Category Archives: WCMY News

By Kate Reynolds Seneca has an ordinance that details fencing requirements around swimming pools. The village board has amended that ordinance to include time limits for the required fencing must be e...

By Kate Reynolds - September 5, 2023 The Ottawa PetSmart Distribution Center, 900 E. Stevenson Road, is expanding their facility. ClayCo Construction, Chicago, is beginning a 189,000 square-foot expan...

The Illinois State Police (ISP) conducted a Distracted Driving Enforcement during the month of August. ISP Troop 3, with headquarters located in Des Plaines, Elgin, and Joliet, reported 54 distracted ...

By Kate Reynolds - September 5, 2023 Labor Day was busy for the Peru Police Department. The department participated in a state-wide enforcement campaign over the Labor Day Weekend: the Illinois Labor ...

Comcast has just announced the company has completed updates for advanced network infrastructure in Peru's industrial area. Businesses north of Interstate 80 and west of Plank Road along Industrial Dr...

With the heavy highway travel expected for the Labor Day weekend, the Illinois Department of Transportation is opening lanes, where possible, in construction zones to minimize travel disruption. The n...

Ottawa, IL - The LaSalle County Health Department received confirmation that mosquitoes from Cedar Point tested positive for West Nile virus. The mosquitoes were collected on August 30th and Environme...

A report of a young boy running out of Wallace School north of Ottawa and into a nearby cornfield triggered a search by various emergency response agencies Wednesday afternoon. The youngster was found...

Ottawa residents will be seeing a survey in their next water bill. During Tuesday night's special Ottawa City Council meeting, Commissioner Brent Barron said the city continues looking into the types ...

The Ottawa City Council has a special meeting tonight at 7:00 that will start with a public hearing on the Community Development Block Grant and the Coronavirus Business Resiliency Program. Other busi...