Category Archives: WCMY News
Moms helping moms with breast milk donations during baby formula shortage
Moms who've been saving their own breast milk but whose babies are done consuming it can donate it to help ease the baby formula shortage. OSF Certified Lactation Counselor Kelly Hert says, depending ...
May 23, 2022 WCMY file photo of the first human mothers' milk at the former Illinois Valley Community Hospital's milk bank depot when it opened in 2019
Nominations starting for Ottawa High School Hall of Fame 2023
The deadline is July 31st for the Ottawa High School Hall of Fame nominations for next year's inductions. Nominees can be graduates who did well, teachers, coaches, and others who helped OHS. Several ...
May 22, 2022
"Pretty cool" to be a woman president of IHSA for Title IX 50th anniversary
The Illinois High School Association has been around for almost 120 years. But its board has had just two women serve as its president. Katy Hasson from a school in Taylor Ridge southwest of Moline wa...
May 22, 2022
IHSA reaches out to graduating athletes to find officiators
Statewide, there aren't enough people to officiate high school sports games. The Illinois High School Association is trying to recruit the referees from graduating players. Patrick Lower hosted an Off...
May 22, 2022 Phil Roeder / CC
Ottawa church to display memorial quilts that honor AIDS victims
For the first time ever, two twelve by twelve quilts from the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt are coming to LaSalle County. They will be displayed in the sanctuary of the Open Table United Church of...
May 21, 2022 Scott Chacon / CC
Cong. Adam Kinzinger says Rochelle HS student wins Congressional Art Competition
Rochelle Township High School student Marlen Hueramo is the winner of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition. Her artwork was picked by Cong. Adam Kinzinger, who's been participating in the Congressio...
May 21, 2022 Lunch in the Commons is the winning artwork drawn by Rochelle Township High School student Marlen Hueramo.
Weekly COVID statistics: LaSalle County fatality rate below 1.6%
The COVID-19 fatality rate in LaSalle County is down to 1.57%. Earlier in the pandemic it had been around 2.5%. A woman in her 80's is the latest to fall to the virus, according to the LaSalle County ...
May 20, 2022
New Ottawa police officer worked in the city before--on the other side of the police radio
Ottawa's newest police officer is Joel Smith. A lot of the police and 911 employees already know him. He was a 911 telecommunicator for seven years and earned two Telecommunicator of the Year awards. ...
May 20, 2022 Police Officer Joel Smith, photo provided by Ottawa Police Dept.
Marseilles to apply for grant to help bring three new police officers
The city of Marseilles is eligible for a grant that could bring in three more full time police officers. The North Central Illinois Council of Governments will help the city apply for the three year $...
May 20, 2022
City of Marseilles approves rec agreement with city of Ottawa
The Marseilles City Council approved their part of an agreement with the city of Ottawa for summer recreational activities. Ottawa residents will be able to go to Marseilles for swimming classes over ...
May 20, 2022