Category Archives: WCMY News
State Senators Rezin and Stewart say state budget is election year gimmick
Republican St Sen. Sue Rezin of Morris and Republican St Sen. Brian Stewart of Freeport say the 2023 state budget is an election year gimmick. Rezin says Democrats rushed a budget through the General ...
Apr 11, 2022
Candidate introduction: Sonni Choi Williams for 3rd district appellate court
Sonni Choi Williams says if she's elected to the 3rd District Appellate Court, she'll be the first Asian American on an appellate court in Illinois. She says it's important for the judiciary to look l...
Apr 11, 2022
Local heroes remembered at Norsk Museum include pro baseball player and priest
Memories of a local man who pitched in the Major Leagues for 17 seasons are kept alive at the Norsk Museum in Norway. Museum President David Johnson says Si Johnson played in an era when baseball didn...
Apr 10, 2022 Image of a vintage Si Johnson baseball card from the 1930's when he played for the Cincinnati Reds
Episcopal church collects donation for Ukraine at IVCC's Ottawa campus
Members of Christ Episcopal Church collected donations for the people of Ukraine last week. Treasurer Joanne Kammerer says they received a request from a church in Morris collecting toiletries, medica...
Apr 10, 2022
LaSalle library to host virtual program on how to help pollinators
A free virtual program hosted by the LaSalle Public Library will talk about the importance of pollinators and how to acquire free wildflower seed packets. The library says less than 0.01% of 21 millio...
Apr 9, 2022 Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Updated Ottawa natural hazards plan aims to streamline flood damage assessments
One goal in the updated Ottawa natural hazards mitigation plan is to streamline the damage assessments that happen after a flood. Building and Zoning Official Matthew Stafford says it's not unusual fo...
Apr 9, 2022 WCMY file photo of Green St. in Ottawa during a flood. The city plans to raise the street above the floodplain and have a passage to let water flow under it.
Weekly COVID report: New cases outnumber recoveries; seven more deaths
New COVID-19 cases outnumbered recoveries for the first time since the first week of March according to the LaSalle County Health Departments weekly report. The health department says there were sixty...
Apr 8, 2022
Marseilles police chase suspect away from Housing Authority Complex
A man who wasn't supposed to be at housing authority complex in Marseilles was chased away by police Thursday. Police Chief Brian Faber says police started a pursuit but ended it quickly after the sus...
Apr 8, 2022
St. Rep. Yednock on the legislative session that's ending
Republicans said last week, another $1.8 billion should go into the state's unemployment insurance trust fund. The Democratic-controlled legislature put $2.7 million into it and decided the rest shoul...
Apr 8, 2022
Gov. Pritzker says budget gives tax relief, restores rainy day fund, and invests in public safety
Gov. Pritzker's statement on the budget that's expected to be voted on in the General Assembly today. "For the past three and a half years, my partners in the General Assembly and I have worked to rig...
Apr 8, 2022