Category Archives: WCMY News
Poco a Poco creating singing "love grams" as a fundraiser for summer music fest
Poco a Poco is doing more singing telegrams. But this time it's for Valentine's Day, so they are called singing love grams. Executive Director Kate Tombaugh says she will professionally record a song ...
Feb 03, 2023 WCMY photo of opera singer Kate Tombaugh teaching a Poco a Poco session in 2019
There's no more room for this year's Ottawa Veteran's Banner program
No more applications will be taken for Ottawa's Veterans Banner Program. Tami Koppen with the city says the program has reached full capacity. 25 people from last year were first on the list this year...
Feb 03, 2023
LaSalle County already ahead after Illinois Supreme Court e-filing expansion
LaSalle County is ahead of the curve for filing court cases online. The Illinois Supreme Court announced an expansion of an e-filing system that includes quasi-criminal and electronic citations. That ...
Feb 03, 2023
Five years of probation in puppy strangling death case
A Mendota man is to serve five years on probation for strangling a four-month old puppy to death. Lucas Ramey pleaded guilty two months ago to aggravated cruelty to an animal. Prosecutor Matt Kidder s...
Feb 02, 2023 Lucas R. Ramey, LaSalle County jail photo
Wear red Friday for heart disease awareness
While heart disease has been traditionally known as a "man's disease", it's the number one killer of women in Illinois and the US. The LaSalle County Health Department is asking people to red Friday f...
Feb 02, 2023 Tamara Bellis / Unsplash
Ottawa Chamber has ribbon cutting for its own new location
The new ground floor office for the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce has been getting more visitors than the fourth floor location used to have. Executive Director Jeff Hettrick cut the ribbon for the ...
Feb 02, 2023 The Ottawa Chamber Ambassadors with Executive Director Jeff Hettrick who cut the ribbon February 2, 2023 for the Chamber's new location.
LaSalle gets water system improvement loan from state
LaSalle is getting a $2.5 million Illinois Environmental Protection Agency loan for water system improvements. The IEPA says the city will use it to replace the chlorination system and improve the pre...
Feb 02, 2023 Photo from the LaSalle Count GIS website.
Marseilles gets permission from state to use Community Development Block Grant
Construction for rehabbing ten homes in Marseilles could start in the spring. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck says that the state has finally given permission for the city to use the Community Development Block ...
Feb 02, 2023
Cong. Underwood and Sen. Duckworth support family medical leave expansion
Cong. Lauren Underwood says more people need coverage by the Family Medical Leave Act with paid time off. She plans to introduce in the House the Job Protection Act ahead of the FMLA's 30th anniversar...
Feb 01, 2023 Cong. Lauren Underwood (left) and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, official Congressional portraits
Not all ARPA requests approved at special LaSalle County Board meeting
$1.2 million requested to replace an HVAC system at the Circuit Breaker School in Peru almost didn't happen. LaSalle County Board 9th District Rep. Ray Gatza asked the board Tuesday to table all appli...
Feb 01, 2023