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Esther Funk was awarded an Ottawa Elementary School Board of Education Salute Tuesday night. Funk, retiring Director for Camp...
The Ottawa Elementary School Board approved the amended budget for fiscal year 2013 last night. Superintendent Cleve Threadgi...
Ottawa High School graduate Michael Hermosillo is now officially in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's minor league syst...
Despite the tough economic climate, State Representative Frank Mautino says he was successful in preventing severe cuts to th...
Lawmakers are trying to make it more appealing for Illinoisstudents to stay in state for college. A group of Republican state...
Kane Farabaugh of Ottawa took pre-orders Friday night for his upcoming DVD from those who bought tickets to the last Roger Am...
The final Marquette Minute of the school year features a half-dozen outgoing 7th graders who will be promoted to the 8th Grad...
St. Sen. Sue Rezin voted against a sex education bill the Illinois Senate passed yesterday.She says the materials it will pro...
The Ottawa Elementary School board voted in a new member, filling the seat that was left vacant from last month’s elect...
An Ottawa High School teacher claims she’s being treated unfairly.Tracy O’Fallon had several other complaints she...
Four people applied to fill the vacant seat on the Ottawa Elementary School Board. The school board met last night to go over...
Exelon Corporation awarded a Streator resident for his work with Future Farmers of America. Thomas Parcher was given a merit ...
Illinois Valley Community College is requiring student-athletes to carry primary insurance in the fall. Associate Vice Presid...
It didn’t matter if you were the best. Retiring Ottawa High School choir director Roger Amm could bring out your best. ...
Second-graders from Marquette Academy Elementary talk about their "First Communion" experience: Luke Cooper, Alex G...
Marseilles Elementary students will graduate right next to the river than ruined their school. Principal Jeff Owens says than...
Marseilles Elementary School won’t be ready for students in the fall. At a school board meeting last night, Superintend...
Congressman Adam Kinzinger will be the keynote speaker at Illinois Valley Community College’s graduation ceremony. Soph...
Marseilles Elementary students like to tell tales about what’s hidden under their gym floor. Principal Jeff Owens has s...
Melissa Olivero of Peru was elected chair at a special reorganizational meeting of the Illinois Valley Community College boar...
The LaSalle County Educator of the Year is Roger Amm.The long time Ottawa High School choir director didn’t feel entire...
Flooded out of their own school building, Marseilles Elementary students will spend the last 20 days of this school year at t...
Even though the flood waters didn’t breach the levee at Ottawa High School, Superintendent Matt Winchester says the sch...
When the votes were counted for the April 9 consolidated election, there was a tie between Gene Duffy and Mark Mason for a se...
Senior members of the Marquette High School Lady Crusaders softball team: Riley Bongartz, Kelsey Kinney, Mackenzie Killelea, ...
Marseilles Elementary Supt. Joellen Fuller took a look inside the flooded school building Sunday. Fuller says she’ll...
Fourteen high school seniors were awarded scholarships by the OSF St. Elizabeth Foundation this year. The scholarships are a...
Marquette High School officials can’t do anything but wait and see what this flood does to the school’s football ...
Ottawa High School was almost in full flood fighting mode Thursday morning.Director of Maintenance Scott Clinch was still thi...
Ottawa High School, Serena Unit 2 schools, Ransom Grade School, Milton Pope School, and Waltham Elementary are closed today b...
After 37 years on the Ottawa Elementary School District 141 Board of Education, Frank Polancic retired last night. Superinten...
Phil Wasilewski, Technology Coordinator for LaSalle County ROE #35 talks with Jay LeSeure about how technology is impacting t...
State Senator, Sue Rezin, says the notion that downstate schools are getting a so-called free lunch in regards to their pensi...
Senior members of Marquette Academy High School's Track & Field Team talk about the Seneca Invite: Elizabeth Dyche, Isaac...
The IHSA has officially dealt sanctions to Harrisburg High School and Seton Academy for the incidents between the two schools...
Tim Creedon, Don Harris, and George Shanley won reelection to the Ottawa High School Board. If the results hold, Mark Mason w...
Jane Goetz of Ottawa will join the Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trustees. Goetz is a board member for the Otta...
The financial aid office at Illinois Valley Community College wants students to apply early for state and federal aid for the...
A few people could be let go from their jobs at Illinois Valley Community College next year, and a few people who quit might ...
There are two seats open on Illinois Valley Community College’s Board of Trustees and Jane Goetz of Ottawa wants one of...
Tonica Grade School is one of several schools that won an Illinois School Breakfast Challenge Award.The district gets $1,...
Some of the computers being used in the Ottawa Elementary School District are so old they can’t support the new program...
Ottawa Elementary Schools are getting a new online grading system. The school board approved the contract Tuesday night with ...
Three candidates are campaigning for just two seats on the Illinois Valley Community College Board. Laurie Bonucci of Princet...
The Ottawa Elementary School Board voted unanimously last night to increase class sizes, cut nine jobs, and eliminate the pla...
An Ottawa High School graduate has earned high marks from First Lady Michelle Obama.Nathan Wangler and two other people desig...
LaSalle County Clerk JoAnn Carretto doesn’t use many schools for polling places anymore. So it won’t be a big pro...
Marseilles Elementary could take five holidays off its calendar next school year.The school board will hold a public hearing ...
Meet three students from Marquette Academy Elementary's Academic Team and winners of the All-Ottawa Tournament: Ryan Mann...
The LaSalle County Board says it’s okay for the county’s Regional Office of Education to merge with those from Ma...
At the end of the telethon Friday night, $149,600 had been raised. President and CEO of Easter Seals of LaSalle and Burea...
Toward the end of his second to last big public performance leading the Ottawa High School choir Thursday night, Roger Amm kn...
The Illinois Valley Community College board approved a new certification program last month. It’s called the Certified ...
Ottawa High School music students scored 768 points at the IHSA solo and ensemble contest at Princeton High School Saturday. ...
More than 220 Ottawa High School students will be in this year’s IHSA solo and ensemble contest at Princeton this weeke...
Two Ottawa High School graduates are starting an FFA Alumni Association for the school. Joe Schmidt, class of 1988, was in FF...
Ottawa High School has made a lot of spending cuts in the last few years. It’s not clear yet just how many more cuts ca...
Someone saw and took a picture of a coyote running across the McKinley School playground in Ottawa Monday morning.After the p...
A long-time school board member won’t run for reelection in April. Ottawa Elementary Schools Superintendent Cleve Threa...
A long-time school board member won’t run for reelection in April. Ottawa Elementary Schools Superintendent Cleve Threa...
In honor of FFA Week, members of the Seneca High School FFA Chapter appear on "The Morning Meeting" with advisor Je...
Mayor Bob Eschbach of Ottawa talks with Jay LeSeure and Karen Rhodes during "The Morning Meeting" about the previou...
The Ottawa Elementary School Board may cut jobs to save money. Superintendent Cleve Threadgill says the lack of state and fed...
A biology professor at Illinois Valley Community College has been given a $25,000 scholarship to get a doctorate degree f...
Ram Koganti of Wallace School correctly spelled sturgeon to win the 53rd annual LaSalle County Spelling Bee Saturday. He look...
The deadline to apply for fall 2013 Illinois Valley Community College Foundation scholarships is Thursday, February 28. High ...
The Ottawa Lady Pirates claimed their 3rd straight regional title Thursday night at Prairie Central High School, defeated the...
The City of Ottawa bought over 16 acres of riverfront property that the old Central School building sits on. The City bought ...
Financial difficulties are leading one small eastern Illinois school district to consider firing about a fifth of its teacher...
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says veterans attending public colleges shouldn't be burdened with out-of-state tuition and fees. T...
Deer Park School had 97 percent of its students meet or exceed standards on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test in 2012. ...
Dr. Charles Eldridge, Class of 1960, will be inducted into the Ottawa High School Hall of Fame this weekend. Eldridge is Prof...
Wednesday, February 6th is National Signing Day for high school football recruits across the country, and 2 of Ottawa's o...
The Ottawa Elementary School District officially transferred the old Central School building to the City of Ottawa. Mayor Bob...
Members of the Marquette Academy Elementary Student Council talk about their Catholic Schools Week activities: Stephany Tipso...
Benjamin Yount of Illinois Watchdog talks with Jay LeSeure about changes in state testing of elementary school students and e...
Jim Harris, a math teacher at Ottawa High School from 1956 to 1988, will be inducted into the school’s hall of fame nex...
The deadline for purchasing Ottawa High School Hall of Fame banquet tickets is Tuesday February 5th. Tickets are on sale in t...
