Category Archives: WCMY News
Hegeler Carus Mansion will redo its porch and stairs.
The Hegeler Carus Mansion is getting some work done on its stairs and porch. But Executive Director Cindy Waddick says this isn't the first time. She says the original porch was first removed in the e...
Oct 19, 2021
Mendota Streets Department has started leaf pickup
The city of Mendota Streets Department says leaf pickup has started. The department says it starts at 6:30 in the morning. They ask that people don't park their cars near the leaf piles so the machine...
Oct 19, 2021 Mendota City Hall picture of a leaf vacuum in operation
Thieves steal three vehicles and enter numerous others during crime spree
A crime spree has Ottawa police asking the public for more surveillance videos and telling people to lock their vehicles. Three vehicles were stolen. Numerous thieves pulled on car door handles to see...
Oct 19, 2021 Ivan Shemereko / Unsplash
LaSalle will keep their noise ordinance the same for now
After some discussion between residents, bar owners, and the LaSalle County City Council, the city's noise ordinance will stay the same for now. Alderman Jim Bacidore says it would have been better to...
Oct 19, 2021
Longtime tennis coaches to be remembered in tennis court names at Ottawa High
The Ottawa High School tennis courts are being named in honor of tennis coaches Tom Henderson and Lyle Guenther. Their time at OHS started in the 1950's. School board president Don Harris says the sch...
Oct 18, 2021 The Ottawa High School pirate overlooks the tennis courts.
Flu shot clinics from LaSalle County Health Dept. are all walk-in this week
The LaSalle County Health Department says all of its flu shot clinics this week open to walk-ins. No appointment is needed at the health department building from 9am to noon and 1pm to 4pm Monday, Tue...
Oct 18, 2021
Local police canines eligible for $25,000 grant
$25,000 in grant money could be awarded to two police K9 units in LaSalle County. Marseilles Police K9 Tucker and Peru Police K9's Saxon and Maddox are nominees for the Aftermath K9 grant which can be...
Oct 18, 2021
False alarms all day at high rise building
Something was wrong this weekend with the fire alarm at the Dougherty high rise in Ottawa. The Ottawa Fire Department answered 13 false alarm calls to the building yesterday. The Housing Authority for...
Oct 18, 2021 Horizontal photo of home smoke detector with white ceiling background
Drive-through job fair in Peru Tuesday
People looking for job opportunities can get information from more than 25 employers during a drive-through job fair in Peru tomorrow. It'll be from 11 to one at the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store on S...
Oct 18, 2021 Random Retail / CC
Ottawa YMCA about to start community campaign for final fundraising in building project
The last million dollars the Ottawa YMCA needs for its building project may be the hardest to get. But it will be the easiest for everyone to chip in for. Director Joe Capece says the community campai...
Oct 18, 2021 Image of the Ottawa YMCA project, provided July 27, 2021