Category Archives: WCMY News
Commissioner questions no-bid contract for Allen Park seawall work
Ottawa City Hall's hiring a Morris company to fix the Allen Park seawall. The city didn't take bids on the project. City Commissioner James Less says it should have. Stott Contracting is getting the j...
Jan 19, 2022 File photo of people fishing at Allen Park in Ottawa.
List of candidates for superintendent position presented to Ottawa Elementary School Board
In a closed session at Tuesday's meeting, the Ottawa Elementary School Board got to look at information from candidates who applied to be the next superintendent of the district. Board President Brend...
Jan 19, 2022
Grundy County native is new executive director of USDA Illinois Farm Service Agency
The United States Department of Agriculture's Illinois Farm Service Agency now has a new State Executive Director. Scott Halpin started the job on January 3rd. Halpin says he grew up on a farm in Gard...
Jan 18, 2022 Scott Halpin, Executive Director of the USDA Illinois Service Agency.
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