Some LaSalle County schools were among those given special recognition on the Illinois Honor Roll list.Deer Park School got a...
Southern Illinois University's flagship campus is seeing a nearly 1,300-students drop in enrollment this spring. WSIU Rad...
Law enforcement officers will shoot off blanks in several areas of Cary-Grove High School today. It's part of a simulatio...
The Chicago Teachers Union says an audited budget for the last school year showing an extra $344 million indicates the ci...
Dale Berman, Ottawa High School class of 1951, will be inducted into the school’s hall of fame next month. Berman playe...
Junior high and high school students will be required to receive a booster shot against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis for...
The Illinois State Board of Education has made it tougher for students to be considered proficient on state tests. The board ...
Andrew Campanella, president of National School Choice Week (Jan 27-Feb 2) talks about the mission of the organization, how I...
A new report says Illinois has room to improve when it comes to preparing its school teachers. The National Council on Teache...
School administrators, teachers and law enforcement will meet today to discuss how to make Illinois schools safer. Gov. Pat Q...
National School Choice Week begins January 28, 2013. Bob Bowdon, the Executive Producer of ChoiceMedia.TV - a school reform w...
Ottawa Elementary Schools are getting a rural poverty grant worth $37,000. Superintendent Cleve Threadgill says he’...
School board members in a central Illinois town are thinking about arming and training a handful of administrators as auxilia...
Jerry Bretag, Ottawa High School Class of 1950, will be inducted into the high school’s Hall of Fame next month. For 25...
Some counties neighboring LaSalle County could ask to have their regional offices of education merged with LaSalle County&rsq...
Applications for the Joseph J. Hohner Scholarship for the 2013-14 school year are available on the Regional Office of Educati...
Mary Jane Mess1914 – 2013Mary Jane Mess, 98, of Ottawa, died Thursday morning, January 10, 2013, at the Ottawa Pavilion...
Don Jobst is the first of many people we’ll highlight on Ottawa Radio who’ll be inducted into the Ottawa High Sch...
The Ottawa High School Hall of Fame will get seven new individual members and one new team next month. Dan Eilts on the selec...
Officials from the University of Illinois are considering a major revision to their student code that covers cheating. Accord...
A new bill aimed at teaching school children about sexual abuse is about to become law in Illinois. The bill under considerat...
Illinois Valley Community College is extending the deadline to apply for financial aid for students who have trouble paying t...
Mediacom is offering $60,000 in scholarships to high school seniors. This is the twelfth year the company is awarding ...
Ottawa High School officials are taking a defensive move in case state lawmakers change the school district self-insurance po...
Ottawa elementary schools are being forced to outsource teacher’s jobs to a private company. Superintendent Cleve Threa...
You probably don’t want to think lawmakers are taking school children over the fiscal cliff just to keep other lawmaker...
Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger has nominated Adam Konavous for the United States Naval Academy. The 20-year old says o...
Filing for school board, township, and city elections starts Monday. LaSalle County Clerk JoAnn Carretto says the last day fo...
University of Illinois researchers will be able to look for ozone-resistant corn thanks to a $5.7 million grant from the ...
A group of University of Illinois professors have a plan to reform the retirement system for university employees. In a propo...
Students from Chicago and the rest of Illinois are increasingly calling the University of Missouri home. The Chicago Tribune ...
Illinois Valley Community College’s spring tuition is due by 7pm Wednesday, December 12. Students who need to set up a ...
Four members of the Marquette Academy High School Wrestling Team: Junior Jibril Church, Freshman Jakob Weiss, Junior Casey Wh...
Illinois schoolchildren are on par with the rest of the nation when it comes to vocabulary skills. Data shows eighth-grade st...
More than 20,000 students in suburban Chicago will be back in class after teachers and the school district reached a tentativ...
A published report says that 25 percent of University of Illinois undergraduates at the flagship campus are from outside Illi...
The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a decision to toss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's syste...
A union representing graduate employees of the University of Illinois has reached a deal on a tentative contract with the uni...
The Illinois Valley Community College tax levy for next year isn’t changing much. It’s $11.5 million and went...
The Ottawa High School Board will hold a hearing next month on two bond issues adding up to eight million dollars. One is a w...
Most of the Illinois Valley Community College students who submitted designs to the Ottawa is Blooming Committee last week do...
The Ottawa High School Board expects to lose more than $400,000 in property tax revenue next year. The proposed property ...
Marquette Academy Elementary School Student Council officers Ryan Mann, Brandt Eller, Thomas Lechtenberg, and Stephanney Tips...
A LaSalle-Peru High School student won this year’s LaSalle County Republican Party Ronald Reagan Scholarship.Eighteen y...
Ronald Reagan’s optimism is the theme of this year’s Ronald Reagan Scholarship essays. The LaSalle County Republi...
The Ottawa is Blooming committee looked over designs submitted by eight Illinois Valley Community College students last night...
Members of the Marquette Academy High School's Robotics Team talk about their project as they prepare for a competition a...
Tickets for this Saturday’s game between the Ottawa Pirates and Crete-Monee Warriors will be on sale for $6.00 at t...
Marquette Academy High School cheerleaders, Seniors Lexi Leiteritz and Pippy Pruitt, talk about their Marquette experience.
The Democratic candidate for the 38th State Senate district, Christine Benson of Ottawa, talks about her candidacy
School officials in another suburban Chicago school district say they're preparing for a strike. The teachers' union ...
A state fund designed to provide scholarships for immigrant students — including those living in the country illegally ...
A lot is heard about the Master Gardeners locally, partly because Ottawa puts them to work keeping up the flower beds downtow...
The highly contentious issue of school consolidation in Illinois has been captured in 46 oral histories made available online...
LaSalle County Regional Superintendent of Schools Chris Dvorak, Serena Unit2 Superintendent Dan Joyce, Ottawa Township High S...
Anita Kopko, the Democratic candidate for LaSalle County Circuit Judge, talks with Jay LeSeure about her personal background,...
Ottawa High School has received a few paintings given as donations. Supt. Matt Winchester says the paintings weren’t ev...
WCMY 1430 will be hosting their innaugural High School Football Pairing Show Saturday, Octobrer 20th at 8:00 P.M. Tune in to ...
Eighty-two and a half percent of Ottawa Elementary School’s students met the target score on the Illinois Standard Achi...
The LaSalle County Board Room was a packed place Thursday for Student Government Day. More than three dozen students from LaS...
Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon says she supports government efforts to make college and community college tuition affordable. Simon on...
Northern Illinois University President John Peters says he'll step down at the end of the school year after 13 years as h...
Educating voters about a referendum is a lot like educating them about a candidate.The 1 Cent for Our Kids Committee is takin...
The One Cent for Our Kids Committee is hoping people will put in one hour to find out about the sales tax on the ballot in La...
Homecoming attendants for the Freshman class- Allie Nona and Grace Honiotes, and Sophomore ckass- Kendall Kaufmann and Maggie...
Fifty colleges and universities will be at Illinois Valley Community College for the 40th annual College Night from 6:30 to 8...
Bad Illinois schools are going to get some extra help from a new Center for School Improvement. The center is supposed to coo...
The Chicago Teachers Union says its teachers and support staff have overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract that in...
This fall, voters in LaSalle County will decide on a new way to fund schools: a one-cent sales tax. Marseilles Elementary Sch...
An Illinois college savings program is back in business after a management overhaul. College Illinois lets parents lock in a ...
Illinois Valley Community College will get a significant share of the state’s nearly $13 million in federal funding...
Students at Illinois College in Jacksonville are staging a "literary protest" today. They'll be reading challen...
Walt Willey will perform the Wild Bill Hickock story again in two months.He has two dates scheduled at Ottawa High School for...
While we’re in the last few weeks of one election cycle, we’re also in the very beginning of another. Prospective...
Illinois Valley Community College refurbished its donor wall. The IVCC Foundation thanked donors by permanently engraving the...
Ottawa High School students are doing as well as ever on the ACT college entrance exam. Principal Mike Cushing says last year...
It's time for Illinois students to showcase their artistic skills. The state's Department of Transportation has launc...
A former suburban Chicago high school guidance counselor and girls basketball coach who was fired after writing a racy book h...
Ottawa High School asked the state for a $50,000 maintenance grant a few months ago. The state didn’t have the mone...
Marquette Academy 8th Graders who had their poetry published recently appear on WCMY-AM 1430's "Marquette Minute&quo...
A local school board member from Naperville has been appointed to the Illinois State Board of Education. Gov. Pat Quinn's...
