Category Archives: WCMY News
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
Almost there: Ottawa Y gets $250k contribution from Ottawa native
Seattle architect Sharon Eschbach Coleman says Ottawa has changed a lot and maybe she has too since she left 35 years ago. Coleman didn't think much of the city then. She thinks enough of it now to gi...
Oct 13, 2021 Former Ottawa mayor Bob Eschbach and his sister Sharon Eschbach Coleman at the YMCA.
Special edition Jammin' at the Clock program proposed for Streator's City Park
Toni Pettit of Streator says the annual Jammin' at the Clock event should have one show next year at City Park. So far, it's been at Heritage Park with audiences of up to 200 people. She says City Par...
Oct 13, 2021 Streator City Park
COVID affecting but not stopping fire prevention work in schools
The Ottawa Fire Department is in the middle of Fire Prevention Month. Fire Prevention Coordinator Kevin Theis says he likes to go to grade schools and cover everything from recognizing the smoke alarm...
Oct 12, 2021