Category Archives: WCMY News
IVCC announce another tuition freeze, but some course fees are going up
For a fifth straight year, Illinois Valley Community College is freezing its tuition for students. Students at the college will still pay about $133 per credit hour. But the college says there are som...
Feb 13, 2022
LaSalle library gets grant for pollinator pathways wildflower planting program
The LaSalle Public Library will soon have some wildflower seeds to give away. It's one of 50 libraries across the country chosen for the Plant Wildflowers Initiative grant program. The program aims to...
Feb 13, 2022 egorgrebnev / CC
Reziner building in Oglesby has been torn down
The 200 block of Walnut St. in Oglesby has one less structure. The city posted pictures on Facebook Monday showing the Reizner Building being torn down. The city accepted a bid from a Spring Valley co...
Feb 12, 2022
Ottawa high and elementary schools putting music festival online
It won't cost anything to see the 32nd annual OEHS Music Fest. That's the program the Ottawa High School choir and the Ottawa Elementary School District music program are putting on Sunday afternoon, ...
Feb 11, 2022 photosteve101 / CC
Mark Astle has last meeting as Ottawa City Rec director
The last Ottawa Playgrounds and Recreation Board meeting with Director Mark Astle happened last night. Today, he turned his keys and equipment over to Dave Marvin. Astle, the Recreation Director since...
Feb 11, 2022
Ottawa St Rep says he intends to run for reelection
Illinois 76th District St. Rep Lance Yednock says he intends to run for reelection. The Ottawa Democrat says that he's been circulating petitions. In a conversation with WCMY, Yednock discussed bills ...
Feb 11, 2022
Update: Ottawa man hurt in traffic crashes on I-80
An Ottawa man was transported to a Rockford hospital with serious injuries after the multiple vehicle accident Thursday on Interstate 80 north of Marseilles. The ISP says forty-five old Clarence R. La...
Feb 11, 2022
Member knocks county board for not giving a dime
LaSalle County Board member Doulgas Trager says the county "didn't give a dime." Trager urged other board members in October to start figuring out what to do with nearly $11 million in COVID relief fu...
Feb 10, 2022 Douglas Trager urges other LaSalle County Board members to start figuring out how to use pandemic relief funds. Board Chairman Don Jensen is behind him. February 2022 photo by WCMY
LaSalle County COVID-19 case numbers continue downward trend
Just like most of the state, LaSalle County's COVID-19 numbers continue to trend downward. The LaSalle County Health Department reported only 360 new cases and 2,724 recoveries. But the total cases co...
Feb 10, 2022
Ottawa man pleads guilty to firing gun shots into the air on east side
An Ottawa man accused of firing a gun several times in the front yard of a house in 2020 has pleaded guilty. 23-year old William C. Johnson IV received thirty months of probation. Prosecutors say that...
Feb 10, 2022