The FBI and police at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale are investigating a threat received by mail. WSIU Radio repo...
In the next few days, some Central School students who won a fundraising contest will be the first to play on new playground ...
The Illinois Supreme Court hears arguments in a lawsuit by two homeowners who say the state's school funding system discr...
An advocacy group and a disabled high school swimmer have reached a settlement with the organization that oversees high schoo...
A suburban Chicago high school girls basketball coach has lost his job for writing a self-published book that includes graphi...
Chicago teachers are suspending a seven-day strike in the nation's third-largest city, a move that will send thousands of...
Ottawa Mayor Bob Eschbach hopes to have the old Central School torn down this fall. In separate meetings Tuesday night, the C...
It’s another deficit budget year at Ottawa Elementary Schools.The Ottawa Elementary School board approved a deficit bud...
A suburban Chicago school district where teachers are on strike says there'll be school today no matter what. About 150 L...
Teachers in the Evanston Skokie School District 65 have a new contract after unanimous approval by the Board of Education. Te...
Hannah Graham of Utica is the 21st Century Scholar for 2012 at Illinois Valley Community College. She was one of five finalis...
Northern Illinois University says fall enrollment is down by almost 5 percent but its incoming freshman class is larger than ...
Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon wants students to stop texting while driving. Simon signed an "It Can Wait" pledge on Tuesday...
Thirty-nine Milton Pope school students were sent to four different hospitals Monday after the school bus accident north of M...
A $375,001 purchase price has been worked out for the old Central School property in Ottawa.The city council put on file ...
Illinois Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride hopes to fire up high school civics lessons during the 225th birthday celebration of t...
Student producers for the Ottawa Township High School student body dance competition "Pirates Invade The Ballroom IV&quo...
The Senior members of the Marquette Academy High School Cross Country Team appear with Mindy McConnaughayon "The Marquet...
A new mural was shown to the public at Lincoln School in Ottawa Thursday night. Laurie Ragan has been doing murals for 40 yea...
The Ottawa City Council has made a zoning ordinance update so Ottawa High School can use a house for a class. Developmentally...
Ottwawa High School senior running back Michael Hermosillo was named the "Bears High School All-Star" for week 1 of...
The Ottawa High School Boosters present "Pirates Invade the Ballroom IV" Saturday, September 8th, at 7:00pm in the ...
The Chicago Teachers Union says members will walk off the job on Sept. 10 unless a new contract is reached with Chicago Publi...
Research done by professors at Illinois Valley Community College finds girls are less confident than boys at hands-on work wi...
The University of Illinois says a record number of prospective freshmen applied this year for admission to its three campuses...
Voters can expect a sales tax referendum on LaSalle County ballots this fall. A 1% sales tax would support local school distr...
The Ottawa Elementary School District needs some busses. Superintendent Cleve Threadgill says a lot of the district’s b...
Delegates of the Chicago Teachers Union have authorized the union president to give the required 10 days' advance notice ...
Ryan Myers will be the new principal at Central Intermediate School next year. Myers grew up in Ottawa and went to school at...
A Cook County man is suing the Archdiocese of Chicago and Cardinal Francis George, alleging he was molested in the 1970s by a...
School lunches are going up in price at Ottawa High School. Supt. Matt Winchester says the plate lunch with milk will cost &#...
The Chicago Teachers Union has begun informational pickets at several elementary schools to call attention to ongoing contrac...
So far so good at Ottawa High School which, like all other public schools, is dealing with money shortfalls. The budget the s...
Northern Illinois University students will start the school year with a new residence hall on campus that has more than 1,000...
School starts as soon as Wednesday for some local school districts. Ottawa Police Captain of Patrols Brent Roalson says remem...
A new Illinois law goes into effect this school year requiring students entering 6th and 9th grades to be vaccinated for whoo...
A trip to the state fair could help families prepare for school. The Illinois Department of Public Health is offering free de...
The LaSalle County Board adopted a truancy ordinance this week. Regional Superintendent of Education Chris Dvorak says he nee...
A Hall High School football player is dead after collapsing on the field Wednesday. Spring Valley Police say 17-year old Dani...
Ottawa Salvation Army Captain Quentin Boyle says over 100 children from LaSalle County are getting backpacks filled with scho...
It’s not too late to get financial aid and go to school this fall at Illinois Valley Community College. Coordinator of ...
Illinois Valley Community College's Ottawa Center Coordinator Jeannette Frahm says they’re offering free workshops ...
In a couple weekends, a local lawmaker is sponsoring a children’s health and safety fair. State Senator Sue Rezin says ...
Central School’s SWAT team and the Ottawa Homeless Awareness Committee raised $670 at the last movie in the park ni...
Karly Feddersen of Dwight and Tara Vickers of Streator were this year’s recipients of the 2012 Chad Scoles Memorial Sch...
Illinois health and education officials are reminding parents to update their children's immunizations before they head b...
The tuition waiver records of Illinois state Rep. Dan Burke have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury. The Chicago Sun-Tim...
Chicago's public schools and the union representing teachers have reached an agreement that will give students a longer s...
Starting next August, Illinois school districts will have to start and end their school years with full days. Ottawa High Sch...
The Ottawa Police Benevolent and Protective Association is accepting applications for their Back to School Shopping program. ...
Former University of Illinois President Michael Hogan's new $285,100 professor's salary makes him the highest pai...
It sounds like something that would pop up on a math test: A teacher-training program gets $19 million in state aid. Over...
Ottawa Elementary School Superintendent Cleve Threadgill wants to dedicate some part of the district’s athletic facilit...
Nearly 40 science students from high schools in China have toured an Illinois plant to learn about wastewater treatment techn...
The University of Illinois has voided a $4.6 million contract with an architecture firm that raised concerns over potenti...
Both the Chicago school board and the city's teachers union have rejected a fact finder's recommendation to give teac...
Sally L. Thorsen, 67, of Freedom Township, passed away Tuesday evening, July 17, 2012, at Mendota Community Hospital.Funeral ...
The Ottawa Elementary School Board has enforced an old Illinois Elementary School Association rule. The IESA has since abolis...
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says if the city were to follow a fact finder's recommendation and give teachers a pay raise o...
For months, Ottawa Elementary School Superintendent Cleve Threadgill thought the district’s transportation funds were g...
The University of Illinois is offering seven free online courses this fall. Officials say it will give students around the wo...
The president of the Chicago Teachers Union says an independent fact finder has recommended teachers should have their pay in...
Six to 12 special needs students in the Ottawa High School life skills transition program will get to learn how to do homemak...
Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon says Congressman Paul Ryan's proposed budget would be bad for students in Illinois. Simo...
State universities in Illinois will no longer be able to use outside firms in most hiring searches.Gov. Pat Quinn signed a la...
A team of Illinois Valley Community College employees are hanging posters in eight counties to promote the value of higher ed...
Governor Pat Quinn says signing the bill to end legislative scholarships shows he’s willing to take a stand on ethics. ...
University of Illinois leaders say the school is operating in a tough financial environment but they plan to give faculty mer...
Illinois educators and officials are looking for ways to boost the state's college graduation rate.The goal is to get to ...
Illinois lawmakers are about to lose a century-old political perk - the ability to award college scholarships. Gov. Pat Quinn...
Martin J. “Marty” Kuhn1956 – 2012Marty Kuhn, 56, of Ottawa, passed away Friday, July 6, 2012, at Edward Hos...
Ottawa City Hall and the Ottawa Elementary School District are still looking for a way to cut a deal on selling the old Centr...
The LaSalle County Treasurer’s Office distributed nearly $38 million in property tax money to taxing districts Tues...
The new law that cuts the number of regional school superintendents in Illinois from 44 to 35 won’t have an immediate e...
Ottawa Township High School’s ihigh.com website was named as a National Top 100 school site. The websites were chosen b...
Illinois will trim the number of regional superintendent offices and high schools will look at beefing up math for students. ...
School’s out, but the United Way of Eastern LaSalle County is getting ready for when it starts again. Elaine Leslie Bak...
The deadline for consideration into the 2013 Ottawa Township Hall of Fame is August 1. Nomination forms are available at Otta...
Illinois Valley Community College trustees have approved raises for part time faculty, support staff, and administrators. The...
The end of Ottawa Elementary School’s fiscal year is June 30 and the state still owes the district $750,000. At a s...
Wednesday on "The Second Cup" IVCC will get us started with an "Eagle Eye Update." Up next, Melanie Conle...
The Illinois High School Association says it's beginning a pilot program for student athletes with disabilities. The anno...
