Category Archives: WCMY News
April 1 Crash victim was Sheridan man
The name of a man who died in a one-vehicle crash in northeast LaSalle County a week-and-a-half ago has been provided by the coroner's office. Eugene G. Wierzbicki of Sheridan was 64 years old. He was...
Apr 11, 2022
Richard Hallett Rd. to have speed reduction in LaSalle
Drivers will have to slow down on Richard Hallett Rd. The LaSalle City Council approved to change the speed limit on their side of the street. It will now be 30mph instead of 45mph. Residents like Sal...
Apr 11, 2022
Ottawa High School back on top in IHSA music contest
The Ottawa High School music program is a first place winner again in the state music program, according to the Illinois High School Association's preliminary results. The school was second in class A...
Apr 11, 2022
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 09, 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 09, 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 08, 2022