Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa Canal Association asks for master plan on re-watered canal
Developing the recreational amenities on the Illinois and Michigan Canal in Ottawa might require a master plan. Ottawa Canal Association President Arnie Bandstra is asking the City Council to develop ...
May 7, 2022 WCMY file photo: Ottawa Canal Association President Arnie Bandstra, in a canoe, cuts the ribbon on the re-watered part of the Illinois and Michigan Canal in Ottawa.
March traffic stop leads to Streator woman's warrant arrest
LaSalle County Sheriff Adam Diss says a Streator woman was arrested on a LaSalle County warrant for alleged armed violence and marijuana possession with intent to deliver. Diss says the charged agains...
May 7, 2022
No morel mushroom festival in Ottawa again
The first weekend in May used to be the morel mushroom hunting weekend in Ottawa. The Midwest Morel Festival came to Ottawa from 2011 to 2019. It hasn't happened since, because it hasn't had a major s...
May 7, 2022
Weekly COVID Report: New and current case continue upward; one additional death
New COVID cases continue to grow in LaSalle County. The LaSalle County Health Department reported 203 new cases this week for a total of 29,368 so far. There were only 65 recoveries for a total of 28,...
May 6, 2022
Welter says buck stops with Pritzker administration for 36 veterans deaths
During a virtual press conference Friday, Republican St. Rep David Welter of Morris says the buck stops with Gov. Pritzker when it comes to the COVID-19 deaths of thirty-six veterans at the LaSalle Ve...
May 6, 2022
Second trial in razor-tipped arrow murder case scheduled for September
A Varna man's murder retrial is scheduled for the week of September 19th. Twenty-eight year old Bradley French will be allowed to make more of a self-defense claim this time. An appellate court tossed...
May 6, 2022
LaSalle considering no turn signs for semis on Richard Hallett Road
The LaSalle Streets, Alley's and Traffic Committee wants to petition the Illinois Department of Transportation for no turn signs for semis on Richard Hallett Rd. Residents came back to this week's mee...
May 6, 2022 Marcus Quigmire / CC
Hundreds honored at Excellence in Education event
Hundreds of school employees and their families went to the Knights of Columbus in Ottawa today for the annual Excellence in Education awards. LaSalle, Marshall, and Putnam counties Regional Supt. of ...
May 5, 2022 The Excellence in Education event in Ottawa in 2022.
Registration available for LaSalle County household hazardous waste drop-off event
The LaSalle County Land Use Department is holding a household hazardous waste drop-off event. It on Saturday, May 21st from 8am to 3pm at the Etna Rd. Courthouse in Ottawa. Director of Land Use Brian ...
May 5, 2022 Amaury Laporte / CC
Waltham North tear-down begins
The former Waltham North School building is coming down. The school board decided last year to clear the land and sell it. The district sold the former Waltham South School building to the village of ...
May 5, 2022 Waltham North School demolition began on Thursday, May 5, 2022.