Category Archives: WCMY News
LaSalle County Sheriff's Department getting 40 body cameras
The LaSalle County Board has approved a $296,000 contract for 40 body cameras for sheriff's deputies. Sheriff Adam Diss says they'll automatically upload footage to the vendor's servers. And that vend...
Oct 15, 2022
St. Rep. Tom Demmer calls again for decentralizing power in legislature
St. Rep. Tom Demmer says more indictments announced today against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan upend attempts to rebuild public confidence in the legislature. The Dixon Republican say...
Oct 14, 2022
Outdoor Fitness Court officially open in Ottawa's Kiwanis Park
There's a free new outdoor fitness court in Kiwanis Park in Ottawa. The city held a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday. Commissioner Marla Pearson says the city received a $50,000 from Blue Cross and Blue...
Oct 14, 2022 (From left to right) Tami Koppen, Lloyd Chapman, Commissioner Marla Pearson, Mayor Dan Aussem, and Ottawa Area Chamber Executive Director Jeff Hettrick cut the ribbon for the new Fitness Park.
Coronavirus weekly report: two fatal cases while current cases drop again
Coronavirus recoveries have outnumbered new cases in LaSalle County for 12 weeks in a row. That brings the current case count down to 917 in this week's LaSalle County Health Department report. But th...
Oct 14, 2022
Funds for Tonica but not for Mendota in county's pandemic relief decision
The village of Tonica will get $420,000 in pandemic relief money for tennis courts, pickle ball courts, and parking lot work. But the city of Mendota won't get $200,000 to install running water in the...
Oct 14, 2022
Railroad crossing warning lights to be installed on track in southern LaSalle County
Railroad track warning lights will be installed on a stretch of track between Lostant and Kangley. The Illinois Commerce Commission announced Thursday that they approved an agreement to install the wa...
Oct 13, 2022 Russ Ward / Unsplash
Ottawa Chamber looking for businesses for upcoming job fair
The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce is looking for businesses for their upcoming job fair. It will be on Thursday, November 3rd from one to five at the Salvation Army in Ottawa. Membership Services Co...
Oct 13, 2022
Prairie Fox Books hosting fourth annual Lit Fest
The fourth annual Lit Fest hosted by Prairie Fox Books is this Saturday in Ottawa from ten to four on the Jordan Block. Dylan Conmy with Prairie Fox Books says there will be three featured authors tha...
Oct 13, 2022 Shiromani Kant / Unsplash
Abortion rights supporters say the election matters
With less than four weeks before voting ends, local abortion rights supporter Nicole O'Shea organized another demonstration by Ottawa's Washington Park. About a dozen people were there on the abortion...
Oct 13, 2022
Ottawa water bills can't be paid at water treatment plant building for a few days
People with water bills to pay can't take them in person to the water treatment plant building at 828 E. Norris Dr. for a few days. A contractor is starting a parking lot resurfacing job there today. ...
Oct 13, 2022