Category Archives: WCMY News
Seneca FFA chapter member explains role as Illinois FFA state reporter
A member of the Seneca FFA Chapter has a new role with the Illinois FFA. Levi Maierhofer is the new State Reporter on Illinois FFA State Officer Team. He says he is in charge of social media and press...
Jul 25, 2022 Levi Maierhofer speaks at the 2022 Illinois FFA State Convention.
Five boaters okay after accident on LaSalle Lake
Four adults and a 12-year old survived a boating accident at LaSalle Lake Saturday morning. Conservation Police Sgt. Phil Wire says thunderstorms caused wind and waves. The boat was sinking when it ca...
Jul 25, 2022 lesguillemets / CC
Woman recovering after tree falls on her at campground
A Buffalo Grove woman was hurt when a dead ash tree snapped and fell on her at a campground northwest of Utica. Conservation Sgt. Phil Wire says the 20-year old woman's husband and child had just left...
Jul 25, 2022 Adrià Ariste Santacreu / CC
Streator contracts with Connecting Point for computer maintenance
The Streator City Council approved signing a contract with Connecting Point Computer Center in Peru to help maintain the city's computers. The city's I.T specialist Eric Isermann is retiring after fou...
Jul 25, 2022
Illinois Valley Regional Dispatch Center has plenty of room for growth
The emergency services telecommunicators who work at the newly remodeled Illinois Valley Regional Dispatch Center have at least four times as much space to work in as they used to. If they high-fived ...
Jul 24, 2022 This is where the dispatchers are working now at the Illinois Valley Regional Dispatch Center.
Ameren invites public to more hearings on LaSalle Link transmission line project
The public can go to more open houses to find out about the LaSalle Link project. Ameren Illinois plans to build a new transmission line from Oglesby to Utica. That's to improve the reliability of ele...
Jul 23, 2022 File photo of the Corbin electrical substation in Oglesby
Ottawa man accused of threatening a judge
An Ottawa man is charged with threatening a public official in LaSalle County. Court records show 31-year old Ryan A. Rhodes is accused of making threatening comments about a judge on March 11th. A wa...
Jul 23, 2022
OES board approved therapy dog for Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School in Ottawa is getting a therapy dog. The Ottawa Elementary School Board approved getting the dog at Tuesday's meeting. It would be donated through the United Way of Eastern ...
Jul 23, 2022 Ethan Richardson / Unsplash
Ottawa planning for grant to improve Allen Park
Ottawa City Hall intends to apply for a grant to improve Allen Park. To explain the improvements and justify the grant, it will hire Hitchcock Design Group to draw preliminary plans. Then the city can...
Jul 23, 2022 File photo of people fishing at Allen Park in Ottawa.
Appeal scheduled in case over State's Attorney vote count
Appellate judges will hear the case of the LaSalle County Republican Party versus Democratic County Clerk Lori Bongartz late next month. The political party claims the County Clerk's Office bungled th...
Jul 22, 2022