Category Archives: WCMY News

Some Lasalle County residents will be honored at the Illinois State Fair Saturday by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The IDNR announced recipients of the 2021 Outstanding Volunteers of t...

The Peru City Council has approved a $55,634 contract to have the automatic weather station at Illinois Valley Regional Airport moved. That's the system that reports the temperature and other conditio...

Ottawa City Commissioner Wayne Eichelkraut says improvements will be done on the North Central Area Transit buses. They'll get backup cameras. Eichelkraut says the city got a $135,000 grant for the ca...

After years of planning for one, a Caterpillar power generator will be installed by Ottawa's north side water tower. Mayor Dan Aussem says a power outage affected the police, fire, and public works de...

The man accused of firing at Oglesby Police at Illinois Valley Community College back in 2020 will have his future decided soon. 35-year old Peter Bergsma was mentally evaluated again and the report h...

Seneca High School's athletic department hopes to do about half the driving it does now next school year to get football players to games. It's joining the Northeast Athletic Conference. Supt. Dan Ste...

Don't believe anyone who calls you or shows up at your door to say you have to pay your electric bill with a gift card or a Bitcoin payment right away. The Illinois Attorney General's Office says scam...

Public Defender Tim Cappellini will be able to visit with the man accused of stabbing and killing 21-year old Grace Taylor of Ottawa. Cappellini will go to the Kendall County Jail where 29-year old Mi...

Seneca High School Supt. Dan Stecken says he thoroughly researched the options. The school district is requiring masks inside. Gov. Pritzker's order earlier this month supersedes last month's school b...

Marseilles Commissioner of Public Property Jim Buckingham is wondering what the city can do about homeless people living under the bridge that goes over the Illinois River. Buckingham says that the ci...