Category Archives: WCMY News
LaSalle County GOP wants voters to oust local Democratic judges
The LaSalle County Republican Party is recommending that people vote no on retaining circuit judges Gene Daugherity and Joe Hettel and appellate judge Mary McDade. The letter mailed this month doesn&#...
Oct 23, 2020
Auditor candidate says she's cancer-free
LaSalle County Auditor candidate Nikki Baer says she's won her first big fight of 2020. In a Facebook post, she announced Thursday that she's a cancer survivor. Baer came out with her diagnosis in Jun...
Oct 22, 2020
Coronavirus deaths increase in pace in LaSalle County
During the last month, LaSalle County had a two-week period with no coronavirus deaths. But during the last week, the county has counted four. The latest is of a woman in her 90s. The LaSalle County H...
Oct 22, 2020
Sister in Laws' gift and decor shop opens to fanfare today
A ribbon cutting took place Thursday morning at Sister In Laws’ gift shop at 601 La Salle Street in Ottawa. Shop owner Bobbi Hughes of Ottawa says of the name: The Ottawa Chamber of Commerce was...
Oct 22, 2020
Oglesby makes police chief appointment permanent
The city of Oglesby is making Doug Hayse the permanent police chief. He's been serving as the interim chief for $6,000 per month without benefits since April. Hayse was to serve in that position until...
Oct 22, 2020
Plymouth Tube leaving Streator
Plymouth Tube is closing its Streator location. Streator Chamber of Commerce Director Jack Dzuris says the company notified the mayor Wednesday. Almost three dozen people work there and will be out of...
Oct 22, 2020
Marseilles Cleanup Days gets underway
Marseilles residents with big items to get rid of that won't go out with the regular garbage can take them to a dumpster. The city has a dumpster at its garage on Commercial St. for Cleanup Days. It's...
Oct 22, 2020
Foot traffic on Rutland Street in Marseilles soon to be accommodated by a sidewalk
Marseilles set to obtain a sidewalk improvement grant from IDOT for over half a million dollars. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck explains: The City of Marseilles passed phase one of a grant application for a sid...
Oct 22, 2020
Spring Valley man found guilty of shooting at Peru house with people inside
After two hours of deliberations Wednesday, a jury found 34-year old Semaj Jones of Spring Valley guilty of aggravated discharge of a firearm. He fired shots at his ex-girlfriend's house in Peru in Ju...
Oct 21, 2020
Ottawa adopts first food truck regulation
Just in time for a food truck festival in Ottawa this weekend, the City Council has approved the city's first food truck regulations. Mayor Dan Aussem says they cover state and local licenses and insp...
Oct 21, 2020