Category Archives: WCMY News
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
Morris man will keep judge that was already assigned to his case
A Morris man who wants a new judge to hear his case isn't getting one. Twenty-nine year old Jacob Farmer and his sister Angel are accused of obstructing a peace officer back in March when they tried t...
Oct 12, 2021
Air quality testing underway at LaSalle County Health Department
Air quality is being tested at the LaSalle County Health Department. The county board purchased an air filtration system with COVID-19 relief money and wants to see if it actually works. Maintenance D...
Oct 12, 2021 Raines Cohen
Illinois DCEO Back 2 Business grant application deadline is Wednesday night
Business owners who want to apply for the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's "Back 2 Business" grant have until tomorrow night (Wednesday, October 12). Ottawa Economic Developm...
Oct 12, 2021
Terror on the Prairie: reenactment to tell stories of cholera outbreak northeast of Ottawa
Five Dayton Bluffs Nature Preserve volunteers will put on two performances Sunday called Terror on the Prairie. Volunteer Coordinator Dave Manigold says it's about the cholera outbreak that killed 17 ...
Oct 12, 2021 The Terror on the Prairie cholera outbreak story reenactment cast. Photo provided by Dave Manigold of Dayton Bluffs Nature Preserve
LaSalle County Health Department gives advice to protect yourself from rabies
LaSalle County Health Department Educator Jennie Barrie says that bats are still the most common animal that can give rabies to humans. Barrie says there are steps you can take if you think you've bee...
Oct 11, 2021 Internet Archive Book Images
St. Sen. Rezin predicts poor representation for area after redistricting
During the next decade, five Illinois House districts will reach into LaSalle County. Republican St. Sen. Sue Rezin says that will make it hard for local officials to get help from the lawmakers who r...
Oct 11, 2021
Marseilles water main flushing to start Tuesday
Marseilles will start water main flushing Tuesday. Flushing will be Monday through Friday from 7:30 to 3. The city says it should take two weeks. They also say that water could be rusty or discolored ...
Oct 11, 2021