Category Archives: WCMY News
Still no decision on LaSalle County Board member pay increase
LaSalle County Board members talked a long time today about what they should be paid. But they're not ready yet to make a decision. Meeting as the committee of the whole, they sent the question to the...
Apr 22, 2022
Weekly COVID report: current cases going up; two additional deaths reported
Current COVID-19 cases continue to trend up in LaSalle County. This week the LaSalle County Health Department reported 75 new cases for a total of 29,065 so far. There were also 48 recoveries for a to...
Apr 22, 2022
Oglesby considers zoning for axe throwing sport
Oglesby's plan commission is being asked to consider whether axe throwing should be allowed as a sport in B1 zoned areas. A business at 204 E. Walnut St. wants to have it. It's zoned B1. Plan Commissi...
Apr 22, 2022 Nelo Hotsuma / CC
Marseilles honors first responders for heroism in two incidents
Correction: One of the dispatchers we named as Ben Francisco is actually Dan Francisco. We apologize for the error. Several Marseilles emergency service workers were honored for their actions in diffe...
Apr 22, 2022 Three Marseilles first responders were honored for their help with saving a life.
Unemployment continues downward trend
Unemployment went down from February to March, continuing a trend. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the LaSalle County rate was 5.7% last month, compared to 6.1% the month before an...
Apr 22, 2022
LaSalle approves 141K bid for fixing sewer issue
The LaSalle City Council accepted a bid from John Pohar and Sons for emergency sewer work on Donahue St. and Baker Ave. The project will cost around $141,000. City Engineer Brian Brown says the sewer ...
Apr 22, 2022 Bill Smith / CC
Local governments ask for state to rethink police reform law
Some local governments are asking the Illinois General Assembly to repeal or rewrite the SAFE-T Act. Its aim is to gradually reform police departments across the state. Its critics say it tilts things...
Apr 21, 2022 LongitudeLatitude / CC
Ottawa may switch firms for marketing to developers
Ottawa City Hall plans to change companies for marketing the city. It's finishing a contract with a company called Buxton, which came down from $50,000 per year to $25,000 during the pandemic. Commiss...
Apr 21, 2022 File photo of a feather banner on Ottawa's north side
Jury selection next week in Sheridan murder case
Thirty-eight year old Donald Fredres of Sandwich is taking the murder case against him to trial Monday. Jury selection is scheduled to start then in Judge H. Chris Ryan's courtroom. Fredres is accused...
Apr 21, 2022 Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash
Oglesby mayor warns against nude entertainment
Oglesby Mayor Dominic Rivara wants everyone to know that nude entertainment isn't allowed in the city. The city's ordinances specify what body parts must be covered and they specify completely and opa...
Apr 21, 2022 Klara Kulikova / Unsplash