Category Archives: WCMY News

Surf Broadband Solutions is continuing to expand internet throughout the city of Ottawa. VP of Commercial Sales Steve Carendar (CARE-en-der) says the internet will be multi-gigabit and fiber optic. Ca...

Ottawa High School might test students and staff for the coronavirus. Supt. Mike Cushing will speak with representatives of Shield Illinois Wednesday. It offers a saliva test and results within 24 hou...

The Lasalle County Property Committee voted for the county to do an air quality test on an air filtration system it owns. The air filtration system is in question because the company that makes it, Gl...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth says she wants to hear from people who know of any Illinoisans in Afghanistan. She says she's finding out what she can about such cases and working with the State Department to tr...

A $26.5 million budget for the next fiscal year is on file at Ottawa High School. Supt. Mike Cushing says it's the best preliminary budget he's ever presented. It has a $1.3 million education fund sur...

Drew Merriman of Oglesby didn't seem to want to hear any explanations at last night's City Council meeting. But he wants everyone else to know he thinks the city's hiring practices are unfair. He's ma...

One of two people who believe they're tackling free speech issues by trying to shoot cell phone videos inside courthouses wants a jury trial. A LaSalle County judge this afternoon denied 29-year old J...

A new season has started at the PADS homeless shelters in Peru and Ottawa. Executive Director Carol Alcorn says both shelters are open this season and for 24 hours a day. There were 19 people who regi...

The Business Employment Skills Team's innovations during the pandemic include a drive-through job fair. Executive Director Carrie Folken says it didn't get off to a great start. There were 30 employer...

One of the Congressional candidates who wants to replace Adam Kinzinger in the U.S. House blames Pres. Biden, but not Pres. Trump. for the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. Republican Jack Lombardi say...