The Chicago Teachers Union says nearly 90 percent of teachers voted in favor of giving the union authorization to strike. Uni...
The Western Illinois University board of trustees plans to consider a 4.5 percent increase on all student costs. Trustees wil...
Illinois Valley Community College is raising $2.1 million through next year to equip the new community technology center....
Maye J. Sebby1919-2012Maye J. Sebby, 93, of Ottawa, died Friday night, June 1, 2012 at Ottawa Pavilion.Funeral Services will ...
Illinois Valley Community College is getting a $99,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the college&rsqu...
Christine Benson says she’s pro-labor and believes in collective bargaining. The Ottawa Democratic State Senate candida...
Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville is negotiating plans for a partnership with the University of Havana in Cuba. Th...
Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon says after visiting all the nearly four-dozen community colleges in Illinois, she knows the state needs...
The Ottawa Elementary School Board and Ottawa City Council will talk about the old Central School property Tuesday, May 29 at...
Have some fun with FREEBURG FRIDAY on "The Second Cup." Jonny Freeburg will be joining me Friday along with Mark St...
The Central Intermediate School’s PTO committee needs financial support to help build a playground at the school. Princ...
Bailey Roberts, from Bureau Valley High School, won the 11th District’s Congressional Art Competition. Second Place wen...
There were no cancelled school days at Ottawa High School this year. Supt. Matt Winchester says he can’t remember that ...
Ottawa High School Principal Mike Cushing says this won’t be as big a change as it might sound. The school’s chan...
Sheridan Grade School won the first place award in the junior division at this year’s LaSalle County Eco-Meet. The inte...
A push to make Illinois schools adopt more thorough policies to prevent bullying fell short in the state Senate. The legislat...
Gov. Pat Quinn says he's disappointed in an indicted Chicago lawmaker who tried to hand out $185,000 worth of scholar...
Gov. Pat Quinn says the decision by the Illinois House to end the Legislature's tuition waiver program makes it a good da...
Getting in an out of Ottawa High School for the graduation ceremonies this week and next week will be different than usual.Co...
If the current budget resolution is passed, the Springfield School District and others could see a significant drop in state ...
Some conservatives are worried that legislation to reduce bullying in Illinois schools is really a disguised attempt to promo...
There’ll be emergency vehicles at Central School in Ottawa this afternoon. The school district’s annual crisis dr...
The Chicago Teachers Union has ousted a member for life for allegedly feeding information about a union meeting to a public s...
A one day leadership training event for middle school students is this Saturday. Vice President of the Illinois Valley Anti D...
Shepherd Middle School should be getting some more money for at-risk and low income students next year. Superintendent Cleve ...
Student leaders are encouraged to apply for a spot on the State Board of Education's Student Advisory Council. Students s...
The state owes Ottawa Elementary Schools over a half million dollars and isn’t making any more payments this year. Supe...
Local 2012 high school graduates can win a $500 scholarship in honor of a woman who served as a 4-H community worker. The...
The University of Illinois has spent almost $6 million on search firms over the last nine years to fill open positions as...
New students at Southern Illinois University will be paying nearly 5 percent more in tuition this fall while continuing stude...
Students heading to Illinois State University this fall could be paying more than current students. The university's Boar...
A new audit finds major problems in the College Illinois tuition savings program, including possible financial conflicts amon...
The Illinois Senate has agreed to end the practice of letting lawmakers hand out free college educations to their constituent...
An Illinois Senate committee has approved a measure to end the controversial legislative scholarships program. The education ...
ALL spring sports events scheduled today for both Ottawa Township High School and Marquette Academy are CANCELLED due to rain...
It’s Arbor Day. At a celebration at Central Intermediate School, Chairman of the Ottawa Tree Board, Brent Barron, read ...
Sue Harding of Oglesby got the 2012 Support Staff Distinguished Service Award at Illinois Valley Community College’s an...
The state of Illinois is slowing down its push to raise the dropout age to 18. The Senate Education Committee yesterday decid...
Southern Illinois University students are rising to the occasion when it comes to helping the people of Harrisburg. According...
Parents could get a bill for sending their students to school by bus if an Illinois State Board of Education proposal becomes...
Officials at Northern Illinois University have broken ground on a new indoor athletic training center on the DeKalb campus. T...
Camp Invention is returning to Ottawa this summer. Danute Krebs, Regional Consultant for Camp Invention in the Illinois Area,...
A federal appeals court reversed a decision recognizing rehire rights for laid-off tenured teachers and a requirement that Ch...
Committee shuffling has kept measures to end controversial legislative scholarships from coming to a vote. Republican leader ...
The United Way of Eastern LaSalle County is putting on a financial education seminar. It’ll last an hour starting at 6:...
One of the projects at Ottawa High School this summer will be replacing lots of locks. Supt. Matt Winchester says there are t...
Several repair projects will be going on this summer at Ottawa High School. Supt. Matt Winchester says asbestos that’s ...
The Ottawa High School auto repair department will hold an open house this Saturday from nine to two. Assistant Principal Lau...
After a unanimous vote by the Ottawa Elementary School board last night, the Central Intermediate School Music Department wil...
Illinois Valley Community College's main campus will close at noon today due to a water line break. A college services wi...
A state commission studying education spending says Illinois school districts can save hundreds of millions of dollars withou...
Ottawa High School is moving two million dollars from the working cash fund to the education fund this month. Supt. Matt Winc...
The Illinois Teenage Institute on Substance Abuse will be held again in the summer. The Illinois Sheriff’s Association ...
A growing number of Illinois high schools are participating in an annual bass fishing tournament. The Illinois Department of ...
Minooka Republican Adam Kinzinger has announced he’s accepting submissions from 11th district high school student for t...
A teachers union in Rockford has ratified a tentative contract agreement that ended a two-day strike in the northern Illinois...
More than 20 Ottawa Elementary students are just fine after a scare on their school bus Thursday afternoon. Ottawa fire fight...
Epinephrine auto-injectors, commonly known by the trade name Epi-Pen, are allowed in schools now. The Ottawa High School Boar...
Thursday, State Representative Pam Roth begins work on the Illinois legislative commission looking at what to do with the reg...
Illinois culinary schools want state law to allow underage students to take a sip -- as long as they spit. A Senate committee...
A plan to require Illinois high school students to complete four years of math to graduate is on hold for another year. A Sen...
The Ottawa High School Board is spending up to $25,000 for the next study of whether the school’s flood levee shoul...
The 12th annual “30 MPH” event is happening in the Seneca area this Friday. Seneca High School FFA Advisor Jeff M...
LaSalle County’s Regional School Superintendent will go back to being a regular school superintendent. Seneca High Scho...
Another push to get rid of legislative scholarships is under way in Illinois. The Illinois House voted 79-25 yesterday to end...
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission has some bad news for college students looking for help paying tuition bills. The ...
Southern Illinois University is seeing a 5.5 percent increase in freshman admissions at its Carbondale campus. Provost John N...
Supt. Wade Winekauf is pleased, although it’s a slim majority of voters who approved the property tax increase for the ...
The Ottawa Elementary School Board voted unanimously to cut $875,000 from the 2012-2013 budget. No teachers or extracurri...
Two Seneca High School seniors are District 2 FFA Star winners. Austin Granby won the award in the agribusiness division. He ...
The Ottawa Elementary School District 141 Board of Education is holding a community meeting Thursday. The purpose of the meet...
Milton Pope School’s board members say they’re being as open as they can about finances. Their job is to educate ...
It's time for another Freeburg Friday on "The Second Cup." Jonny Freeburg will be joining me in the studio for ...
Illinois Valley Community College has earned the Tree Campus USA award from the Arbor Day Foundation. This is the second year...
State legislators are thinking of ending a perk allowing children of employees at Illinois universities to attend public coll...
The Ottawa High School Board saved hundreds of pieces of paper last week. Instead of printing out everything the school board...
A plan to raise the dropout age from 17 to 18 in Illinois is being met with resistance. Lawmakers agree there's a need fo...
People interested in how young athletes handle concussions may want to go to an upcoming seminar at Ottawa High School. The 1...
The Milton Pope school board is taking a look at how best to use their resources as they’re becoming more and more limi...
A newspaper has identified more politicians who used their influence to get students into the University of Illinois. The Chi...
Gov. Pat Quinn wants to eliminate the state's contributions toward health insurance benefits for retired school teachers ...
Special Olympics Illinois is hosting a Youth Activation Summit March 16 and 17. Director of Communications and Media Relation...
Construction trailers and equipment are already on the Illinois Valley Community College campus. Work is starting on the $...
