Category Archives: WCMY News
Top stories of 2021: Ottawa gets grant for Green St. floodplain project
In September, Ottawa City Hall got notice that the state will pay 80% of the $4.25 million cost to raise Greet St. above the floodplain. That leaves the city with $850,000 to come up with for the work...
Dec 30, 2021 WCMY file photo of Green St. in Ottawa during a flood. The city plans to raise the street above the floodplain and have a passage to let water flow under it.
Ottawa man and woman arrested in cocaine bust
The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team arrested two Ottawa people Wednesday after an undercover investigation. Forty-seven year old Jeremy M. Myers is accused of dealing drugs to Trident agent...
Dec 30, 2021
No walk-in COVID tests are available at St. Margaret's Health anymore
COVID tests are no longer being given on a walk-in basis at St. Margaret's Health. The hospital system says it doesn't have enough tests to do that. It's saving them for patients with doctor's orders....
Dec 30, 2021
Somonauk man pleads guilty to possession of child pornography
Another man in LaSalle County has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. 23-year old Luis Salinas of Somonauk was arrested back in September after a search warrant was done by the LaSalle ...
Dec 30, 2021
Top Stories of 2021: River Rd. bridge washout in Seneca
One of our top stories of 2021 was the Seneca River Rd. Bridge washout. Back in July, high water washed out an entire bridge while a red truck was on it. The truck spanned the gap after bridge washed ...
Dec 30, 2021 Picture from St. Rep. David Welter's Facebook page of the washed out bridge on River Rd.
Autumnwood Dr. to be widened
Autumnwood Dr. in Ottawa will be widened next year. The city intends to install curb and gutter, a storm sewer, and sidewalks. The new street will be made of concrete. The logistics of getting it done...
Dec 29, 2021
Top stories of 2021: Ottawa canal project awash in trouble
Former Ottawa Mayor Bob Eschbach was happy at the dedication in late June for the Illinois and Michigan Canal water project he'd dreamed of and worked toward for years. Aussem is hoping to have water ...
Dec 29, 2021 The re-watered part of the Illinois and Michigan Canal wasn't supposed to look swampy, but it did in 2021.
City of Peru approves plan to develop homes and businesses north of Baker Lake
The city of Peru is developing a new commercial and housing district. The land is located north of Baker Lake with 57 single family homes and three commercial lots for businesses. City Engineer Eric C...
Dec 29, 2021
Ottawa attorneys named to legal system oversight panels
An Ottawa attorney will begin a three-year term on the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Saturday. Michael T. Reagan will be one of nine unpaid members and is replacing a memb...
Dec 28, 2021
Top stories of 2021: explosion claims three lives in Utica
The deaths of three men in an explosion in Utica is one of our top stories of 2021. Three brothers from Chicago went to Utica for a fishing trip in May. They set up a campfire to cook their catch. The...
Dec 28, 2021