Category Archives: WCMY News
Starved Rock Lodge not affected by Grand Bear fire
Grand Bear Resort at Starved Rock is the full name of the resort where seven cabins burned down Monday. But it's not the same business as Starved Rock Lodge, which is more than a mile away. Starved Ro...
Jun 01, 2022
Bid accepted to fix LaSalle City Hall roof
LaSalle City Finance Director John Duncan says the only bid for fixing the city hall roof came in lower than expected. The city will pay Sterling Commercial Roofing a little more than $300,000 to fix ...
Jun 01, 2022
Air conditioning unit installed at Reddick Mansion
Reddick Mansion has a new air conditioning unit. And Board of Directors President Lorraine McCallister says everyone is thoroughly enjoying it. She says the project took about two months to complete. ...
May 31, 2022
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