Category Archives: WCMY News
Flood forces delay for Independence Day fireworks in Ottawa
Update at 3:28pm: the Ottawa fireworks show is planned for Friday, July 9 There won't be a fireworks show in downtown Ottawa Sunday night. High water by the launch site at Ottawa High School has cause...
Jul 1, 2021
Property tax first installment due in LaSalle County today
Half of the $243 million in property taxes billed in LaSalle County this year is due today (July 1). The Treasurer's Office will take payments in person at the Etna Rd. courthouse, but anyone going sh...
Jul 1, 2021
LaSalle Station's good safety rating comes from more than 2,000 hours of inspections
LaSalle Station's good safety rating for 2020 came after more than 2,000 hours of Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspections. That's an average of almost six hours a day, and it would be eight hours a ...
Jul 1, 2021
Cong. Kinzinger remembers former Defense Secretary as a true public servant
Cong. Adam Kinzinger says Donald Rumsfeld was a true public servant who fiercely loved this country and the men and women of the military. Rumsfeld, a former Defense Secretary, died at age 88. Kinzing...
Jul 1, 2021 Donald Rumsfeld (left) and Cong. Adam Kinzinger (center). Photo from Cong. Kinzinger's office.
Battery company bought building now burning in Morris last year
The company that owns the industrial fire site in Morris bought the old paper mill building in October. The purchase price, according to Grundy County tax records, was $596,912. Superior Battery was i...
Jun 30, 2021 Image from Grundy County Sheriff's Department drone video of the Superior Battery fire.
Illinois Valley Community College to have 75% of classes in person at all campuses
75% of in person classes will be held at Illinois Valley Community College in the fall semester. IVCC President Jerry Corcoran says because the state is in phase five of Governor Pritzker's Restore Il...
Jun 30, 2021
Dresden nuclear power plant inspections stay at baseline
Getting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's best safety rating means the people at the Dresden power station near Morris keep showing they can handle things themselves. NRC Resident Inspector April Ng...
Jun 30, 2021 Slide from the NRC presentation on the Dresden nuclear power plant's performance in 2020.
Industrial fire in suburban Chicago prompts evacuation order
From the Associated Press: An industrial fire at a suburban Chicago warehouse where large batteries are stored has prompted officials to order the evacuation of nearby residences. Nick Doefler, a spok...
Jun 30, 2021
Evacuations underway in Morris during industrial fire
UPDATE AT 3:27PMThe Grundy County government building at 1320 Union St. in Morris is a reception area for people who can't go home because of the industrial fire at 900 E. Benton St. UPDATE AT 3:21PM ...
Jun 29, 2021
St. Rep. Demmer bill would block state from using GPS in license plates
There's been talk of using digital license plates with built-in GPS tracking to catch carjackers in Chicago. Dixon Republican St. Rep. Tom Demmer has filed a bill to prevent that. He says the state do...
Jun 29, 2021 Beatrice Murch / CC