Category Archives: WCMY News
LaSalle County mobile home tax bills are due April 1
LaSalle County mobile home tax bills were put in the mail last week. The payments are due April 1st. The county treasurer's office says payments can be made in person Monday through Friday from 8am to...
Jan 18, 2022
Peru to replace last of seven weather sirens
The last weather siren that needed to be replaced in Peru has been approved. The city will pay about $21,000 for the new siren that will be placed at Wenzel Rd. and Rt. 251. Police Chief Robert Pyszka...
Jan 18, 2022 Raymond Wambsgans / CC
Tri-County Drug Enforcement Agency arrests two men accused of selling cocaine to agents
The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics team arrested two LaSalle County men after a month long investigation of illegal cocaine sales in Peru. The team arrested 42-year old Hector Ramirez-Flores of...
Jan 18, 2022
Starved Rock Regional Center ambassador for 2022 is Audrey Nink
The Starved Rock Regional Center's ambassador for 2022 is Audrey Nink. She's a toddler who wasn't trying to talk and wasn't sitting up at nine months. Her speech development was slow and she was a lat...
Jan 18, 2022 Audrey Nink, photo provided by Starved Rock Regional Center for Therapy and Child Development
Oglesby City Council meeting delayed because of technical problem
The Oglesby City Council couldn't meet last night because of a technical problem. The problem kept the city from putting the meeting on Facebook Live. So, it'll be held next Monday night, January 24th...
Jan 18, 2022
Quilters give 17 quilts to St. Elizabeth Hospital for moms and babies
Seventeen handmade baby quilts were given to St. Elizabeth Hospital's emergency ward last month. They were made by the Illinois Valley Quilters Guild. Guild member Beth Findley Smith says the group be...
Jan 17, 2022 Illinois Valley Quilters Guild photo of the quilts donated to St. Elizabeth Hospital
Former Streator mayor Jimmie Lansford died Saturday
Private funeral arrangements are being made through the Solon-Telford Funeral Home for Jimmie Lansford. The former Streator mayor died at age 82 Saturday. He was mayor from March 2010 to December 2021...
Jan 17, 2022
LaSalle County Board Room at Etna Rd. complex looking to be enhanced technologically
LaSalle County IT Director John Haag says the department wants to revamp the county board room in the Etna Rd. governmental complex. The project could include improving the TV's and giving board membe...
Jan 17, 2022
St. Sen. Stewart not asking for reelection
The Illinois State Senator who represents northern LaSalle County will leave office at the end of the term. Freeport Republican Brian Stewart says after almost 50 years in public service, it's time fo...
Jan 17, 2022
Ottawa grows while its fire department doesn't
Ottawa is a growing city with more people calling for a fire truck or ambulance every year. But its fire department has been the same size for 26 years. Deputy Fire Chief Brian Bressner is pulling sta...
Jan 17, 2022