Category Archives: WCMY News
Weekly COVID report: current cases continue going up, one new death
LaSalle County still remains in the low COVID-19 community spread level despite coronavirus cases rising again in the county. The LaSalle County Health Department says there were 1,037 current cases r...
Nov 4, 2022
County budget and levy on file for FY2023
It'll cost an estimated $119 million to run LaSalle County government next year. County Board Finance Committee Chairman Brian Dose says just $37.2 million will go through the general fund, which cove...
Nov 4, 2022
No kitten, LaSalle County Board encourages spaying and neutering cats through rabies tag rates
It was hard to tell sometimes while members talked about it yesterday, but the LaSalle County Board is serious about spaying and neutering cats and vaccinating them against rabies. Member Craig Emmett...
Nov 4, 2022 wenliang chen / CC
State Senator asking for photos for the 'Honoring All Who Served' Veterans Day Display at State Capitol
The 'Honoring All Who Served' Veterans Day Display will on display at the Illinois State Capitol rotunda again this year. And 38th District St. Sen. Sue Rezin of Morris is asking local constituents to...
Nov 3, 2022 Kirk Cameron / Unsplash
Ottawa ordering policy body cameras more than two years ahead of deadline
The Ottawa City Council's getting head start on ordering body cameras for the city's police. The city doesn't have to have them until 2025 under the Illinois SAFE-T Act. But with so many things on bac...
Nov 3, 2022
Ottawa leaf vacuums to start running Monday
Ottawa City Commissioner Marla Pearson says three leaf vacuum crews will start the rounds Monday. The east side is one of the first neighborhoods to get the leaf vac. So is the area north of W. Norris...
Nov 3, 2022
Biden, Harris To Campaign For Democrats In Illinois Ahead of Election
(Chicago, IL) -- President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Illinois to campaign for Democrats ahead of next Tuesday's midterm elections. The White House confirmed that Biden will...
Nov 3, 2022 GPA Photo Archive
Some Marseilles residents not following sign ordinance; council to do more to inform
About six months ago, the city of Marseilles adopted a new sign ordinance that hadn't been changed in forty years. But Resident Brad Miller says residents aren't following the rules for putting politi...
Nov 3, 2022 Jeremy Bronson / CC
No one hurt in LaSalle shooting early Saturday
LaSalle Police Chief Michael Smudzinski says thanks to investigators, the threat to public safety was minimized when a man fired a gun with a crowd nearby early Saturday morning. Twenty-eight year old...
Nov 2, 2022 Larry J. Kelly, LaSalle Police Dept. photo
NCAT offering free rides to veterans and voters
North Central Area Transit will help voters get to their polling places Tuesday. Ottawa City Commissioner Wayne Eichelkraut says anyone who needs a free ride should call NCAT by the close of business ...
Nov 2, 2022