Category Archives: WCMY News
IVCC starting advanced cannabis production certificate
To train people for work in the cannabis industry, Illinois Valley Community College is starting a new ten-hour one-semester certificate program. The advanced cannabis production certificate got the B...
May 14, 2021
Ottawa resident wants a noise ordinance on shooting range
Buffalo Park Shooting Range has been criticized by a homeowner who lives near the range and says it's too loud. Joan Bernabei says the noise from gun shots at the range can be heard very well. Bernabe...
May 14, 2021 JBLM MWR / CC
Veterans home coronavirus probe continues; St. Rep. Yednock says state has a management problem
St. Rep. Lance Yednock says there's clearly a management structure problem in the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs. At an online hearing for the Illinois House Veterans Affairs Committee yester...
May 14, 2021
Habitat For Humanity ReStore grand opening will be May 22nd
Grand opening for the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Peru will be from ten to six Saturday, May 22nd. Local chapter Executive Director Sally Van Cura has 28,000 square feet to fill with practically a...
May 13, 2021
Campaign promotes reading to kids from birth
New moms at three area hospitals are getting children's books to take home, courtesy of the North Central Regional Betterment Coalition's Words Matter program. Coalition president J. Burt says each mo...
May 13, 2021 NatalieMaynor / CC
Cong. Kinzinger supported Liz Cheney, but Republicans ousted her from leadership role
Wyoming Republican Liz Cheney is out of the post of U.S. House Republican Conference Chair. House Republicans voted on it behind closed doors yesterday. She had Cong. Adam Kinzinger's support, but sup...
May 13, 2021
Lawyer suggests fatal blast was connected to bridge demolition
The LaSalle County Coroner says there was no connection between a fatal explosion in Utica last week and recent bridge demolition. But a lawyer for the family of three men who died suggests otherwise....
May 13, 2021
TBM Avengers Salute to Veterans returns to the area this weekend
It's been two years since the TBM Avengers put on a Salute to Veterans at Illinois Valley Airport in Peru. The event returns tomorrow night and Saturday, and it costs nothing to get in. TBM Avengers R...
May 13, 2021
Marseilles Fire Department has a new fire chief
David Parrot is the new fire chief of the Marseilles Fire Department. Parrott says although he has been a fire fighter for several years it wasn't his first job. He also says the Wallace Fire Departme...
May 12, 2021 S.C. Air National Guard
Eagle Scout project would turn picnic table tops into game boards
A Streator Woodland junior's Eagle Scout project is to make picnic tables at Streator's City Park look better. Jimmy Brinkmeyer says he won't just paint them. He'll turn them into game boards. Players...
May 12, 2021 Life Scout Jimmy Brinkmeyer plans to beautify Streator's City Park for his Eagle Scout project.