Category Archives: WCMY News
Contest to pick "Ulti-mutt Cutie" and support spaying and neutering
An Ottawa photography studio owner has room for just a few more entries in the Pooch Playoffs. It's a bracket style contest with online voting to find the dog who's the "Ulti-mutt Cutie". Voting is fr...
Mar 07, 2022
Utility companies report power outages
Update: As of shortly before 10am, Ameren Illinois reports service has been restored in Ottawa and ComEd reports service has been restored southeast of the Newark-Millington area. Ameren says 175 Otta...
Mar 07, 2022
Fire fighters handle brush fire at Buffalo Rock
Several area fire departments put out a brush fire at Buffalo Rock State Park yesterday afternoon. The Wallace Fire Department called for help from departments that had six-wheelers to get people and ...
Mar 07, 2022
OSF nurse presented with award for compassionate care
A nurse at OSF Healthcare in Ottawa received an award for extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care. The DAISY Award was given to Shannon Sibert, a nurse in the obstetrics unit and Mission P...
Mar 07, 2022 Left to right:
Heather Bomstad, Chief Nursing Officer,
DAISY Award Winner Shannon Sibert
Annabel Tomas, Director of the Family Birthing Center at OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center
Photo from OSF Healthcare
Marseilles City Council swears in eight members for ESDA team
The Marseilles City Council swore in eight members of the local Emergency Service Disaster Agency at Wednesday's city council meeting. The ESDA members will help the police and fire department in emer...
Mar 06, 2022 Commissioner and ESDA President Nathan Schaefer and the seven other members are sworn in by City Clerk Lesley Hart at Wednesday's city council meeting.
Hundreds show support for convoy drivers going through Oglesby
Most of the trucks in the convoys going through Oglesby didn't pull through the Love's Travel Stop this afternoon. Hundreds of people were there to welcome them anyway and to make their own protest ag...
Mar 05, 2022 A Freedom Convoy truck is loaded with donated food, drinks, tools, and other items.
County Parks Director asking U of I to measure tree to see if it's the biggest in the state
LaSalle County Parks Director Ken Henze says he wants to know if the county has the biggest Kentucky coffee tree in the state. Henze says the tree is located in Catlin Park, although it is about thirt...
Mar 05, 2022 Biodiversity Heritage Library
Ottawa Central Dispatch honors telecommunicator for 20 years of work
Twenty years is a notable milestone in emergency services telecommunications. Ottawa Central Dispatch says Grant Stock has passed that mark and should have many more years there. The announcement says...
Mar 05, 2022
New evaluation method puts LaSalle County at low COVID community level
A new way of evaluating how much COVID-19 risk there is in a community puts LaSalle County at a low level. The LaSalle County Health Department says the CDC bases that evaluation on new case rates and...
Mar 04, 2022
City of LaSalle hosting electronic drop-off event for residents
The city of LaSalle is hosting its own electronic drop-off event. Deputy City Clerk Brent Bader says the same people who help with the drop-off events at the Etna. Rd Courthouse in Ottawa are helping ...
Mar 04, 2022