Category Archives: WCMY News
LaSalle, Bureau, and Grundy counties receive more state money for infrastructure
About four million dollars in state grants will help infrastructure improvement projects in LaSalle, Bureau, and Grundy Counties. LaSalle County is receiving about 1.9 million to build a Soldier Pile ...
Jun 4, 2022 Steve Johnson / CC
Weekly COVID update: current cases up again this week with one additional death
Current COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County went up again, but not as much as the week before. The LaSalle County Health Department reported 237 new cases for a total of 30,475 so far and 202 recoveries ...
Jun 3, 2022
Man pleading guilty to Ottawa robbery sorry for causing trouble
A Justice, Illinois man says he's sorry for the trouble he caused at the Oasis gas station in Ottawa at the end of February. Twenty-eight year old Kyle Buss is going to prison for a four-year term for...
Jun 3, 2022 LaSalle County jail mug shot of Kyle A. Buss
Streator Mayor announces time change for upcoming Committee of the Whole meeting
The time for this month's Streator Committee of the Whole Meeting has changed. Mayor Tara Bedei says the meeting will start at 6 pm instead of its normal time of 1:30 on Tuesday, June 14th. Bedei says...
Jun 3, 2022
What looked and sounded like an explosion in the sewer wasn't
A loud pop some people heard in the area of Champlain and Joliet streets in Ottawa late yesterday morning was a steam bag bursting. It also looked like smoke was coming out of sewer through the street...
Jun 3, 2022
LaSalle County EMA director denied permission to ask for command vehicle grant
The County Board Public Safety Committee doesn't see it this way, but LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency Director Fred Moore wishes he had an incident command bus. Two big fires in the last we...
Jun 3, 2022
Hegeler Carus summer concerts start Friday
The Hegeler Carus Foundation is once again having their summer concerts. The first concert is Friday, June 3rd starting at 6:30. Executive Director Cindy Waddick says the first band of the season Vall...
Jun 2, 2022
Timing can affect a lot in replacement of state's attorney
When the process of naming the next LaSalle County State's Attorney starts depends on when the current one turns in his resignation. County Board Chairman Don Jensen says as of Wednesday afternoon, he...
Jun 2, 2022 La Salle County States Atorney Todd Martin speaks to the jury during opening statements in the trial of Donald Fredres in the courtroom at the La Salle County Government Complex on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 in Ottawa. Martin is leading the case for the prosecution.
Marseilles residents honored for helping woman and dogs out of burning house
A woman on Young St. in Marseilles might not have made it out of here house back in March if it wasn't for the help of some residents telling her it was on fire. The city of Marseilles gave out good c...
Jun 2, 2022 Back row from left to right: Gary Wren, Adrian Wren, Derek Schaefer, Nathan Schaefer and Mayor Jim Hollenbeck.
Front row from left to right: Jenny Wren and Claudia Schaefer.
Wattage wallop! Ameren begins passing through higher electric supply rates
A wattage wallop is coming. Ameren Illinois predicts customer bills will rise an average of $52 per month, because it's costing more to buy electricity. The company says it's not making a profit on th...
Jun 2, 2022