Category Archives: WCMY News
Ransom couple are parents of first baby of 2022 born at St. Elizabeth
A boy born Monday evening is the first born in the new year at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Ottawa. OSF Healthcare says Bjorn Berserk Anderson has four siblings. He's the son of Nicole and Christopher An...
Jan 5, 2022 OSF Healthcare photo of baby Bjorn Anderson and parents Christopher and Nicole Anderson
Streator City Council appoints Tara Bedei as next mayor
Commissioner Tara Bedei has been appointed the next mayor of Streator. The city council voted unanimously for her to fill the vacancy left by former Mayor Jimmy Lansford. He resigned due to health and...
Jan 5, 2022
Ottawa City Council considers paying for new pool with cannabis tax revenue
A plan is on file at Ottawa City Hall for Kmetz Architects to design a new public swimming pool. It would cost $4.5 million, plus the architect fee of 9%. Mayor Dan Aussem suggests spending cannabis s...
Jan 4, 2022 File photo of Ottawa's Riordan Pool
Peru takes step forward to bring cannabis dispensary to city
Peru's Building and Zoning Department will meet on January 26th to discuss plans to bring a cannabis dispensary to the city. City Engineer Eric Carls says it would be located where the old Jimmy Johns...
Jan 4, 2022
Hearings underway for proposed Somonauk-Leland schools consolidation
The school boards in the Somonauk and Leland districts intend to ask voters later this year about consolidating the districts. A combined school district could save money by having just one principal ...
Jan 4, 2022 Bill Smith / CC
Snowplow for city of Peru needs new engine before next snowfall
The city of Peru is down one snowplow. Fire Chief Jeff King says the engine stopped working when the city was plowing after the first snowfall at the end of last month. King says the truck is not that...
Jan 4, 2022 retiredtowman / CC
Catlin Park house to be torn down
A house is to be torn down at Catlin Park. LaSalle County Parks Director Ken Henze says the house could be close to 100 years old. After the Catlin family moved out and gave the land to the county for...
Jan 3, 2022 Grand Canyon National Park / CC
North Carolina man accused of criminal sex abuse of Earlville teen
A Warrenton, North Carolina man has been accused of criminal sexual abuse of an Earlville Teen. Thirty-eight year old Andre Harris was arrested at the Holiday Inn in Ottawa Saturday after police recei...
Jan 3, 2022
Morris man accused in courthouse commotion gets two new charges and new court date
The Morris man accused of obstructing a peace officer back in March at the Etna Rd. Courthouse in Ottawa isn't going to trial just yet. 29-year old Jacob Farmer was given two new charges of resisting ...
Jan 3, 2022
Top Stories of 2021: Marseilles water and sewer extension to Interstate 80
We are finishing up our series of the top stories of 2021 with the Marseilles water and sewer extension to Interstate 80. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck says the project has been in the process since the 1970's...
Jan 3, 2022