Category Archives: WCMY News
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
Parking limited to two hours again in some downtown Ottawa spots
If you park near the downtown Ottawa LaSalle County courthouse, pay attention to the signs that tell you how long you have. The time's been cut to two hours again in the 100 block of W. Madison and on...
Oct 12, 2022 A two-hour parking sign is now posted in the 100 block of W. Madison in Ottawa.
St. Margaret's Health wants new designation to keep hospitals from closing
Economic concerns from the pandemic in the healthcare industry have caused some hospitals to close. St. Margaret's Health is trying to prevent that from happening by trying to turn one of their local ...
Oct 12, 2022
Organization known for annual book sale closes local chapter
The organization that put on the Riverfest used book sale is going away. American Association of University Women Ottawa chapter president Olivia Romine says the book sale is already gone. There aren'...
Oct 12, 2022