Fourteen area high school seniors were chosen for Ottawa Regional Hospital Foundation scholarships this year. Eight of them a...
Friday you can catch Jonny Freeburg with Karen Rhodes on "The Second Cup." Mark Strehl will be on the line from Fox...
No Child Left Behind is doing just what it's designed not to. Education officials in Illinois say the program is leaving ...
The deadline to apply for Illinois Valley Community College Foundation scholarships is this Wednesday. Nearly 100 scholarship...
In celebration of National FFA Week, Seneca High School Ag Instructor and FFA advisor Jeff Maierhofer introduces three office...
Gov. Pat Quinn wants to invest $50 million in the state's scholarship program. Quinn said yesterday that the lack of ...
Two Marquette Academy High School Seniors, Kate Bugelholl and Gabby Crivilare, talk about their experience as WYSE team membe...
The LaSalle County Extension Advisory Group is meeting at the University of Illinois Extension Office in Ottawa on Wednesday,...
The woman who resigned as University of Illinois President Michael Hogan's chief of staff over anonymous emails sent to f...
A team from Ottawa High School had a big win in a technology competition last month. The Technology Student Association went ...
Governor Pat Quinn named seven members of a state commission that will raise scholarship money for college-bound students fro...
Monday get your week started right with WCMY and "The Second Cup." Sheperd Middle School will get us started with a...
The Central School life skills kitchen has been in three different places. Teacher Julie Rolando asked for donations for it i...
Gov. Pat Quinn says he wants to boost the number of adults who get college degrees or career certificates. In his State of th...
Five area schools have been recognized by the state for excellent academic performance. Deer Park, Wallace, Tonica, and Walth...
The Illinois State Board of Education is asking lawmakers to boost its budget by $265 million next year. That's still...
The new Central School impressed the audience at its dedication ceremony Sunday. For two-and-a-half years, Ottawa Elementar...
The College Illinois program is on the rebound. State Representative Jim Durkin says the Board has made several improvements ...
All high school football players are required to attend 12 practices before playing in a game, but lawmakers are looking to c...
Student leaders at the University of Illinois have passed a resolution calling for more ethical leadership following the resi...
The Jack Cantlin Law Firm of Ottawa has started a scholarship for students going into education, agriculture, or law. Jack Ca...
School districts will have to offer parents more user-friendly reports with academic information, demographics and education ...
Illinois is getting nearly $22 million for projects meant to help children get to school safely on foot or bicycle. The f...
Hear who is being inducted into the Ottawa High School Hall of Fame 2012 Monday on "The Second Cup." Dan Eilts will...
The open house for the new Central Intermediate School is next Sunday. It begins at 1:00pm with the formal ceremony at 2:00pm...
The University of Illinois will raise tuition for incoming students at its campuses next school year by 4.8 percent. When co...
Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon says many Illinois students fail at community colleges because they need better preparation in high sch...
Several Chicago area graduates of Westwood College's criminal justice program claim they were misled about the school's accr...
Shepherd Middle School students are getting iPads. Ottawa Elementary Superintendent Cleve Threadgill; Threadgill says Bruc...
High school counselors worry that if the University of Illinois starts using an application system that allows students to ap...
The state of Illinois owes Ottawa Elementary Schools over $1 million dollars. Superintendent Cleve Threadgill says at som...
Marquette Academy High School students Senior Miranda Payne and Juniors Chris McGrogan, Quinn Crowley, and Doug Skromme talk ...
Illinois Valley Community College is increasing tuition. Vice President for Business Services and Finance, Cheryl Roelfsema, ...
Ottawa Elementary, Ottawa High, and Marquette Academy students are being told how to “text a tip” to their school...
High School Basketball this weekTuesday -Girls - Streator at Ottawa 7:10pm Pre-game 7:30pm TipThursday - Girls - Midland at M...
A commission studying Illinois education says forcing small school districts to merge could cost state government billions of...
Maquette Academy High School Freshmen Drew Nelson, Sydnee Stalker, and Nick Harcar talk about their first year experience.
A tuition hike could be in the works for students at Southern Illinois University.The school's budget is being stripped by ab...
The Ottawa Elementary School board will go ahead with the planned teardown of the temporary Central School in the old Wal-Mar...
Six Ottawa High School students have the honor of their art and graphic design work shown on the high school’s holiday ...
An Illinois Valley Community College project is one of ten Bellwether Award Finalists. IVCC’s Making Industry Meaningf...
Ottawa High School students are about to get a way to send anonymous tips to school officials. Assistant Principal Jeff Dewal...
Ottawa High School Supt. Matt Winchester is happy that most of the life-safety work he submitted to the Illinois State Board ...
Body sculpting classes will be offered to sophomores, juniors, and seniors at Ottawa High School next year. Assistant Princip...
Next school year at Ottawa High School, honors courses will have weight. Principal Mike Cushing says that means they’...
The new Central Intermediate School is open. Ottawa Elementary Schools Superintendent Cleve Threadgill says the kids are exc...
Ottawa High School is starting to look for advertisers for the iHigh section of the school web site. Athletic Director Mike C...
Nineteen Ottawa High School students were selected by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission as 2011 Illinois State Schol...
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Wednesday on "The Second Cup" Cleve Threadgill the Ottawa Elementary School Superintendent will be in the studio to...
Members of the Marquette Academy Elementary School Robotics Teams appear on WCMY's "Marquette Minute" - Andrew Scha...
The last two of four bargaining units representing workers at Southern Illinois University have signed off on new contracts w...
The Edible Car Contest is a creative way to engage students, according to the nomination for a Bellwether Award. The annual c...
Ottawa High School’s only half way through its ten-year life-safety project cycle. But the school board’s submitt...
Ottawa High School Board member Karen Fisher is the new vice president of the Illinois Association of School Boards. She&rsqu...
All the bad news about high school athletes with concussions is prompting changes at schools across Illinois. Ottawa High S...
Ottawa High School’s share of funding the LaSalle County Regional Office of Education is $13,677. Schools were upse...
The Congressional supercommittee failure sets up 10% across the board cuts for federal programs that aren’t Social Secu...
The Ottawa High School Board is asking for a little less than $11.1 million in property tax money next year. Even though ...
A 16-year old LaSalle-Peru High School student was given a Ronald Reagan Scholarship at a Republican dinner in Utica Saturday...
Marquette High School Cheerleaders are participating in Thanksgiving Day Parades being televised nationally. Seniors Bailey W...
An armed standoff at Princeton High School ended without any injuries. Police say an 18-year-old man carrying a shotgun enter...
Illinois' two U.S. senators say they will introduce legislation this week to encourage states to improve school access to epi...
The Illinois Senate voted to revoke the pensions of two union lobbyists who qualified for teachers' retirement benefits by sp...
The union representing striking workers at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale has announced the walkout has ended. SI...
Zachary Lindemann of Ottawa won the Illinois Valley Community College Honors program essay award this fall. He gets $500 ...
Illinois Valley Community College’s Ottawa Center needs a coordinator.Director of Community Relations and Development F...
Get your "Second Cup" served up Monday morning after the 10am news. Some students from Sheperd Middle School will b...
While the economy is down, community college enrollment is up. That’s still true, even though there’ve been repor...
People in more than ten countries have gone to Ottawa High School’s web site to watch school events online. Supt. Matt...
The state owed LaSalle County schools at least $5.5 million as of September 8. Ottawa High School was waiting for $...
Marquette High School went on lockdown for about two hours Tuesday afternoon when a bullet was found in an upstairs hallway. ...
Shepherd Middle School will have a baseball team next year. At the Ottawa Elementary School Board meeting Tuesday night, Supe...
Bids came in at twice what they were expected for four new dugouts at Ottawa High School. Supt. Matt Winchester told the scho...
Ottawa Opportunity School is a partner agency with United Way of Eastern LaSalle County. Director Peggy Baxter talks about th...
Joining Mindy McConnaughay with Jay LeSeure are Bailey Weber and Alex Brooke of the Marquette High School golf team.
Jacque Schueller of Ottawa High School was one of 37 students who spent time with LaSalle County’s elected officials Th...
Check out Karen Rhodes and Jonny Freeburg on our "FREEBURGFRIDAY" segment of "The Second Cup." School Res...
Morris Republican State Senator Sue Rezin and the MWAH! Performing Arts Troupe will be at Wallace Grade School Tuesday mornin...
Lt. Governor Sheila Simon spent the afternoon at Illinois Valley Community College expressing her vision for the future of ed...
Part of No Child Left Behind’s policy is that schools must score 85% and higher on the Illinois Standards Achievement T...
