Category Archives: WCMY News
Judge says state can't allow barge fleeting proposal without legislature action
Part of a lawsuit to block a barge fleeting operation from being built in Grundy County is upheld. Judge Sheldon Sobol says allowing such an operation on the Illinois River requires an act of the Gene...
Nov 2, 2021
LaSalle County EMA director moving to health department
Connie Brooks says once a nurse, always a nurse. After directing the LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency for almost a decade, she's going back to work for the county health department. She'll b...
Nov 2, 2021 LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency Director Connie Brooks gives someone a COVID-19 vaccine. She'll be the LaSalle County Health Department's Director of Personal Health starting Nov. 29. Photo from LaSalle County Health Dept.
Peru police growing beards for Cops 4 Cancer fundraiser
Many Peru police officers will have an unusual appearance this month. The city's rules require them to be clean shaven. But for No Shave November, each one who raises at least $100 for Cops 4 Cancer i...
Nov 2, 2021 Igor Rodrigues / Unsplash
Oglesby firefighters to a get raise in new agreement with city council
Firefighters in Oglesby are getting a raise. The city council approved a new four-year agreement at Monday's meeting. Mayor Dominic Rivara says Fire Chief Ron Popurella will have his pay increased fro...
Nov 2, 2021
Honor guard vigil to be put on by American Legion in Ottawa
Starting Friday at 4:30 members of the American Legion Post 33 in Ottawa will start the Honor Guard Vigil in Washington Square Park. Event Chairman John Duback says this is the twelfth year the event ...
Nov 1, 2021 Ottawa's World War I casualty list earned Memorial Plaza a place in the Landmarks Illinois World War I monument database.
Deer hunting coming to Starved Rock, Matthiessen state parks
Deer hunting will be allowed at Starved Rock and Matthiessen state parks later this month, in December, and in January. State Parks Site Superintendent Alvin Harper says there are categories for hunte...
Nov 1, 2021
Cong. Kinzinger says he's all in for representing his district until he leaves the House
Cong. Adam Kinzinger says there are a lot of reasons he's not running for reelection. He says one has to do with the Republican Party not standing up for truth, such as by finding out what happened to...
Nov 1, 2021
I-39 open again after emergency repair in area already getting repairs
Lane reductions are expected to continue all month on Interstate 39 in both directions between Lostant and Tonica. But the northbound lanes were completely closed for part of the weekend. State Police...
Nov 1, 2021
Company offers free dental care to veterans
Veterans who can't afford dental care and aren't eligible for it through the Veterans Administration can ask for free help this weekend. Aspen Dental is seeing veterans at its Peru and Morris location...
Nov 1, 2021 Jan Fidler / CC
Seneca and Troy Grove asking NCICG for grant money for local projects
Seneca and Troy Grove are asking the North Central Illinois Council of Governments to send an application for a competitive grant. The villages are applying for the Rebuild Downtown and Main Street pr...
Oct 31, 2021