Category Archives: WCMY News

For the third year in a row, there's a surplus in the Ottawa High School education fund budget. Supt. Mike Cushing says it's up to $1.5 million which will help OHS continue making up for 12 years of d...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...