Category Archives: WCMY News
Resort resident whose cabin burned says don't give up on Grand Bear
Many of the cabins that burned at Grand Bear Resort Monday had no permanent residents. One investor says his guests spent the holiday weekend there but left by 11 Monday morning. However, Sheila and M...
May 31, 2022 Mike and Sheila Brombosz got out of their cabin as flames spread. Nearly everything they own is now just cinders.
Wind and no fire hydrants were main challenges in Grand Bear fire
What caused the fire that destroyed seven cabins at Grand Bear Resort on a windy Memorial Day isn't known yet. Utica Fire Department Assistant Chief Drew Partain says 17 cabins remain and weren't dama...
May 31, 2022 A passerby caught this early view of the fire as it spread from one cabin to another at Grand Bear Resort.
No one hurt while fire destroys seven cabins at Grand Bear Resort
Fifty-seven fire departments helped put out a blaze that destroyed seven cabins at Grand Bear Resort last night. Some of the homes had full time residents. Many had guests who just left as a holiday w...
May 31, 2022 Fire destroys cabins at Grand Bear Resort while fire fighters water down areas around the flames to keep them from spreading.
Pay raises approved for substitute teachers and bus drivers in Marseilles
The Marseilles Elementary School District has raised pay for two important employee groups. Supt. Brenda Donahue says the pay for substitutes will go up from $105 a day to $110 per day. She says the d...
May 31, 2022
Appellate court says school employee shouldn't have been fired for not reporting inappropriate relationship
Two of three appellate court judges who reviewed the case say Streator High School shouldn't have fired a guidance counselor in 2015. Lissa Small didn't report something she had heard from a student a...
May 30, 2022
Memorial Day events return in Ottawa
Ottawa's Memorial Day events included a new ceremony. Amvets Post 30 Senior Vice Commander Ron Hickey gave the main talk at the Vietnam War Memorial Plaza near the north end of Veterans Memorial Bridg...
May 30, 2022 A Memorial Day ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial Plaza in downtown Ottawa. May 30, 2022
Lawmakers believe gun control could happen
Cong. Adam Kinzinger says Second Amendment supporters need to be part of the solution to the gun violence problem. Both lawmakers were on CNN. Kinzinger also talked about it on ABC.
May 30, 2022 Official Congressional pictures of Sen. Dick Durbin and Cong. Adam Kinzinger
Authorities believe boat in Seneca exploded from within
Authorities investigating the boat explosion in Seneca believe it happened inside the boat. The 40-foot boat had just been fueled at Spring Brook Marina. Conservation Police Sgt. Phil Wire says fuelin...
May 30, 2022 Illinois State Police photo of what was left of the boat that burned in Seneca
Seneca High School showcasing jobs and career plans
Dan Stecken says his first year as the superintendent at Seneca High was wonderful. He thanks the students, teachers, and school board. He wants to expand some of the new things the school did during ...
May 30, 2022 Dan Stecken at Seneca High School
Drowning and carbon monoxide among boating dangers, warns Corps of Engineers
With sensitivity for those affected by the boat fire that happened in Seneca on Saturday, we want readers to understand that this story was already written and scheduled for Sunday morning. We post it...
May 29, 2022 Seattle Parks and Recreation / CC