Category Archives: WCMY News
IVCC considering child care center
There may soon be a child care center on the Illinois Valley Community College campus. The IVCC Board of Trustees and administrators are looking into a partnership with the Illinois Valley YMCA for it...
Dec 25, 2021 Man with children playing together
Top Stories of 2021: Marseilles street alignment of Commercial and Broadway
One the top stories of 2021 in Marseilles is the realignment of Commercial and Broadway Streets. The city has been working on getting the project started for a few years. Engineer Jose Alvarez said in...
Dec 25, 2021 WCMY file photo of the Main-Broadway-Commercial streets intersection before realignment work.
Top Stories of 2021: Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp first season
One of the top stories of 2021 is the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp playing their first year in Peru. The Pistol Shrimp are a part of the Prospect League and bring college players from all over the co...
Dec 24, 2021
Number of jobs drops, but so does unemployment
Local unemployment held nearly steady from October to November. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the rate for LaSalle, Bureau, and Putnam counties combined went from 4.3% to 4.4%. T...
Dec 24, 2021
IVCC students get food boxes to get through winter break
About 50 Illinois Valley Community College students got some help in the form of food to take home for the holidays. Some IVCC employees prepared about 50 food boxes. Each had fives meals in it. They ...
Dec 24, 2021
Ottawa water main projects to cost more next year
Ottawa water main replacements will cost $1.4 million next year. City Engineer Tom Duttlinger says three areas are getting the work. Duttlinger says the Joliet St. work is to repair a pipe that has ha...
Dec 24, 2021
Top stories of 2021: Cong. Kinzinger will leave the U.S. House
After a decade in the U.S. House, Congressman Adam Kinzinger announced in 2021 that it's time for him to go. That's one of our top stories of the year. He hasn't said exactly what he'll do after his t...
Dec 23, 2021 Cong. Adam Kinzinger
Coronavirus clobbers county with 15 deaths since last Friday
Fifteen LaSalle County residents' deaths have been attributed to the coronavirus during the last week. The LaSalle County Health Department says that brings the total to 376. Out of 18,312 cases so fa...
Dec 23, 2021
Drug narcotics team arrests four people around LaSalle County
Four people were arrested by the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team Tuesday. Each person was charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance. At a traffic stop on E. 3rd Rd in souther...
Dec 23, 2021
Chess tables added to Washington Park in Ottawa
Some new chess tables that have been installed at Washington Park in Ottawa. The idea was originated by eighth grader Eleanor Hasty. Hasty says the money for the chess tables was donated. There was a ...
Dec 23, 2021