Category Archives: WCMY News
Peru taking bids for Midtown Rd. extension
Peru City Hall is taking bids on a road extension project. City Engineer Eric Carls says it's the Midtown Rd. extension. It’ll involve work on Point Blvd. and 26th St. The gravel underlay is alr...
Dec 11, 2020
Peru may update dog tag ordinance
Not a lot of Peru residents who own dogs get city rabies tags. But they don't seem to have a problem getting LaSalle County tags. Police Chief Doug Bernabei compared the lists-the one from City Hall a...
Dec 11, 2020
Canal Rd. house fire still under investigation
The Ottawa Fire Department and the Office of the State Fire Marshall are still investigating what caused a fire at a house on Canal Rd. yesterday morning. No one was living in the home. The fire depar...
Dec 11, 2020
Six fatal coronavirus cases added to county's count Thursday
Six coronavirus deaths were reported in LaSalle County yesterday. It's one of the highest daily increases in the fatality count. It brings the total to 167. The LaSalle County Health Department says t...
Dec 11, 2020
National Guard medical unit helping at LaSalle veterans home
National Guard members are at the Illinois veterans home in LaSalle. LaSalle County Veterans Assistance Commission Superintendent Steven Kreitzer says a medical unit is there to keep records of temper...
Dec 10, 2020
Only one painting in locally loved Christianity series on display this Christmas
The Ottawa Freedom Association has put out just one of the Christ story paintings in Washington Square this year. Jim Keely, one of the association's founders, says it's the first one-the manger scene...
Dec 10, 2020
Nicor Gas invites customers to online forum on energy saving, bill paying help
Nicor Gas is inviting people to an online seminar this weekend to find out how to keep their energy bills down. Spokesperson Jennifer Golz says there will also be information about getting help paying...
Dec 10, 2020
Overnight Interstate 80 closure in western LaSalle County tonight
Interstate 80 will be closed between Illinois 251 in Peru and Interstate 39 in LaSalle tonight. The Illinois Department of Transportation says it’ll be closed both ways from 7pm tonight to 5am t...
Dec 10, 2020
UPDATE: Canal Rd. reopens after house fire
Regular traffic is allowed on Canal Rd. again after a house fire this morning. The Ottawa Fire Department warns drivers that because of the cold, the water used for fighting the fire may be freezing. ...
Dec 10, 2020
LaSalle County coronavirus statistics: 156 lives claimed
LaSalle County is up to 156 deaths attributed to the coronavirus. The county's health department announced Wednesday a man in his 70s and a woman in her 80s died of it. The county has had 7,066 cases ...
Dec 9, 2020