2022
Oglesby City Council hesitant to approve flooding fix on Heritage and Oakwood Ave.
Residents on Heritage and Oakwood Avenues in Oglesby are asking the city council for a solution to stop their basements from flooding when it rains. Heritage Garden Homeowner Association Pres. Duane S...
WCMY News Aug 16, 2022 State Farm / CC
Traffic pattern change by Ottawa High School now expected to continue into mid-September
The traffic pattern on Main St. in Ottawa at the start and end of school days will extend into mid-September. Ottawa High School Supt. Mike Cushing says the bridge maintenance work will last longer th...
WCMY News Aug 16, 2022
Charge filed against man who claimed he had gun on train
The Mendota train depot was evacuated Sunday afternoon and police boarded an Amtrak train bound for California. Forty-one year old Baird Douglas McNeil of Tallahassee, Florida was arrested on a disord...
WCMY News Aug 16, 2022 WCMY file photo of an Amtrak train passing through the railroad depot in Mendota
Grants announced for Ottawa amphitheater, Utica business lot, and Wenona streetscape
Three LaSalle County communities are getting grants from the state of Illinois for major improvements. Ottawa's getting $3 million for a riverfront amphitheater. Utica's getting almost $1.25 million t...
WCMY News Aug 15, 2022
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