Junior Attendent Haley Harsted, Sophomore Attendent Samantha Halm and Freshman Attendant Bailey Bradish of the 2011 OHS Homec...
An Ottawa man is expecting 30 to 40 percent of the people he works with to retire in the next five years. Ron Dettman says ma...
The budget squeeze is still on at Ottawa Elementary Schools.Tuesday night, the Ottawa Elementary School board approved the bu...
There was an impressive turnout for the first Ottawa High School bass fishing club meeting. Supt. Matt Winchester says two or...
The Illinois State Board of Education wants schools to keep their executive administrative costs from going up more than 5% a...
Faculty at Southern Illinois University's flagship campus in Carbondale will be voting later this month on whether to go on s...
Friday join us for some fun on "The Second Cup" on WCMY. Hey, it's Karen, Friday I will welcome one of our favorite...
Thursday the American Red Cross with Scott Vogel will get our "Second Cup" started. Following Scott, Jeff Dewalt fr...
Wide Water Gallery, 610 Court Street, Ottawa, ILOttawa Township High School Print by Charles Funk - Framed, double matted wit...
Members of the Marquette Academy High School Girls' Cross-Country team visit the WCMY-AM 1430 studio to talk with Jay LeSeure...
Marquette Academy, 1000 Paul Street, Ottawa$2500.00 Certificate for tuition to any of the Marquette Schools. $2500.00...
The Ottawa Scouting Museum is announcing open registration for their youth program, Spies Among Us that begins October 1. Spi...
Marquette Academy announces Mike McDonald as their new varsity boys basketball coach for the coming season. McDonald is a M...
Ottawa Elementary School’s Superintendent Cleve Threadgill says they want to start a fall baseball league by this time ...
Students and teachers at Central School are getting iPads. The school got the Illini Could Grant to help pay for the new tech...
The Ottawa Elementary School Board unanimously approved the new Central School equipment purchase. Superintendent Cleve Threa...
Ottawa High School is revamping its web site. Principal Mike Cushing says the new design's at www.ottawahigh2.com. As of Mond...
Southbound Illinois 23 traffic was slowed down Tuesday morning as the Little Red Schoolhouse was moved from the old Central S...
Monday Jim Thompson will be running the show. The new school year is kicking off and that means it's once again time for the ...
Some school officials think Governor Pat Quinn just doesn’t understand what the regional offices of education do. Quinn...
Starting with a new law signed two weeks ago, it takes only nine days out of school instead of 18 for a student to be a chron...
The trail’s being prepared for the annual Run/Walk for the Kids. That used to be called Walk With Me. Easter Seals of L...
Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has awarded nearly $5.7 million in Adult Literacy Grants to help stude...
For all the financial trouble school districts keep wrestling with, Ottawa High School has managed to stay on top of it. The ...
The Ottawa Police Benevolent and Protective Association is taking applications for the annual Back to School Shopping With a ...
The half-day of school at the start of the school year might be a thing of the past. Ottawa High School Superintendent Matt W...
High school graduation rates are about to drop, but not because fewer students are actually graduating. Ottawa High School Pr...
The deadline for consideration into the 2012 Ottawa Township Hall of Fame is August 1st. The focus of the Hall of Fame is to ...
The deadline for consideration into the 2012 Ottawa Township Hall of Fame is August 1st. The focus of the Hall of Fame is to ...
Governor Quinn signed a bill allowing all school districts to increase driver’s education course fees from $50 to &...
Despite severe funding cuts, Ottawa Elementary Schools education fund is in the black. Superintendent Cleve Threadgill says t...
Financial Plus Credit Union awarded $500 scholarships for the 2011-12 school years. Bethany Haywood and Sean Tellefson, b...
Marquette Academy is heading into its second year as a school system. Principal Brooke Rick talked to the News Room at WCMY a...
There’ll be one less lunch hour at Ottawa High School next school year. Principal Mike Cushing says the school can ge...
Attendance at Ottawa High School is holding steady at 94%. Asst. Principal Jeff DeWalt says the state analyzed the numbers th...
In memory of Shelia Thomas, her family will offer a $500 scholarship to a 2011 High School graduate attending college. Th...
IHSA Board Approves Significant Changes To Multiplier Waiver and Classification PoliciesThe Illinois High School Association ...
Matt Winchester, Ottawa High SchoolSuperintendent with be with us Wednesday morning to do a schoolyear in review. IVCC will g...
Katie and Karly Huss, a pair of star sisters from Serena High School, signed lettersof intent to play softball for Illinois V...
Seneca High School will be getting more locker rooms, a new auto shop classroom, and more storage space for the band. However...
John Avery was a big reason the Newark Norsemen boys basketball teamwent 33-1 and won the Boys Class 1A state basketball cham...
Former Ottawa Pirate and current University of Illinois student athlete Corey Kimesmay want to be sure his cell phone is char...
The facility improvement process continues for the Seneca High School Board. The school board’s holding a meeting Tuesd...
Illinois Valley Community College will conduct a volleyball camp for boysand girls ages 8-15.The camp will be run by IVCC vol...
Ottawa Township High School graduating senior Ali Stevenson is use to toughcompetition.This fall she was the only female golf...
Ottawa Township High School will be the host school for the IllinoisHigh School Association Class 3A womens sectional softbal...
Ray Fisher was the lone Streator Bulldog to compete at the 2011 Illinois HighSchool Association's Track and Field Finals at E...
Two local schools got top scores in LaSalle County’s EcoMeet. The EcoMeet is an event for students to learn about the e...
Ottawa’s Reddick Library is about to launch its summer reading program for kids. Kids at least six months old up to gra...
Ottawa Elementary is promoting from within. Jefferson School Principal Cleve Threadgill will get the superintendent’s j...
Dan Baker who is a basketball coach at Seneca High School will conduct a basketballcamp for younger players. The camp will ru...
For the first time in school history two Ottawa Township High School female athletesmedalled in Illinois High School Associat...
The U.S Department of Education is trying to recruit one million new teachers. DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Outre...
The Ottawa Elementary School board all voted yes to naming the media center at the New Central Intermediate School after a fo...
Who’s a student in good standing? The Ottawa High School student handbook will have a definition next school year. Asst...
Next year’s rules at Ottawa High School won’t expand what electronics kids can use during the school day. Asst....
Ottawa Ambassador Don Harris presented two Ottawa High School teachers with this year’s Ethyl Strong Ambassador of the ...
More students are dropping out of the nursing program at Illinois Valley Community College. School officials are consideri...
The inaugural season of women's soccer ended Tuesday in New Lenox at Lincoln-WayWest High School where the third seeded Ottaw...
An Ottawa High School student has won second place in an art contest put on by Congressman Adam Kinzinger. Lexi Poulakos subm...
Wednesday Maralee and Jenny will join me in the studio to talk about Angel Bears. IVCC will check in with an "Eagle Eye ...
Some area high schools have joined the Illinois High School Association’s bass fishing program. Missy Knottek, who has ...
Not everyone on the Ottawa High School Board is sure it’s a good idea, but freshmen, sophomores, and juniors will be ab...
In 1982 Newton High Schools Becky Clark hit 18 home runs.That markrepresents the most home runs hit in a softball season by a...
Seneca High School hosted the Illinois High School Class 1A Sectionaltrack meet.The 18 team event was won by Bishop McNamara ...
Ottawa Township High School hosted the Illinois High School Class 2Agirls track and field sectional competition.Two Lady Pira...
The number of Illinois Valley Community College students going through the graduation ceremony is way up. Vice President of ...
Miss Illinois Whitney Thorpe-Klinsky says texting and driving is more dangerous than drinking and driving. Klinsky gave a pre...
The schedule’s a little different for classes at Illinois Valley Community College this summer. Associate Vice Presi...
Wednesday get all the information about a big day at Ottawa High School. Jeff DeWalt will stop by with some students from DoC...
LaSalle County’s teacher of the year is Ann Terry. Terry says one of her favorite things about teaching is making thing...
Former State Senator Gary Dahl is to get an award in Bloomington next month from the Illinois Community College Trustees Asso...
The La Salle Peru Board of Education announced the appointment of Jim Cherveny Jr. to theposition of boys varsity basketball ...
The Sterling Lady Golden Warriors are the number one ranked womens high school softballteam in the 3A division of the Illinoi...
Alex Ortiz, who has signed a letter of intent to run track at Olivet Nazarene College in Kankakee,led the Ottawa Lady Pirate ...
Ottawa Elementary Superintendent Craig Doster won’t have to pay the school district to get out of his contract early. D...
