Category Archives: WCMY News
County Board member says county's sitting on millions of dollars in pandemic relief money
LaSalle County got nearly $11 million earlier this year for pandemic relief. County Board member Doug Trager says the county's taking too long to figure out how to spend it all. The county has until t...
Oct 14, 2021 LaSalle County Board member Doug Trager of Ottawa addresses the board during public comment time at the October 14, 2021 meeting.
Peru man pleads guilty to pushing elderly neighbor over a guard rail
A Peru man that was caught on video pushing an 84-year old man over a guard rail has been found guilty. Forty-five year old Michael E. Stuart pleaded guilty in court Thursday to aggravated battery. Ju...
Oct 14, 2021
Sanctuary Bar to host and Oktoberfest event
A new bar in LaSalle is hosting one if it's first big events. Co-owner of Sanctuary Dani Brzozowski says Hennepin St. from 1st to the mid-block alley has been blocked off for an Oktoberfest style bloc...
Oct 14, 2021 Louis Hansel / Unsplash
January trial scheduled in Sheridan double murder case
A trial has been scheduled for 38-year old Donald A. Fredres of Sandwich. Judge H. Chris Ryan today scheduled it for January 10th. Fredres is accused of killing his ex-wife's parents in their home nea...
Oct 14, 2021
Mokena man fit for trial in Ottawa woman's murder
Found fit for trial, 30-year old Michael Swift of Mokena has one scheduled for February 14th. He's accused of stabbing a woman he had dated, 21-year old Grace Taylor, to death at her south side Ottawa...
Oct 14, 2021
Streator considering how strongly to hold on to claims for cleaning up abandoned property
Streator City Hall has received requests to waive liens on pieces of land the city cleaned up. If the city mows the grass and tears down an abandoned home, it wants to be paid back for those costs. Pu...
Oct 14, 2021
Companies at Illinois Valley Regional Airport to add and expand hangars
There will be some changes at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport. The city of Peru is allowing the airport to make changes to and add a hangar to the airport. KCD Air LLC. will add a new hanger to t...
Oct 14, 2021
House candidate switches districts in anticipation of map redrawing
A congressional candidate who was running to unseat Adam Kinzinger is now changing districts. Kendall County Republican Party Chairman James Marter says that he will now run in the fourteenth district...
Oct 13, 2021
Divers find nothing in evidence search in Jelani Day case
The evidence search in the Jelani Day case went into the Illinois River. LaSalle County Sheriff Adam Diss says a Plainfield Fire Department dive team looked for clues in the Illinois River. The divers...
Oct 13, 2021 Jelani Day
Peru is looking to possibly implement a burn ban
A burn ban is under consideration in Peru. Mayor Ken Kolowski says the city wants to end all open burnings by 2023. But Kolowski says it's going to start off small. He says the city would start by ban...
Oct 13, 2021