Category Archives: WCMY News

County Board wants changes but not complete repeal of controversial police reform
Don't throw out the good with the bad is the message the LaSalle County Board wants to send the Illinois legislature when it comes to rethinking police reform. When a resolution supporting rescinding ...
WCMY News Mar 15, 2022

County Board wants to change TIF rules
LaSalle County Board members want the state legislature to know they support a proposed change in the way tax increment financing is done. Libraries, fire departments, and school districts don't like ...
WCMY News Mar 15, 2022 The LaSalle County Board, file photo March 14, 2022

Ottawa Elementary School District announces next superintendent
The Ottawa Elementary School District has announced their next superintendent. Michelle Lee takes over on July 1st. Lee is the current superintendent at the LaHarpe Community School District in wester...
WCMY News Mar 14, 2022

City of LaSalle requesting proposals for garbage services
The city of LaSalle is requesting proposals for garbage services. City Finance Director John Duncan says if the city picks a new service, it would take about six months to order trucks and to have man...
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Candidate intro: Scott Gryder, Republican in 14th Illinois Congressional district
Scott Gryder of Oswego says if he's elected to Congress, he'd like to create a quicker pipeline for getting money from the federal government to local governments. For example, local highway project f...
WCMY News Mar 14, 2022 Scott Gryder, candidate for Congress

Bridge removal in Earl Township starting next week
The LaSalle County Highway Department says E. 1250th Rd. in Earl Township will be closed for bridge removal and replacement starting on Monday, May 21st. The project will be located approximately a ha...
WCMY News Mar 14, 2022 Myrtle Beach TheDigitel / CC

Cong. Kinzinger considering presidential run against Donald Trump
If Cong. Adam Kinzinger runs for President, he wants to do it as a Republican. But he's not against running as an independent if that's the best way to defeat Donald Trump. He talked about it with the...
WCMY News Mar 14, 2022

Spring planting tips: wait to do most outside work
Warmer weather makes gardeners want to go out to their growing spaces. A University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener says some things you shouldn't do just yet. Robbin Keegan says you can plant c...
WCMY News Mar 14, 2022

Marseilles Wastewater Superintendent receives award for his work
Because of the work he has done, Marseilles Wastewater Treatment Plant Supt. Jason Rix was given an award through the Illinois Rural Water Association. He was awarded as the Wastewater Systems Operati...
WCMY News Mar 13, 2022

High school students interested in law have a scholarship opportunity
The LaSalle County Bar Association is sponsoring two $500 scholarships for high schools students who are graduating this year. The association says they will screen the applicants for academics, extra...
WCMY News Mar 13, 2022
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