A new Ottawa High School Board took over Monday morning with the swearing in of Anita Kopko and Bill Byczynski as new members...
The Ottawa Elementary School District will soon start looking for a new superintendent. Craig Doster is leaving to take a jo...
On Friday, April 29th and Saturday, April 30th from 4:30pm to 6:00pm the Reddick Mansion invites students to visit the Mansio...
Marquette High School’s prom is Friday night, April 29 at Senica’s Oak Ridge in LaSalle. Ottawa High School&rsq...
Ottawa Police are putting on an Illinois Department of Transportation program at both high schools in Ottawa. Ottawa High and...
On our first Monday for May we will get you started with an Ottawa Elementary School Report with Cleve Threadgill at Jefferso...
Some local school students have won a contest to decorate a rain barrel. Chloe Bruck and Emily Joanis go to McKinley School i...
It might be dangerous for students who walk to the new Central Intermediate School. There aren’t any sidewalks. Superin...
During Tuesday night’s Ottawa Elementary School board meeting, the technology plan was presented. Technology Coordinato...
For the second year in a row, the State of Illinois owes Ottawa Elementary Schools a lot of money. At Tuesday night’s s...
The Illinois High School Association has approved a new policy requiring high school athletes who leave a game with head inju...
During the Ottawa Elementary School Board meeting Tuesday night, Superintendent Craig Doster said the district is in desperat...
Two years into Ottawa High School’s Freshman Academy, the program’s coordinator says it’s working. The numb...
Dr. Don Morehead has been to his last meeting of the Ottawa High School Board as a voting member. After 34 years, he chose no...
This will be a busy week of athletics at Marquette High School.The boys varsity track team will return to Seneca on Tuesday b...
Ottawa High is tops again in the music sweepstakes. The school’s total score after Saturday’s organizational cont...
Careful money management going back more than 20 years is helping the Seneca Grade School district put up a new building n...
This weekend Ottawa High School will go to Morris for the Illinois High School Association Class A organizational music compe...
Several area people who go to Illinois Valley Community College were named McCormack Scholars in honor of the college’s...
Two Serena High School students are top winners in the 26th annual Illinois Valley Community College High School Writing Comp...
The Ottawa Elementary School District 141 had a community forum Monday night.School Board President, Stephen Omolecki, says t...
Ottawa High School is a winner in the Illinois Department of Transportation Teen Safe Driving Program. The school won first p...
The Marquette Crusadera opened their Tri County Conference schedule Tuesdayafternoon at Henry High School blasting the host M...
Whatever the solution is to the Earlville school district’s money problems, raising property taxes won’t be it. A...
Some school board results Ottawa Radio has not covered in longer stories:The Earlville school district’s president is l...
Karen Fisher, Anita Kopko, and Bill Byczynski are the Ottawa High School board race winners. School board president George &...
Before you vote, hear what the candidates had to say to Jay LeSeure on WCMY's "Morning Meeting". Audio-on-demand fe...
There is something special about suburban tennis whether it be highschool boys or girls tennis.As the Ottawa Lady tennis team...
Ottawa High School administrators want to upgrade the school’s web site. If you think it doesn’t look as sophisti...
Ottawa Elementary’s fifth and sixth graders currently go to school from 8:15 to 3:15. The school board may change that ...
The Ottawa Girls Fast Pitch Association will evaluate player skills when theyhold their workout day Saturday in Love Gym at O...
The state’s still behind on various aid payments to schools, but Ottawa High School’s superintendent says the st...
The Seneca High School Board of Education welcomed a new Principal Wednesday night. Martin Voiles will replace Doug Evans who...
Next school year, parents of Ottawa Elementary students will be able to send their kids to a before school program at the Ott...
In a year-and-a-half, Ottawa Elementary will no longer send at-risk kids to the Ottawa Opportunity School. Opportunity Schoo...
State Rep. Pam Roth announced the formation of three new advisory committees.The committees are being formed to help increase...
Wednesday, March 23rd will be the final evening to register for the 2011 Ottawa Girls Fastpitch Association softball season.T...
Next school year, parents of Ottawa Elementary students will be able to send their kids to a before school program at the Ott...
In a year-and-a-half, Ottawa Elementary will no longer send at-risk kids to the Ottawa Opportunity School. Opportunity Schoo...
Illinois Valley Community College is ending their relationship with Sheridan Correctional Center. The college has been offer...
There’s a sort of musical chairs in reverse going on in the Ottawa Elementary administration. Some administrators are c...
For the fifth time in Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA) history four champions will be crowned in the Eighth Grad...
Seneca High School is taking to the ditches for their 11th annual roadside cleanup event. This year’s theme is “...
The Illinois Valley Community College women’s basketball team will open National Junior College Athletic Association ch...
Illinois Valley Community College women’s basketball coach Patrick Cinotte will host a gathering of media representativ...
The prepaid tuition program in Illinois is more seriously underfunded than any other state's and its new investment strategy ...
State Representative Pam Roth didn’t support a recent bill proposing to consolidate Illinois school districts. Roth ...
Ottawa High School appears to be on its way to winning another state music contest. After the solo and ensemble contests in P...
Nearly one-quarter of Illinois school districts contain just a single school, and they spend significantly more to educate ea...
Luke Jackson of rural Seneca says he likes a challenge. So, he’s joining the Marines. But before he does, he’ll s...
Marquette Academy High School Senior Nate Nugent appeared onWCMY1430 Radio's "Marquette Minute" as MindyMcConnaugha...
Some people in the Seneca High School district are questioning whether half the $27 million in proposed facility improvement...
Art Havenhill with the Bureau-LaSalle Tea Party says politicians shouldn’t be involved in education. They already are. ...
Legislation setting new guidelines for handling concussions among student-athletes has been approved by the Illinois House. T...
Governor Pat Quinn's plan to force school districts to combine forces has stirred controversy.Senate President John Cullert...
Ottawa High School’s policy of punishing everyone involved in a fight, no matter how they were involved, is too strict ...
Seneca High School has one more meeting planned to present to the public a plan for improving the school district’s fac...
2011 IHSA Boys Swimming & Diving State FinalsSaturday, February 26, 2011New Trier High SchoolWinnetka, IllinoisTEAM STANDINGS...
Marseilles Elementary School and the Shepherd Middle School each advancedwrestlers to state tournament competition in the IES...
Friday, Jonny Freeburg will be running the whole show. Mark Strehl will call in from Fox News Chicago and Mike Cooper will ch...
The Friday night final is set at Hall High School in the Illinois High SchoolAssociation's Class 2A Regional.The Fieldcrest K...
Among Gov. Quinn’s budget proposals is cutting funding for regional school superintendents offices. LaSalle County Regi...
Marquette Lady Crusader junior Cassie Danekas has advanced to the state finalround ofthe Class 1A Country Financial 3-point S...
New State Representative Pam Roth’s first committee assignments include two appropriations committees. The appropriatio...
Gov. Pat Quinn's office says he is considering a school consolidation plan that could cut Illinois' current 868 school distri...
The final inductee into Ottawa High School’s Hall of Fame Class of 2011 in our series a man who took his talents to the...
Imagine fewer school districts everywhere in Illinois. That’s one thing Governor Pat Quinn called for in his budget add...
Illinois Valley Community College approved a move on Tuesday night that will increase tuition fees by $7.77 per credit hour....
The Ottawa Pirates had to fight through many things in a thrilling 57-55road win at Dekalb High School in Tuesday night baske...
The Illinois High School Association Women 3ABasketball Tournamentplay begins tonight at Morris High School which is a region...
Illinois High School Association Sectional wreslting tournaments were heldaround the state over the weekend. Two of those sit...
Illinois Valley Community College wants to save money when it prepares for college board meetings. Tonight’s (Feb. 15)...
Hundreds of thousands of people across the country will read a speech by Abraham Lincoln at 11am Central Friday to try to get...
Two Top Five 1A basketball powers will collide in Granville in theregional championship game at Putnam County High School on ...
Coming off a 52-28 Tri-County Conference win in Varna at Midland HighSchool the Marquette Lady Crusaders are headed to the Cl...
The Marquette Academy seventh grade boys basketball team is going to states.After a snow storm postponed their sectional cham...
Gary Dahl ended legislative scholarships from his office when he was State Senator. Sue Rezin has the job now and says she&rs...
The Little Ten Sophomore Boys Basketball Tournament will resume play on Friday. There will beone game played at the Somonuak ...
The number of early graduates at Ottawa High School is up this year. Supt. Matt Winchester says the normal is around 50. Th...
