Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa employees union feels slighted after candidate forum
A union that represents dozens of Ottawa city employees wants people to know that a majority of its members, not just the union president, feel a labor contract isn't being followed. Mayor Dan Aussem ...
Mar 25, 2023
Cong. LaHood sponsors Alzheimer's disease health bill
Cong. Darin LaHood is sponsoring the Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer's Act. The bill would help 95% of people with dementia that have one or more other chronic conditions, such as hypertension, heart...
Mar 25, 2023 Cong. Darin LaHood
Bettering state's agriculture discussed at Ag meeting hosted by Sen. Win Stoller
How can Illinois do a better job supporting its agricultural community? St. Sen. Win Stoller hosted an Agriculture Advisory Committee meeting two weeks ago in Sterling with local farmers, farm bureau ...
Mar 25, 2023 Bannon Morrissy / Unsplash
IDNR plans to protect public from abandoned mines
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources wants to fill old mine shafts, seal them up, or transform them into monitoring wells or toxic gas vents. At some abandoned mines, the department wants to c...
Mar 25, 2023 A QUIVERFUL OF FOTOS / CC
Marseilles man charged with not registering address as a sex offender
59-year old Randy D. Barile of Marseilles was charged with failing to register his new address as a sex offender Thursday. He was taken to the LaSalle County Jail by LaSalle County Sheriff's Deputies....
Mar 24, 2023
Weekly COVID report: no new deaths; current cases down for a second week
For a second week in a row, there were no new deaths from COVID-19 reported in LaSalle County. That means the death count from COVID in LaSalle County remains at 513 so far. The LaSalle County Health ...
Mar 24, 2023 CDC / Unsplash
Illinois law denying library grant funding would affect Peru Library
No books have been banned at the Peru Public Library. But Library Co-Director Emily Schaub says people have asked her about it. She says when people ask to ban a book, most people just want to be hear...
Mar 24, 2023
St. Bede among security grant recipients
The state's giving $20 million to churches, mosques, temples, abortion clinics, and other organizations for security. The Benedictine Order of St. Bede is getting $150,000. It runs St. Bede Academy an...
Mar 24, 2023
Dog park on Oglesby park board agenda
A dog park is on the agenda for the Oglesby Park Board. It'll meet at 6:30pm next Thursday, March 30 at City Hall. Mayor Dominic Rivara asked for such a meeting to get a recommendation on where to put...
Mar 24, 2023 Tonamel / CC
World TB Day message: think, test, and treat to end the disease
Tuberculosis isn't talked about much these days. For World TB Day, the LaSalle County Health Department wants you to know it's still around. Health Educator Leslie Dougherty says if you think you've b...
Mar 24, 2023 NIAID / CC