Category Archives: WCMY News
Depending on the nursing home, up to 95% of residents vaccinated against COVID-19
All of this area's nursing homes reporting resident vaccination rate for COVID-19 report at least 80%. The LaSalle County Nursing Home and Heritage Health of Mendota are at 95%. For staff vaccination ...
Aug 4, 2021
Eight-year sentence for pregnant woman's death
The death of a pregnant woman has led to an eight-year prison sentence for the man who sold her drugs. The Illinois Attorney General's Office says 27-year old Colin West of Gardner admitted to police ...
Aug 4, 2021
Remaining Thornton Park work may not be bid out after all
The city of Ottawa has the playground equipment for Thornton Park. Now, City Hall will send checks totaling nearly $135,000 to Hacienda Landscaping for the work it did at the park before its contract ...
Aug 4, 2021 Playground equipment has arrived at Thornton Park. It's sitting in the parking lot until the city can hire someone to install it.
Oglesby mayor proposes two solar generation stations
Oglesby Mayor Dominic Rivara believes now's a great time to move ahead with plans to make the city home to a solar energy generation station. He's proposing a 1.5 megawatt solar farm by Illinois Valle...
Aug 3, 2021 Karen and Brad Emerson / CC
Oglesby police and city have four-year labor contract
The city of Oglesby and its police department have a new labor agreement. Mayor Dominic Rivara gave the details to the City Council this week. It's a four-year agreement retroactive to May this year. ...
Aug 3, 2021
It's official: Oglesby squad car totaled from December shooting
It might have been evident already from the damage, but Oglesby City Commissioner Carrie Lijewski (lee-ES-kee) says the city is sure now, the police squad car that was shot at in December is a total l...
Aug 3, 2021
Peru looking into grant for ice rink improvement
Peru's City Council is interested in a state grant to improve the city's ice rink. Possible improvements would be expanding it, creating a bocce ball area, and putting in chillers so the ice is availa...
Aug 3, 2021 Zoë Warmerdam / Unsplash
Parking changes coming to seven Oglesby streets
Parking rule changes are coming to seven streets in Oglesby. Commissioner Jason Curran says the new ordinance should make things easier on Jones Ave., Florence St., School Ave., Morris St., Prospect A...
Aug 3, 2021 TireZoo / CC
Four lawmakers want quick meeting to support nuclear power
Four state lawmakers representing this area want the General Assembly to meet as soon as possible to pass legislation that will keep the Dresden and Byron nuclear power plants open. Exelon Generation ...
Aug 3, 2021 Matt Turner / CC
Cong. Kinzinger says the truth about the January 6 riot must come out
Cong. Adam Kinzinger says it could take time to bring out all the truth of the January 6th riot on Capitol Hill. He's on the committee looking into it. Speaking on ABC's This Week, Kinzinger suggested...
Aug 2, 2021 Ajay Parthasarathy / Unsplash