Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa Verilife employees considering Teamsters representation
About 25 people who work at Verilife in Ottawa will vote soon on whether to form a union. The employees' spokesperson Caitlin Pedersen says they feel like they're at the bottom of the company's priori...
Nov 08, 2021
Walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic coming to LaSalle County
Three COVID-19 vaccines will be available at an Illinois Department of Public Health clinic in LaSalle County next week. It'll be Tuesday, November 16th from 10am to 2pm at Illinois Valley Community C...
Nov 08, 2021
Marseilles subdivision to have new street name
Some street names will be changed in the Walbridge Creek Estates in Marseilles. The city council approved an ordinance that changes 2959th and 2389th Rd to Walbridge Creek Circle. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck...
Nov 07, 2021
IVCC Foundation awards scholarships to more than 240 people
If you want to watch the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation's annual scholarship award program, you can do it online. IVCC says more than 240 scholarship recipients are honored in the progra...
Nov 07, 2021
Honor Guard Vigil includes music from Flutes for Vets of Central Illinois
Veterans began standing at Memorial Plaza in Washington Square Park for the American Legion 33 Honor Guard Vigil Friday. And while people are observing members take fifteen minute shifts, Event Chairm...
Nov 06, 2021 Mic JohnsonLP / CC
St. Rep. Welter to have open house at Morris office
There'll be an open house at St. Rep. David Welter's office in Morris. He'll welcome people from 3pm to 6pm Tuesday, November 9. The office is at 1715 N. Division St. in Suite E. The Morris Republican...
Nov 06, 2021
Back to blue: LaSalle County's coronavirus status improves just enough
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recognizes that the coronavirus situation in LaSalle County is improving. But the county's barely out of orange warning status. The intensive care unit b...
Nov 05, 2021
Marseilles boat launch on pause until Illinois River is down
Marseilles City Engineer Mike Etscheid says the boat launch project is on hold. But it's not for a long period of time. Etscheid says the Illinois River needs to go down before the company, John Pohar...
Nov 05, 2021 Ron Frazier / CC
County Board committee squeezing budget into balance
It'll cost more than $100 million to run LaSalle County government next year. County Board Finance Committee Chairman Brian Dose says only a third of that will come from the general fund, which covers...
Nov 05, 2021
House explosion prevented on Ottawa's east side
The project manager at a home being remodeled on Ottawa's east side thinks something went wrong when a plumber ran a gas pipe to a furnace. The Ottawa Fire Department says the amount of gas in the air...
Nov 05, 2021 Doris Morgan / Unsplash