Category Archives: WCMY News
Fireworks safety advice: leave the flying and exploding stuff to the pros
Fireworks that fly or explode are illegal in Illinois except for people who are licensed to handle them. But some people take chances every year. Ottawa Fire Department Public Education Coordinator Ke...
Jul 01, 2021
Battery warehouse owner promises to clean up; state EPA wants to make sure he will
Jin Zheng says he's not the kind of person who runs away from his problems and he will clean up the mess in Morris. He says he loves the community and feels bad about the fire. In an interview he didn...
Jul 01, 2021 Image from Grundy County Sheriff's Department drone video of the Superior Battery fire.
Accused murderer Michael Swift will be mentally evaluated later in the month
It's going to be another 30 days before an accused murderer can get a mental fitness evaluation. Judge Cynthia Raccuglia held a status hearing on 29-year old Michael Swift on his mental fitness. But b...
Jul 01, 2021 News-Tribune photo of Michael Swift at a court hearing last year
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 01, 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 01, 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 01, 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 01, 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.