Category Archives: WCMY News
Starved Rock Country Community Foundation hosting first annual Disco Ball
The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation is hosting its first annual Disco Ball. It's a seventies themed night with disco music, five food stations, a coffee and latte bar, and live auction. Some...
Oct 08, 2022
IVCC showing documentary about commercial logging problems at Shawnee National Forest
A film retracing the battle over commercial logging at Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois will be shown at Illinois Valley Community College. It starts at seven pm at the Mary Margaret Weeg ...
Oct 08, 2022 Yusuf Onuk / Unsplash
Weekly COVID report: County below 1,000 current cases; one additional death
LaSalle County has dropped below 1,000 current COVID-19 cases for the first time since the first week of May. The LaSalle County Health Department reported 969 current cases this week. There were only...
Oct 07, 2022
LaSalle County townships and cities getting money from last installment of Rebuild Illinois funds
Some of the $250 million final payment from Gov. Pritzker's Rebuild Illinois program is coming to every township and twenty-three cities in LaSalle County. The townships are receiving a total of about...
Oct 07, 2022
Prosecutor warns of locally made rainbow fentanyl
Rainbow fentanyl, the highly potent drug that looks like candy, is in this area. LaSalle County State's Attorney Joe Navarro says it might even be locally made. There have been warnings out lately tha...
Oct 07, 2022 Picture from Drug Enforcement Agency of brightly colored narcotic tablets nicknamed "rainbow Fentanyl".
Reversing the Exodus forum aims to stop "brain drain"
Some people call it "brain drain" when lots of young adults learn valuable skills and leave their hometowns for jobs. Gina Czubachowski, Executive Director at the North Central Illinois Economic Devel...
Oct 07, 2022 Ben White / Unsplash
LaSalle passes resolution to support passenger rail service
The city of LaSalle will support and participate in the application for the Federal Rail Administration's Rail Corridor Identification and Development Program. It's for the Peoria to Chicago passenger...
Oct 06, 2022 A slide showing the proposed Peoria-Chicago passenger rail route through LaSalle County
City and diocese land swap could get Ottawa off contamination list
A land swap has been worked out between Ottawa City Hall and the Peoria Catholic Diocese. And it could get Ottawa off the list of places that still need radiation cleanup. Mayor Dan Aussem says the di...
Oct 06, 2022 Ottawa City Hall would get this land from the Peoria Catholic Diocese in a swap. Mayor Dan Aussem says a dog park could go here.
Cookoff contest promises good smells in downtown Ottawa--but no samples
Twenty backyard chefs will compete in the Smoketober barbecue contest in Ottawa Saturday. Donna Reynolds at the Ottawa Visitors Center says they'll get the meat to cook at 7am on the Jordan Block. Pro...
Oct 06, 2022 Cole Camplese / CC
Marseilles Clean-Up Days begins today
Marseilles Clean-up Days begin today. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck says it's to encourage residents to clean up things in their yard. But the city says this isn't an event to bring yard waste like brush or tr...
Oct 06, 2022