Category Archives: WCMY News
Cong. Kinzinger hopes former VP Pence testifies to Jan. 6 committee
Cong. Adam Kinzinger says former Vice President Mike Pence did the right thing last year. Pence didn't bow to pressure from Pres. Trump to disregard the electoral votes being counted on the day some T...
May 2, 2022 Cong. Adam Kinzinger
Cong. Kinzinger would authorize military force against Russia for certain actions
Cong. Adam Kinzinger proposed a bill to authorize Pres. Biden to use military force against Russia in certain circumstances. The proposal would allow it if Russia uses chemical, biological, or nuclear...
May 2, 2022
Mayor thinks lightning caused Peru Menards fire
The Menards store in Peru opened for business Sunday despite a fire early Sunday morning. The fire departments from Peru, Spring Valley, and LaSalle put it out. They went there at about 1:15am. Peru M...
May 2, 2022 Peru Mayor Ken Kolowski photo of the fire scene at Menards on Sunday, May 1, 2022. Photo from Facebook
More than 2,200 Ameren customers affected by outage in central LaSalle County
Update:As of 7:42am, Ameren reports nearly all customers' power is restored. A power outage started at about 4:50am today in Ottawa and parts of LaSalle County between Ottawa and Wedron. For some cust...
May 2, 2022
Roundabout construction starting
People have been talking about it for two or three years. This fall, they should actually have a roundabout to drive on as the U.S. 6 and Illinois 178 intersection north of Utica. The Illinois Departm...
May 2, 2022
About 1,700 IVCC students receive financial help
1,775 Illinois Valley Community College students got financial help from the college. Financial Aid Director Eric Johnson says about one million dollars is coming from Federal COVID relief money. To r...
May 1, 2022
Coronavirus cases up for second week
A man in his 80's is noted as LaSalle County's 468th fatal coronavirus case. His was the only death from the virus logged by the LaSalle County Health Department during the week. As of Friday, the cou...
Apr 30, 2022
Retirements bring new LaSalle County animal control team
There's a new animal control team in LaSalle County. Sheriff's Deputy Doug Goebel is now the Animal Control Officer. His administrative assistant is Elizabeth Linowski. Gary Wind retired from the anim...
Apr 30, 2022 Now retired Animal Control Officer Gary Wind and also retired Administrative Assistant Sharon Christy. LaSalle County Sheriff's Dept. photo from Facebook
Coroner warns of animal tranqulizer in street blends of drugs
LaSalle County Coroner Rich Ploch says street drugs are getting more dangerous as people mix more dangerous things with the opioids they sell. He says the county has had five overdose deaths linked to...
Apr 30, 2022
White Oak Tree planted at Central Intermediate School for Arbor Day
The Ottawa Tree Board celebrated the 150th year of Arbor Day by planting a tree at Central Intermediate School Friday. Chairmen Brent Barron spoke in front of students next to the baseball field along...
Apr 30, 2022