Category Archives: WCMY News
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 5, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2022
Three LaSalle County communities get grants to start sewer systems
Troy Grove, Grand Ridge, and Dana are getting sewer system grants. A state grant is paying them $30,000 each. It's for what are called unsewered communities to develop new sewer systems or pay for upg...
Jul 4, 2022
Fireworks display reminders from Ottawa Police Department
The Ottawa Police Department says the fireworks display will be busy. Ottawa Captain Mike Cheatham says drivers should be extra patient going through downtown and over Veteran's Memorial Bridge. Const...
Jul 4, 2022
IVAC looking for 20 people for leadership academy
Twenty people will be chosen for the Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce Community Leadership Academy. Executive Director Bill Zens is looking for people from a variety of business types in the a...
Jul 4, 2022
PAC advertising in Underwood Congressional district to promote bill against price gouging
A political action committee is spending $1.7 million to tout the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act in nine Congressional districts, including Cong. Lauren Underwood's. She voted for the legi...
Jul 3, 2022 Cong. Lauren Underwood
Ottawa completes plan to improve trees around the city
In Ottawa, about a third of the trees in the area are Maple Trees. But according to Great Lakes Urban Forestry Management, that's way too high and needs to be improved. The city has completed their fi...
Jul 2, 2022 Trees lining Boyce Memorial Dr. in Ottawa were planted in recent years with grant funding.
Temporary parking restrictions will be in place for Peru's fireworks display
People going to the Peru Fireworks display on Sunday, July 3rd will need to figure out where they can park. Police Lieutenant Doug Bernabei says the department will place temporary parking restriction...
Jul 2, 2022