Category Archives: WCMY News
Open house and ribbon cutting ceremony held at office for Valley Immigrant Advocates
An open house and luncheon was held last Saturday for Valley Immigrant Advocates at their office on LaSalle St. The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce also held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the group to...
Jul 06, 2022 Executive Director John Breslin, Paralegal Octavia Davis, and board members stand in front of the Valley Immigrant Advocates office for the ribbon cutting Saturday.
After the primary: Republicans to keep reaching out to non-Republicans
After emerging from the primaries, candidates have four months to make their impressions on more people for the general election. LaSalle County Republican Party Chairman Larry Smith says for his part...
Jul 06, 2022 Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash
Ottawa selling ambulance to Streator
The Ottawa Fire Department is pretty much out of the non-emergency medical transfer business. And the city of Streator wants to start its own ambulance service. So Ottawa's city council has approved s...
Jul 06, 2022 WCMY file photo of an Ottawa ambulance at the south side fire station
Peru city engineer recommends planning to move substation, even without a grant
There are concerns about Peru's substation on Water Street. The city has been trying to move it out of the flood plain and onto Center St. But City Engineer Eric Carls says there's more to it. He says...
Jul 06, 2022
One person charged--so far--after high speed chase in Peru
The high speed chase and crash in Peru late Friday afternoon has led to traffic charges against one person. Peru police say an investigation's underway that could lead to more charges against 25-year ...
Jul 05, 2022
Streator 4th of July Celebration continues this week with concerts and a carnival
The Streator 4th of July Celebration is continuing this week. The event is moving out of Streator City Park and going to the North Point location to start having concerts on Wednesday. Admission and p...
Jul 05, 2022
Lightning strikes house at Heritage Harbor
Witnesses told the Ottawa Fire Department, a lightning strike caused a fire in the attic of a house at Heritage Harbor yesterday afternoon. The home owner wasn't there. No one was hurt. Ottawa fire fi...
Jul 05, 2022 WCMY file photo of Heritage Harbor
Downpour floods Oglesby, LaSalle, Peru, Spring Valley area
An Independence Day storm caused flash floods in western LaSalle and eastern Bureau counties this afternoon. Anyone driving anywhere should remember to avoid driving on flooded roads. Some people are ...
Jul 04, 2022 Picture of water in Peru July 4, 2022 from video submitted by listener Brian Koplin.
Freedom seeker Jim Gray's escape from courthouse commemorated at courthouse
In some ways, an act of civil disobedience in an Ottawa courtroom in 1859 wasn't unusual. When a judge ruled that a man fleeing slavery must be turned over to federal authorities for a ruling on wheth...
Jul 04, 2022 The historical marker telling the Jim Gray escape story. Picture by Rick Wiegmann Koshko, used with permission.
First installment of property tax payments due Thursday in LaSalle County
LaSalle County property tax payers have until Thursday to make their first installments on the nearly $253 million due this year. As of the middle of last week, the county treasurer's office took in c...
Jul 04, 2022