Category Archives: WCMY News
Traffic crash claims a life west of Peru
UPDATED with the victim’s identity A traffic crash claimed a person's life in western LaSalle County late Thursday morning. The crash was reported as a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 6 between Peru...
Apr 8, 2021
Ottawa proposes budget, closes old canal fund, sends tax money to county
Ottawa's proposed city budget is being balanced with $27,000 from its reserve funds. City Hall projects spending at $59.9 million total for the fiscal year that starts May 1 with $18.2 million of it t...
Apr 8, 2021
Cora J. Pope Trust gives $500k boost to Ottawa YMCA building fund
Ottawa's YMCA organization is getting a half million dollar donation from the Cora J. Pope Trust for the new Y building still being designed. John Walker from the trust's board says the trust will get...
Apr 8, 2021
LaSalle County Health Dept. preparing big clinic day with expanded vaccine eligibility
Anyone 16 and older will soon be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine. On Friday, April 23rd Illinois Valley Community College will be hosting a large clinic at the main campus in Oglesby to get the vacci...
Apr 8, 2021 LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency Director Connie Brooks gives someone a COVID-19 vaccine. She'll be the LaSalle County Health Department's Director of Personal Health starting Nov. 29. Photo from LaSalle County Health Dept.
New judge to be chosen for defamation suit against high school
Judge Christina Cantlin has recused herself from a slander lawsuit filed by retired Ottawa High School Teacher Tim Burgess. The case will be reassigned to another judge in the future with the dates st...
Apr 8, 2021
Job opening: Pistol Shrimp baseball team needs a mascot
Update: the deadline to submit videos has been extended to Sunday, April 18. The public will get a chance to say who gets to be the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp mascot. General Manager June Keeley sa...
Apr 8, 2021
South side woman says city sewer work was a surprise
A south side Ottawa resident says a sewer construction job was a surprise to everyone in her neighborhood. Peggy Schneider complained to the City Council this week, no public notices went out about th...
Apr 7, 2021
Murder charges approved in Sheridan shooting
A Sandwich man is scheduled to be in court this Friday to enter his plea in the murder case against him. A grand jury approved charges this week against 37-year old Donald Fredres. The charges are mur...
Apr 7, 2021
Traffic halted on I-80 eastbound east of Seneca
Traffic is halted east of Seneca on Interstate 80 because of a traffic crash five miles east of the eastbound onramps at Seneca. A listener says a Fedex truck and a tractor trailer truck were involved...
Apr 7, 2021
Election results: changes on some school boards
As of right now in the election for area school districts the Ottawa School Board's apparent winners are Larry Bartman, Karen Fisher, current Vice President George Shanley, and current President Donal...
Apr 6, 2021