Category Archives: WCMY News
Update: Just over $49K raised for Ottawa Food Pantry during Freezin for a Reezin
Friday is the 14th annual Freezin for a Reezin. Money and food donations are being collected to benefit the Ottawa Community Food Basket. This year's event is different compared to last year. Food don...
Dec 2, 2022
Sen. Rezin says SAFE-T Act changes don't go far enough
Illinois Republican St. Sen. Sue Rezin of Morris says Democrats have done as little as possible to fix real problems within the Illinois SAFE-T Act. House Bill 1095 passed the Illinois Senate with a 3...
Dec 2, 2022
Gas station robbed in Mendota
Updated: Mendota police say someone armed with a handgun demanded money at the Clark gas station at Jefferson St. and 13th Ave. Thursday night. The crime happened at 6:37pm. The suspect wore a dark ma...
Dec 2, 2022 Photo of the Clark Gas robber on Dec. 1, 2022. Provided by Mendota Police Department.
Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen winners don't sit still much
The six winners of the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen award at a presentation in Ottawa yesterday aren't known for sitting around. Patricia Hopkins of D.A.R. read off long lists of ...
Dec 2, 2022 Left to right: Shay Wilcoxen (Woodland High), Abbigail Pierce (Streator High), Alexis Linder (Serena H.S.), Calvin Maierhofer (Seneca H.S.), Grace Carroll (Ottawa High), and Ella Biggins (Marquette Academy), Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen award winners Dec. 1, 2022
Sixteen paintings depicting Jesus Christ's life will be set up again in Ottawa
Sixteen paintings depicting the Life of Jesus Christ have been put up in Washington Square Park by the Ottawa Freedom Association for the last thirty years. And Pres. Lloyd Chapman is looking for volu...
Dec 1, 2022
County nursing home gets new medical director; animal control gets new administrator
Two appointed LaSalle County government jobs got new appointees Thursday. The new Animal Control Administrator is Hoyt Rees. He has a two-year term and will be paid $25,000 for the first year. Rees wi...
Dec 1, 2022
Mendota man pleads guilty to strangling puppy to death
A Mendota man has pleaded guilty to strangling a four month old puppy to death. 20-year old Lucas Ramey will be back in court on January 19th for sentencing. LaSalle police were called to a home in th...
Dec 1, 2022 Lucas R. Ramey, LaSalle County jail photo
New LaSalle County Board to get new committee assignments right away
Instead of waiting until January for a new list of committee assignments, LaSalle County Board members are expected to get them Monday. That's the first day the newly elected members will meet. Chairm...
Dec 1, 2022
DuPont Rd. to be Jim Olson Rd.
Former LaSalle County Board Chairman Jim Olson calls it a great honor. Two years after he left office, the County Board yesterday renamed County Highway 36 after him. Signs calling it Jim Olson Rd. wi...
Dec 1, 2022 Former LaSalle County Board chairman Jim Olson at the County Board meeting Nov. 30, 2022 when the board renamed C.H. 36 in his honor.
LaSalle County Health Department reminds residents about free testing for World AIDS Day
Thursday is World Aids Day. It's a day of solidarity for people around the world who are affected by the disease. And the LaSalle County Health Department is reminding those affected what they can do ...
Nov 30, 2022