Category Archives: WCMY News
Bands wanted, or a DJ may do, for Streator Tex-Mex music event
Streator's Jammin' at the Clock is expanding to a ranchero and mariachi music event. Toni Pettit is one of the private organizers. She wanted a live band for the event called Sombreros and Stetsons on...
Jul 14, 2021 CGAphoto / CC
Search is on for funding to fix washed out bridge near Seneca
St. Rep. David Welter says he's working with local officials to find funding for the bridge repair needed on River Rd. near Seneca. He met with Mayor Jeff Olson and LaSalle County Board Chairman Don J...
Jul 14, 2021 Picture from St. Rep. David Welter's Facebook page of the washed out bridge on River Rd.
Corn Belt Energy to interrupt certain customers electric services for testing
Corn Belt Energy is interrupting power for certain customers on Thursday, July 15th. Anyone enrolled in the Rate 11 program will have a disruption in electrical service from 1pm to 5pm. Rate 11 custom...
Jul 13, 2021
Ottawa cancels Thornton Park contract and will bid it out again
After the City Council canceled the Hacienda Landscaping contract this morning, Ottawa City Hall must find another company for the Thornton Park improvements. Mayor Dan Aussem says the work wasn't get...
Jul 13, 2021 Thornton Park as it looked just after the Ottawa City Council canceled the Hacienda Landscaping contract for installing pickle ball courts, a splash pad, a garden area, and other work. The city will figure out what's left to do and rebid the work.
Cong. Adam Kinzinger says he is glad the United Nations will extend help to Syria
Congressman Adam Kinzinger says that he is pleased with the vote from the United Nations Security Council on extending humanitarian aid to Syria. Kinzinger is a co-chair of the Friends of a Free, Stab...
Jul 13, 2021
Update on flooding in western Grundy and eastern Lasalle Counties
Some parts of this area got several inches of rain last night. A stationary rain cell dumped as much as six inches on parts of Grundy County. Several streets were flooded in Seneca and other areas nea...
Jul 13, 2021
Canal in Ottawa is being drained to deal with problems
Water is being drained from the newly re-watered section of the Illinois and Michigan Canal in Ottawa. That's to kill the algae and figure out what to do about the leak that caused water to get onto t...
Jul 13, 2021 The re-watered part of the Illinois and Michigan Canal wasn't supposed to look swampy, but it did in 2021.
Some parents object to mask requirement at Ottawa High
The rules for the return to classrooms will probably still be subject to change frequently when the school year starts. An audience at the Ottawa High School Board meeting tonight asked that there be ...
Jul 12, 2021
Veterans Assistance Commission will have a new building to provide mental health options
The Veterans Assistance Commission of Lasalle County is packing up and moving to Peru. A building the county board is going to help the commission rent is south of the Veterans Assistance Clinic in La...
Jul 12, 2021
County Board says no to private family cemetery
Most LaSalle County Board members don't think it's a good idea to allow private family cemeteries anymore. Such cemeteries are all over LaSalle County. Many are no longer cared for by the families tha...
Jul 12, 2021 Herry Lawford / CC