Seneca Grade School will get some additions and renovations soon.The school board announced the project on Thursday night and...
Members of the Illinois Taxpayers Education Foundation or ITEF spoke in Ottawa on Tuesday.The focus on the meeting was to bri...
On Wednesday westart withour "Eagle Eye Update" with IVCC to get us going. Following IVCC, DeWayne Cronkright will ...
A bond issue the Ottawa High School Board approved Monday night is expected to help the school keep a good financial rating w...
The Ottawa Lady Pirate bowling team lost to Mendota High School in a non-conferencematch. The final score favored the Lady Tr...
The Pirate Pond at Ottawa Township High School hosted the 31st OttawaPentathlon Saturday.Pirate Red Wave Coach Jenny Borkowsk...
Ottawa High School’s newest Hall of Fame member for their Class of 2011 was an athlete, Illinois State Scholar who beca...
The Ottawa Township High School Mens Red Wave swim team traveled toDekalb for a dual swim meet against the Barbs. Ottawa lost...
The Marquette Lady Crusaders will take a 20-2 record into tonights2011 Tri-County Womens Tournament championship game at Roan...
Two authors whose book came out this week say almost half of college students don’t learn much their first two years. R...
Three students on a school bus were taken to a hospital after a traffic crash blamed on a slick road Tuesday. The LaSalle Cou...
A high school teacher at Plainfield High School has resigned after she has been accused of having sex with a 16-year-old male...
The new Central School is starting to look like a school building.Architect Gerald Guy updated the Ottawa Grade School Board ...
The next inductee into Ottawa High School’s Hall of Fame Class of 2011 was known for his chalk marked blue suit from hi...
An Illinois law requiring a daily moment of silence in public schools - on ice for more than two years - may soon be back. St...
He was an Eagle Scout who went on to enter the US Army Air Corps after graduating in Ottawa High’s Class of 1944.After ...
A number of area teams made moves in latest basketball polls released thisweek. In the Associated Press High School Rankings ...
Pam Roth took the oath of office Wednesday to represent the 75th Illinois House District. The Morris Republican had a week-an...
He set for career passing yards at Ottawa High School and was All Conference for 3 years as well as an All State quarterback...
The Ottawa Township High School boys bowling team lost to the Dixon Dukes Monday night 3,468 to 2,963. Blake Henry bowled a 6...
Illinois Valley Community College bused their mens and womens teams toSouth Suburban Community College for a mens and womes b...
Police and school district officials in Plainfield say a 27-year-old physical education teacher from Plainfield North High S...
The undfeated illinois Valley Community College women's basketball team moved up two spots to fourth in the National Junior C...
The Illinois Valley Community College tax levy request for next year is $11.6 million. It’s a 6.1% increase over this ...
The Illinois State Board of Education hopes parents get involved in science activities with their kids over the winter break ...
Voters in the Seneca and Ottawa grade school districts won’t have contests to decide in April. There are three terms en...
Five people are running for three seats on the Ottawa High School Board. Don Morehead didn’t file for reelection. Karen...
The city of Marseilles has an afterschool program for kids to get out and interact while their parents are still at work.The ...
Some of the updated course offerings at Ottawa High School next year reflect the high-tech society kids will need to find job...
Lots of financial business was taken care of by the Ottawa High School Board Monday night. The Board approved a $5.3 million ...
This will be a busy weekend for the basketball programs at both localhigh schools.Ottawa will host a girl/boy night of varsit...
The Serena High School Athletic Department announced that on Thursday, December 2nd, there will be a ceremony to raise the ba...
The Ottawa High School boys bowling team won their second match of the year.The Pirates rolled over Mendota by a score of 327...
There’s an energy efficiency grant that could give Ottawa High School a deep discount on some upcoming projects. Supt....
An Ottawa architecture firm will look over some things at Ottawa High School. The school board authorized a $17,500 life-safe...
Head Coach Tommy Canale's Eagles posted a 20 point home court victoryover Illinois Central College. The final score was 77-57...
Not counting construction costs for the new school, it’ll cost around $20 million to run the Ottawa Elementary School D...
At Ottawa High School, one working cash bond issue is about to be paid off and the school board is about to issue another one...
In the Class1AIllinois High SchoolAssociation state championship matchtiny Scales Mound, school, enrollment 79 students, was ...
The Ottawa Red Wave womens swim team competed in the Illinois HighSchool Association sectional competition at Rock Island Hig...
The Illinois High School Association Semi Final round of the state volleyballtournament gets underway this morning at Red Bir...
Wednesday was the first day high school baseball recruits could sign National Letters ofIntent.Two Marquette Academy Crusader...
The Ottawa Township High School boys bowling team opened their home schedule at the downtown Dettores bowling alley. The Pira...
This weekend in IHSA competition the eight class football playoffsmove to the quarterfinal round of play. The most interestin...
The field has been set for the 2010 Illinois High School Association statevolleyball tournament at redbird Arena on the campu...
Scales Mound defeated the Marquette Lady Crusaders 25-16, 25-16 to advance to thesemi-final round of the Illinois High School...
The Illinois Valley Community College mens and womens basketball teamsopened their 2010-2011 basektball seasons at home over ...
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) successfully petitioned St. Clair County's 20th Judicial Court to absolve a tempo...
The Marquette Academy volleyball team won't be the only Crusaderscompeting on Saturday.Coach Dan Cheatham's Marquette boys cr...
The Marquette Lady Crusader volleyball team won the Somonauk Class 1Asectional title with a 2-1 win over Chicago's Morgan Par...
The Illioins High School Association (IHSA) announced that after allowing East St. Louis Senior High School additional due po...
The color scheme has been approved for the new Central Intermediate School being built near Shepherd Middle School. The scho...
Fresh from Saturdays Regional win in the Serena 1A volleyball regional against the Newark Norsewomen the Marquette Lady Crusa...
Some law enforcement students from Illinois Valley Community College will get some training in Ottawa Sunday night. Police Ch...
While the Ottawa Pirates and several other area football teams will compete this weekend in theopening round of the Illinois ...
Emmy Sakakibara and the entire Ottawa township High School womenscross country team qualified for sectional competition follo...
There will be new courses added to the IVCC Ottawa Center this spring.The school announced this week that there would be an ...
Some laptop computers donated by LaSalle Station will help some Streator Northlawn Junior High School students compete in a r...
They transport more than 1,100,000 children to and from school in Illinois and take over 318,000 of those students on field t...
In volleyball action at LaSalle Peru High School the host Lady Cavaliersdefeated Ottawa in a Northern Illinois Big 12 West Di...
At the Ottawa Township High School board meeting a few sports related subjects were discussed.Kingman gym will be closed on O...
On Thursday the Illinois High School Association girls state tennis finals begin and will run through Saturday when the state...
One line of defense against financial troubles at Ottawa High School will be attrition—not hiring teachers and other st...
Three area golfers competed in the Illinois High School Association golf statefinals held over the weekend at golf courses ar...
The Ottawa Township High School Lady Pirates competed in a volleyballtournament over the weekend at Minooka High School.The L...
Ottawa Township High School has been selected by the Illinois High School Association as a host site for 3A regional soccer p...
Much earlier this season the Somonauk Bobcat soccer team lost a match to Stillman Valley. After that loss the Bobacts won 12 ...
Ottawa Township High School sophomore golfers Lane Barbier and Baley Lehr were eliminated from the Illinois High School Assoc...
Senior Ali Stevenson's golf career at Ottawa Township High School ended at the Coyote Run Golf Course in Flossmoor. Stevenson...
The LaSalle County Republican Party is getting ready for its second annual Reagan Legacy Scholarship Dinner. It’ll be h...
Even though school’s out today, a crisis drill will be held at an Ottawa school. The Ottawa Elementary School District ...
The Illinois Valley Community College men's basketball team will open the 2010-2011 season with a 7:00 pm Wednesady, October ...
Heritage Bluffs Golf Course in Minooka hosted an Illinois High School Association Regional Girls 2010 Golf Tournament.Ottawa ...
A young person was taken to the LaSalle County Juvenile Detention Home Wednesday afternoon for allegedly making a false bomb ...
The Illinois Valley Community College volleyball team competed in the Harper CollegeTournament over the weekend. TheEagles lo...
If the University of Illinois can wait until 2013, it can get a good deal on space for an Extension Office at Illinois Vall...
Ana Chiaventone a parent of an elementary student addressed the Ottawa Grade School Board of Education on Tuesday with a lot ...
Ottawa High School was hit by lightning over the weekend and the damage is affecting the school’s computer server.An an...
